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Chireland hurdled

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 NOV 2010
... survive a recession and/or a sovereign debt crisis. Only seven banks failed -- five in Spain, one in Germany and one in Greece - and the amount of fresh funding that would be required amounts to only a,-3.5 billion, not the a,-30 billion financial markets ...

Awakening from summer slumber

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 NOV 2010
... daisies one more time. Oh yeah, oh yeah. Hate to say this but... didn't I tell you it would? That the Irish problem, like Greece's and Dubai's, would go away - or at least relegated till the next European debt scare when financial markets (or should ...

Whac-a-mole 2.0

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 NOV 2010
... re-emerged on the financial radar that I asked, "Could this be November 2009 redux when debt problems first and Dubai and then Greece sparked another wave of pessimism in the financial markets?" I guess I got my answer. But all these rediscovered fears ...

Thanks but no thanks

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 NOV 2010
... the DD-word again! These are both very logical rationales for the Treasury markets' negative reaction - more so, now that Greece and Ireland (perhaps, the entire Eurozone) and their deficits are back at the forefront. But it is equally rational that ...

Healing US, crouching Europe

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 NOV 2010
... points. Spanish CDS also rose to record highs. Could this be November 2009 redux when debt problems first and Dubai and then Greece spark another wave of pessimism in the financial markets? I think not. The European sovereign debt issue had been/is being ...

QE2 or bust

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 OCT 2010
... vigilantes prevented their fiscal counterparts from completing. Yes, I refer to the sharp spike in interest rates that began in Greece and ate almost all of Europe. The bond vigilantes' punishment of Europe scared the beejesus out of every bond market ...

US needs double the lifeline

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 3 SEP 2010
... politically difficult ahead of midterm congressional elections in November but cited Germany's unexpected intervention to save Greece earlier this year as an example of authorities acting when needed. "When you really have to get something done and survival ...

Stress test stress

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 JUL 2010
... were expecting 10. And they were concentrated in only three European countries - five in Spain, one in Germany and one in Greece (yes, yes - only one in Greece). The CEBS found that these terrible seven only needs fresh funding of around a,-3.5 billion ...

Half-filled

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JUL 2010
... construction - increased by 2.1 per cent in June. There's a silver lining peeping out of Europe too. Ireland, Spain and Greece were able to find buyers for their debt issuances. Greece yields rose but Spain and Ireland's fell. It seems nobody's paying ...

Looking good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUL 2010
... market falls with its warnings. It did so in May when it warned of Portugal's - a week after Standard & Poor's downgraded Greece to junk and lowered Portugal and Spain's credit ratings. It did so in June, when it rated Greece's bonds as junk - one month ...

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