Week End Blog – Greece, again!
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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Week End Blog – US growth sluggish as S&P hits new high
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 […]
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 – Euro Style QE
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 […]
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 – Volatility, back with a Vengeance!
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 […]
Week End Blog – Zero Growth, Zero Yield and Zero Spending
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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