Michael Snyder: The economic crisis that is sweeping Europe (NYSEARCA:IEV) is starting to hit Britain really hard. Over the last couple of years economists have been warning that we can’t let the “contagion” spread from troubled nations such as Greece Read more…
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Bill Luby: Two years ago today, in Spain rallies, I posted a chart of the Spanish ETF (NYSEARCA:EWP), that showed EWP had rallied off of a bottom and looked like it was poised for a bullish breakout. 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…
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Eric Dutram: Thanks to ongoing issues in countries like Spain and Greece, the focus of many investors continues to be on the PIIGS group of nations. These five countries—Portugal, Ireland, Italy, Greece, and Spain—are often thought to be some of the weakest Read more…
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Dominique de Kevelioc de Bailleul: In a lively Saturday interview on King World News, Gerald Celente began by ridiculing the media’s propensity to jump from one hyped event Read more…
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Michael Snyder: The election results from Greece (NYSEARCA:GREK) are in and the pro-bailout forces have won, but just barely. It is being projected that the pro-bailout New Democracy party 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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Michael Snyder: The summer of 2012 is shaping up to be very similar to the summer of 2008. Things look incredibly bleak for the global economy right now. Read more…
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Michael Snyder: What the Republican Party has done to fiscal conservatives over the past year and a half has been a betrayal so vast that it is difficult to find words to describe it. Read more…
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Michael Snyder: When it comes to the financial world, it is important to listen to what the “smart money” is saying, but it is much more important to watch what the “smart money” is actually doing. Read more…
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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: Why isn’t the U.S. economy in a depression right now? The number one reason is because the federal government has stolen more than five trillion dollars Read more…
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Michael Snyder: During an appearance on Meet The Press on Sunday, Jim Cramer of CNBC boldly predicted that “financial anarchy” is coming to Europe Read more…
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