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Weekly Eurozone Watch

Key Data Points German 10-year Bund 3bps lower; France 2 bps tighter to the Bund; Ireland 18 bps tighter; Italy 16 bps tighter; Spain 17 bps tighter; Portugal 11 bp tighter; Greece 116 bps tighter; Large Eurozone banks up  -1.0 … Continue reading

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Weekly Eurozone Watch – Greece Bond Yields Plunge

Key Data Points German 10-year Bund 5 bps higher; France 4 bps tighter to the Bund; Ireland 3 bps wider; Italy 3 bps wider; Spain 12 bps tighter; Portugal 52 bp tighter; Greece 149 bps tighter; Large Eurozone banks up  … Continue reading

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Weekly Eurozone Watch

Key Data Points German 10-year Bund 9 bps lower; Ireland 18 bps wider; Italy 12 bps wider; Spain 23 bps tighter; Portugal 1 bp tighter; Greece 158 bps tighter; Large Eurozone banks up  -1.0 to 5 percent higher; Euro$ down … Continue reading

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Weekly Eurozone Watch

Key Data Points German 10-year Bund 5 bps lower; France 10-year 6 bps tighter to the Bund; Ireland 7 bps wider; Italy 20 bps tighter; Spain 25 bps tighter; Portugal 23 bps tighter; Greece 30bps tighter; Large Eurozone banks up  … Continue reading

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Greece Is The Word….And A Done Deal

After the Eurozone’s failure to conclude a Greek deal last week, we posted So the hangup is not over whether there will be a deal, but what type and how much debt relief Greece will be granted by the official … Continue reading

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Euros Still Debating Technicalities of Greek Debt Relief

Amazing how the e-mini S&Ps can trade down over 10 points on a technical delay in the Greek debt deal.  Anybody who has worked on restructurings know these are very difficult issues to hammer out, especially with so many parties … Continue reading

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Perspective on Greece’s Great Depression

Bank of America Merrill Lynch provides an informative chart with perspective on how bad it is in Greece, The Greek recession has been the most severe in the recent history of crisis and compares only to the U.S. Great Depression.  … Continue reading

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Euro Gloom

The hits just keep on coming.  Forget what is happening in the markets,  the Euro street is truly hurting.  And that, our friends, is where the ultimate risk lies. (click here if video is not observable)

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Weekly Eurozone Watch

Key Data Points German 10-year Bund 10 bps lower; Italy 13 bps wider to the Bund; Spain 27 bps wider; Portugal  42 bps wider; Ireland 16 bps wider; Greece 10 bps tighter; Large Eurozone banks down 1-10 percent; Euro$ down … Continue reading

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Crunch time in DC, Beijing and Athens – Reuters

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