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By Alanna Byrne |
October 31, 2012
Trading always involves risks, both those you can account for and those you can’t. You can plan for the known risks, but those rarely are what cause panic in the markets.
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By Allison Bennett and Neal Armstrong, Bloomberg |
September 19, 2012
The euro weakened against most major currencies amid concern that the European Central Bank’s pledge to buy the bonds of troubled member nations won’t be enough to revolve the region’s debt crisis.
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By Daniel P. Collins, Alanna Byrne |
September 12, 2012
According to many economists and financial industry insiders, the Federal Reserve likely will announce QE3 tomorrow. But Larry McDonald believes that the Fed will — and should — postpone QE3.
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By Nicholas Comfort, Bloomber |
August 27, 2012
Deutsche Bank AG, Europe’s biggest bank by assets, changed rules on bonuses to allow the company to claw back stock awarded to its workers by former employers.
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By Alanna Byrne |
June 14, 2012
As Europe agrees to pay €100 billion to recapitalize Spanish banks—and Germany faces mounting pressure to bail out its unstable neighbors—author and former bond trader Larry McDonald is urging the E.U. to reach a fiscal and banking union soon, or face “mutually assured destruction.”
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By Selcuk Gokoluk, Bloomberg |
May 1, 2012
Standard & Poor’s cut its outlook for Turkey’s long-term foreign and local currency credit ratings to stable from positive, citing “less buoyant external demand and worsening terms of trade.”
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By Cordell Eddings and Cheyenne Hopkins, Bloomberg |
April 27, 2012
Spain’s sovereign credit rating was cut for the second time this year by Standard & Poor’s on concern that the country will have to provide further fiscal support to banks as the economy contracts.
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By Phil Flynn |
April 27, 2012
Oil seems to be getting a bit of a downgrade after Spain did, yet more Japanese stimulus could help support prices. S&P stated the obvious.
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By Matthew Brockett and Jana Randow, Bloomberg |
March 8, 2012
European Central Bank President Mario Draghi signaled he’s done enough to battle the sovereign debt crisis, laying the groundwork for an eventual exit from record-low interest rates and emergency lending measures.
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By Phil Flynn |
January 12, 2012
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