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Can New CFO & Split Structure Save The Bank of Ireland? (IRE)

Posted: February 1, 2012 at 11:52 am

The Bank of Ireland (NYSE: IRE) may have been a dead stock (or ADR) by most counts.  The recapitalization and dilution process here has been almost as uncanny as the bailouts ...
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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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Euro Banks on the Rise for Merkel/Sarkozy (STD, BBVA, IRE, CS, UBS, DB, NBG, BCS, RBS)

Posted: December 5, 2011 at 7:45 am

Sarkozy and Merkel have gone from killers of the markets to saviors of the market, and oddly enough there is no full resolution yet to the Euro Zone debt crisis ...
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European ADRs Surging on Global Central Bank Action (ALU, MT, BHP, STD, IRE, CS, UBS, DB, FTE, PHG, ERIC, NOK, NBG, SI, TI)

Posted: November 30, 2011 at 9:03 am

The action out of China's virtual easing by lowering reserve requirements was already a boost to global markets, but the coordinated central bank efforts of the U.S., Canada, Europe, Switzerland, ...
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European ADRs Dragging Down U.S. Trading (ALU, MT, BHP, STD, IRE, CS, UBS, DB, FTE, PHG, ERIC, NOK, NBG, SI, TI)

Posted: November 15, 2011 at 7:44 am

The Eurozone growth rate of 0.2% in the third quarter may have met expectations but this is just one more example that growth is so low already that getting out ...
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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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Wilbur Ross & Fairfax Rescue Bank of Ireland, Sort Of… How Investors Rank (IRE, AIB)

Posted: July 28, 2011 at 7:45 am

The Bank of Ireland (NYSE: IRE) is likely going to go private.  U.S.-based WL Ross, a private equity firm, and Canada's Fairfax Financial Holdings are each taking a stake in ...
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Top Active Trader Alert Stocks (ESRX, INTC, IRE, NBG, NOK, ERIC)

Posted: July 21, 2011 at 8:52 am

Active traders and day traders have many stocks to choose from this Thursday morning. We are tracking news and  moves in shares of Express Scripts, Inc. (NASDAQ: ESRX), Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: ...
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Irish Banks Passing Stress Tests: Groundhog Day Meets Spanish Inquisition (IRE, AIB)

Posted: July 15, 2011 at 9:29 am

You just have to love the new round of stress tests in the European Union being conducted on banks.  Maybe this headline of "Groundhog Day Meets Spanish Inquisition" seems full ...
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Another Moody’s Debt Downgrade of Ireland, With Negative Outlook (IRL, AIB, IRE)

Posted: July 12, 2011 at 3:41 pm

As if the PIIGS needed any more bad news, Moody's has just downgraded Ireland yet again.  Like you wouldn't have known about this.  This pertains to its foreign and local-currency ...
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D-Day for PIIGS ADRs (TI, EWI, PT, IRL, AIB, IRE, NBG, EWP, STD, BBVA, SNF)

Posted: July 11, 2011 at 11:08 am

If you are surprised about the newest crash scenario boiling up outside of Greece, this is something we have been covering routinely.  While the beastly pace is surprising, how big ...
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Beyond Greece & ECB, Debt Woes Only Growing Elsewhere in Europe (TI, PT, EWI, AIB, IRE, NBG, EWP, SNF)

Posted: July 7, 2011 at 7:18 am

Greece saved itself with its latest austerity measures.  For a few months, maybe.  If you have read about Greece's woes and read about the bailout and rescue process, the real ...
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Top Active Trader Alert Stocks (ACHN, ALU, IRE, NOK)

Posted: June 23, 2011 at 8:56 am

Active traders and day traders have many stocks to choose from this Thursday morning.  We are tracking news and moves in shares of Achillion Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: ACHN), Alcatel-Lucent (NYSE: ALU), Bank of Ireland ...
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Changing Implied Default Criteria To Create Formal Defaults, PIGS & PIIGS (AIB, IRE, NBG)

Posted: June 13, 2011 at 4:12 pm

The ratings agencies and outside groups are now saying that Greece is in default, like it or not.  Now let's go ahead and throw in Irish banks as well, with ...
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