Tony Sagami: If you ask me, all our politicians on a federal level are overcompensated. Every darn one of them! Not just the elected politicians themselves, but also their armies of support staff on the payroll. Read more…
NYSE:EWS, NYSE:EWSS
Dominique de Kevelioc de Bailleul: What Zerohedge stated is a “must watch 9 minutes of reality,” Dr. Doom Nouriel Roubini, Monday, broke the bad news about the global economy to Bloomberg News. That day, the day that everyone has been hoping to avoid Read more…
NYSE:GLD, NYSE:SLV, NYSE:TVIX, NYSE:TZA
Chris Ciovacco: To the casual observer, the announcements made late last week in Europe may appear to be just another in a series of “do the minimal to get by” moves by policymakers. In reality, Germany moved off their hard-line stance, which may mark a watershed Read more…
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Michael Snyder: Has Europe (NYSEARCA:VGK) finally been saved this time? Has this latest “breakthrough” solved the European debt crisis? Of course not, and you should know better by now. European leaders have held 18 summits since the beginning of the debt crisis. Read more…
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Bill Luby: There are many ways in which investors can evaluate risk related to the euro zone. Credit default swaps for sovereign debt are one way to evaluate the risk of country default. Sovereign bond yields are a good proxy for a country’s access to funding Read more…
NYSE:EWG, NYSE:EWI, NYSE:EWP, NYSE:EWQ
Dominique de Kevelioc de Bailleul: In Max Keiser’s Friday edition of On the Edge, veteran mainstream-journalist-gone-straight Greg Hunter of USAWatchdog.com posited an interesting endgame scenario to a failed globalist agenda of financial consolidation Read more…
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Dominique de Kevelioc de Bailleul: As Italian and Spanish 10-year note yields breakout to ‘engine light’ levels of more than 6 and 7 percent, respectively, the China-led BRICS announced at the G-20 in Mexico an additional $95.5 billion ‘contribution’ to the IMF’s emergency Read more…
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Daily Capitalist: Many readers are familiar with the adage, “Little children, little problems; big children, big problems.”. As with children, so with insolvent countries. Read more…
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Martin Hutchinson: What happens this Sunday, June 17 , may be the trigger for a final resolution of the Eurozone debt crisis. Now I understand that you probably don’t follow Greek elections. But this is one you’ll want to keep an eye on. Read more…
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Ron Rowland: Europe’s financial crisis just keeps getting worse. Politicians, bankers, and diplomats can talk themselves blue, but it won’t help. None of the options are good. Read more…
BATS:EWGS, NYSE:EWG
Eric Dutram: With the focus remaining on Europe and comments from the ECB driving the markets across the globe, many investors are reevaluating their exposure to the region. Although many are still dialing back holdings across some of the riskiest countries in the area, some intrepid Read more…
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Chris Ciovacco: 200-Day MAs Should Provide Good Feedback: You do not have to be an investing expert to know events in Europe are dictating the day-to-day movements in all global asset markets. Germany is a leader in Europe because, relative to the rest of the European Read more…
NYSE:EWG
Dominique de Kevelioc de Bailleul: The world is in the midst of a complete global economic “breakdown,” according to Nobel Laureate economist Paul Krugman, with the implications of political “radicalism” quickly brewing in Europe and the United States. Read more…
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Jared Cummans: As the global economy continues to bounce back and forth, the majority of the world has their gaze fixated on Europe, as their next move will dictate much of the future performance for international benchmarks. Some are calling for Greece to abandon Read more…
NYSE:GERJ
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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