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 […]
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Week End Blog – GRESCUE & CHINA MADNESS
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 […]
Week End Blog – GREFERENDUM!
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 […]
Week End Blog – Brexit and Painful Reversals
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 […]
Week End Blog – Greek Limbo, Chinese Lunacy & Nikkei Landmark
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 […]
Week End Blog – Heading for the Greek Abyss?
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 […]
Week End Blog – (im)patience & middle fingers
“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 […]
Week End Blog – Politicians at the Gate
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 […]
Week End Blog – Politicians to the Rescue?
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 […]
Week End Blog – With Central Banks, (dis)inflation and QE
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 […]
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