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Spain’s Sovereign Risk Rises Significantly Amid Catalonia Fiasco (EWP)

October 27, 2017

From BlackRock: We have updated our BlackRock Sovereign Risk Index (BSRI) rankings, and conflict over Catalonia’s independence bid is weighting negatively on some measures of the riskiness of Spanish sovereign debt. Isabelle Mateos y Lago explains.

Spain ETFs Rally As Catalonia Worries Subside (EWP)

October 16, 2017 (October 16, 2017)

From Zacks: Spanish stocks rallied as Catalan leader Puigdemont refrained from declaring independence from Spain. Worries of a political crisis in Europe abated as Catalan president suspended the secession process to enable talks with Madrid.

Time To Short The Euro Amid Spain Turmoil? (EUO)

September 30, 2017

From JR Crooks: Spain continues to suffer under its crushing debt load. Meanwhile, one of its autonomous provinces wants to declare its fiscal independence as soon as this Sunday, Oct. 1.

Spain ETF In Focus Amid Catalan Independence Vote (EWP)

September 24, 2017

From Tyler Durden: Spain found itself on the verge of a full-blown sovereign crisis on Saturday, after the “rebel region” of Catalonia rejected giving more control to the central government in defiance of authorities in Madrid who are trying to suppress an independence referendum on Oct. 1.

Time For Investors To Get PIIGY?

May 13, 2017

From Dana Lyons: A composite of the so-called “PIIGS” markets in Europe is testing 7-year highs.

Is The 505 Trillion Dollar Interest Rate Derivatives Bubble In Imminent Jeopardy?

May 26, 2015

All over the planet, large banks are massively overexposed to derivatives contracts. Interest rate derivatives account for the biggest chunk of these derivatives contracts.