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A Relationship Between European Austerity and Municipal Bonds
The European economic and financial situation is beginning to resemble the “Asian contagion” of the late 1990′s: a deflationary disaster for the countries involved, which in turn helps allow the...
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European Bank Funding Improved
From DeutscheBank Research April 23, 2012 Funding conditions for European banks have improved considerably since end-2011. In Q1, EU banks were able to issue a total of EUR 154 bn in senior and covered...
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Spain: A Lack Of Accountability
Last week, the Spanish government carried out the biggest financial bailout since the outbreak of the economic crisis. BFA-Bankia (BKIA), the giant which resulted from the merger of seven savings banks...
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Increasingly, Europe Looks Like America of 2008
Events in Europe are following the pattern seen in the U.S. several years ago. In Europe, financial crises in small countries are now giving way to crises in large ones. This parallels what happened...
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The Real Investment Action Has Moved West from Greece to Italy and Spain,...
Many readers are familiar with the adage, “Little children, little problems; big children, big problems.”. As with children, so with insolvent countries. It’s been my feeling that too much financial...
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The Fed, QE 3, and the Worsening European Economic Crisis
Will the Fed announce ”QE 3″ at the next FOMC meeting this month? (Jim Rogers thinks it’s already underway.) While the market reaction Friday and many of the media headlines suggest that this is...
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As The Euro Tumbles, Spaniards Look To Gold
The unremitting deterioration of the eurozone’s sovereign debt landscape continues to fuel uncertainties about the longevity of the euro as a hard currency. Such uncertainties are not only leading to...
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A New Year May Merit New Investments: A Quick Look at Spain
On this change of year, on the last day of the twelfth month of the twelfth year of the third millenium of the Christian Era, the lyrics of another Jew with a bent to preaching (and a convert to...
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