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Week End Blog – Greece, again!

June 12, 2015by jsblokland Leave a comment

Holiday over, the Week End Blog returns. In a somewhat desperate attempt not to let Greece dominate this blog, I start with the latest IMF growth forecasts. Again, most forecasts […]

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FINANCIAL MARKETS, MACRO

Week End Blog – US growth sluggish as S&P hits new high

May 15, 2015by jsblokland Leave a comment

No news from the Eurogroup ‘get-together’ this week, so I can deal with Greece later. US retail sales continue to disappoint. The headline number for April, published on Wednesday, revealed […]

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FINANCIAL MARKETS, MACRO

Week End Blog – Heading for the Greek Abyss?

April 17, 2015by jsblokland Leave a comment

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 […]

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FINANCIAL MARKETS, MACRO

Week End Blog – Euro Style QE

March 6, 2015by jsblokland Leave a comment

You can think whatever you want, but you have to admit that ECB president Maria Draghi is pretty successful. Even without having spent any QE money (the kick off is […]

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FINANCIAL MARKETS, MACRO, Uncategorized

Week End Blog – Politicians to the Rescue?

February 13, 2015by jsblokland Leave a comment

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 […]

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FINANCIAL MARKETS, MACRO

Week End Blog – Volatility, back with a Vengeance!

October 17, 2014by jsblokland Leave a comment

At the beginning of the week The Wall Street Journal sent this graph out into the world. It showed that in recent years the number of days that the S&P […]

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FINANCIAL MARKETS, MACRO

Week End Blog – Zero Growth, Zero Yield and Zero Spending

August 15, 2014by jsblokland Leave a comment

Let’s start this Week End Blog on a positive note. Believe me you are going to need it. Geopolitical tensions eased somewhat compared to last week. The ceasefire in Gaza […]

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FINANCIAL MARKETS, MACRO

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