Week End Blog – The Usual Suspects & Venezuela
Same old, same old. Greece was all over the front pages again this week. A deal was forged at the 11th hour and Greece is saved. Well at least on […]
Same old, same old. Greece was all over the front pages again this week. A deal was forged at the 11th hour and Greece is saved. Well at least on […]
Never, never a dull moment in Europe. As Grexit would be upon us, at least predicted by most economists, investment brokers and other ‘gurus’, Greece handed in yet another bail […]
Grexit, Graccident, Grexhaustion, Grimbo, Greferendum, it’s all just Gridiculous! In a desperate attempt to force a deal, I guess, Greek Prime Minister Tsipras called for a referendum, in which the […]
This week in two words: Bond Collapse. What started as ‘just’ an impressive rise in interest rates last week, turned into a real bond crash this week. The German 10-year […]
Obviously, more Greece in the Week End Blog. As time is running out, talks intensify, but so far without any tangible result. Also, more doubts are being raised about Greece’s […]
It has been a couple of weeks but Greece regained its top spot in the financial headlines as debt talks did not yield any tangible result. If anything, things are […]
“Just because we removed the word ‘patient’ from the statement doesn’t mean we are going to be impatient,” Clever words found by Fed boss Yellen to make sure that investors […]
Welcome to the Week End Blog. The Greek roller coaster has still not reached its end. After Germany rejected a Greek letter asking for a six-month ‘bridging’ period, another Eurogroup […]
Welcome to the Week End Blog. This week was again all about politics. European politics, to be precise. First, the Greek roller coaster continued for at least another week. In […]
Another week in which central banks took center stage. Again, it became pretty clear that the performance of equity markets is still heavily impacted by the actions, speeches and ‘internal […]