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Weekend worries

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2011
... weekend wondering what's next for Greece after PM Papandreou's referendum/no referendum announcement was met by the Franco-German threat that Greece may be expelled from the Eurozone. It was another down day - for Europe - the Monday, but this time because ...

Autumn Angst

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 NOV 2011
... there's trouble, big trouble everywhere in Europe. So much so that head honcho Germany is now taking precautionary measures. German newspaper, Handelsblatt, reports that Fraulein Merkel's party has proposed allowing its Eurozone countries not to use ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 NOV 2011
... pressure. In the fallout, stock markets stumbled badly and the euro tumbled as investors flocked into safe haven US and German government bonds, seen as the benchmark holdings to have in troubled times. In London, the FTSE-100 index of top companies ...

Italy's bond market collapse puts US back in favour

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 NOV 2011
... yields to 6.7%, their highest level in more than a decade, resulting in a spread of almost 500 basis points compared to German bunds. Foreign investors rushing back into US treasuries has other offsets, however. It will dilute the 27% foreign share of ...

Buy the headline, sell the headline

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 NOV 2011
... as "first loss" insurer of Italian and Spanish bonds. It managed to sell only "over EUR3bn" last night at 177 bps over German bunds after suffering a failed a,-5 billion auction last week at 151 bps over bunds as demand fell short. It's looking like ...

Hero to Zero

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 NOV 2011
A week may not be all that much in the whole scheme of things, but a week was long enough for Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou to turn from hero to zero. Hero. All seemed well after the night of 27 October. Every finance minister and his dog literally ...

Shape up or ship out

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 NOV 2011
Germany and France has called Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou's all-in "referendum" gambit. Monsieur Sarkozy and Fraulein Merkel suspended the disbursement of the a,-8 billion rescue tranche until Greece makes up its mind to stay in the Eurozone ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 3 NOV 2011
... Minister George Papandreou said he planned to hold a referendum on the bailout package. French President Nicolas Sarkozy and German Chancellor Angela Merkel have said Greece must decide if it wants to stick to the terms of a bailout package and stay ...

Congressmen agitate for US transaction tax

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 3 NOV 2011
Two US Congressional Democrats have announced they will again present legislation to introduce a US transaction tax modelled on the European transaction tax that is already set to take effect from 2014. Senator Tom Harkin and Congressman Peter DeFazio ...

Uncertainty here we come (again)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 NOV 2011
OMG! What in the effing world was he thinking? Just when we thought Europe was moving forward in the right direction, Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou had to open his mouth and announce a "referendum" on whether or not his people would accept ...