Michael Snyder: Would you pool your debt with a bunch of debt addicts that have no intention of reducing their wild spending habits?  Of course you wouldn’t.  But that is exactly what Germany (NYSEARCA:EWG) is being asked to do.  Increasingly, “eurobonds” Read more…

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Michael Snyder: The recent elections in France and in Greece have thrown the global financial system into an uproar.  Fear and worry are everywhere and nobody is quite sure what is going to happen next.  All of the financial deals that Read more…

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Jeff Harding: We need to follow Greece because their default and withdrawal from the eurozone (NYSEArca:VGK) would set off major consequences to the European Monetary Union, and thus the EU, Read more…

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Keith Fitz-Gerald: On Wednesday, Fitch Ratings Inc. downgraded its credit ratings on five of Europe’s biggest banks (NASDAQ:EUFN), and while that decision made headlines, it’s not the most important story to come out of Europe (NYSEARCA:VGK) this week. Read more…

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