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Italy Borrowing Costs Hit Two-Year Low

Posted: April 29, 2013 at 11:35 am

Italy is one of the PIIGS, and therefore one of the big troubled spots for investors to keep their eyes on. The good news is that if the hangman is ...
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Cyprus Deposit Seizure Hitting Euro and PIIGS Banks

Posted: March 18, 2013 at 9:30 am

I already have gone on the record that the taxation of deposits in Cyprus is nothing short of theft. Regardless of a bloated banking system that was in shambles, taking depositors' ...
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13 Must-Read Weekend Stock Stories for Monday

Posted: March 9, 2013 at 10:11 am

It may be the weekend, and the DJIA hit a new high this last week, but there is no such thing as any rest for the wicked. 24/7 Wall St. ...
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PIIGS KILLERS: Italy PM Vote Threatens Austerity, All Over Again

Posted: February 25, 2013 at 3:00 pm

What happens when you put a vote out to the people about whether or not their benefits and public spending should be cut to appeal to international creditors? If you ...
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A Direct Bailout of E.U. Banks, TARP-Lite (SAN, BBVA, NBG, IRE, DB, UBS, CS, BCS, GREK, EWP, EWI, FXE)

Posted: June 29, 2012 at 8:37 am

European leaders are taking the aid directly to the banks to stave off any added crisis.  The futures in the U.S. are soaring and the markets in Europe are up ...
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As Greece Fades, Attention Moves To Spain, Italy, Portugal (NBG, GREK, EWP, BBVA, SAN, PT, IRE, EWI, FXE, UUP)

Posted: June 18, 2012 at 11:26 am

The Greek elections went the way that the market participants were initially hoping for, but now the reality is setting in that Greece may ultimately not be able to stay ...
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The Amazing Greek Snapback Recovery For The PIIGS (NBG, GREK, EWP, PT, IRE, EWI, FXE, UUP)

Posted: June 15, 2012 at 2:02 pm

Trusting anything out of Greece or any of the PIIGS nations is a bit difficult these days.  With the weekend coming upon us, Greece is set to be the center ...
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Bracing For The Euro Without Greece… Other PIIGS Too (EWG, EWQ, FXE, EWI, IRE, IRL, NBG, GREK, EWP, STD, BBVA, VGK, FEZ)

Posted: May 23, 2012 at 12:20 pm

So much for any great help from the ECB, France, Germany, and any other entity being able to help the Euro stay together.  Rumors have been out that nations have ...
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Can Greek Banks Survive A Euro Exit? Which PIIGS Are Next?

Posted: May 15, 2012 at 4:01 pm

The Europeans need to make a decision soon.  It is time to deal with Greece, then the markets can decide how they will deal with the Greek banking system.  The ...
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Monster Recovery for National Bank of Greece (NBG, EWP, EWI)

Posted: April 10, 2012 at 9:56 am

National Bank of Greece SA (NYSE: NBG) is not just up this Tuesday.  It is up huge on a day where most investors would have assumed it would have been ...
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Fitch Joins E.U. Downgrade Waves (EWK, IRE, EIRL, IRL, EWI, TI, EWP, STD)

Posted: January 27, 2012 at 1:30 pm

Fitch has joined in on the European sovereign credit rating downgrades.  First it was S&P, but we might argue that this should have mostly been factored in already.  Is it ...
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European ADRs Follow Italy Much Lower, Wrecking U.S. Market Gains (E, LUX, TI, ALU, MT, BHP, STD, IRE, CS, UBS, DB, FTE, PHG, ERIC, NOK, NBG, SI, EWI)

Posted: November 9, 2011 at 7:32 am

Well, it used to be Greece taking us down daily, but now it is the much larger concern of Italy.  The markets were supposed to be cheering that Silvio Berlusconi was ...
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European ADRs Leading The Charge Higher (ALU, MT, BHP, STD, IRE, CS, UBS, DB, FTE, PHG, ERIC, NOK, NBG, SI, TI, EWI, EWQ, EWG)

Posted: October 27, 2011 at 8:01 am

Greece and the rest of the PIIGS were hurting us for so long that it seems hard to believe that the Europeans are setting a 50% haircut for the Greek sovereign ...
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Fitch Throws Downgrades For Italy & Spain (EWI, EWP)

Posted: October 7, 2011 at 12:35 pm

The ratings agencies are at it again.  We have noted that the PIIGS will continue to see downgrades and that is what we are seeing today.  Fitch downgraded both Italy and ...
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Companies Set to win in Libya (ACM, E, EWI, OXY, RDS-A, BP, PBR, AFK)

Posted: August 22, 2011 at 9:29 am

Well, it looks like the Gadhafi family has all but lost Libya to the rebels.  Earlier this year when the actions were intensifying, even before the unified strikes against the ...
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