Showing posts with label Europe. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Europe. Show all posts
Tuesday, February 09, 2016

Financial Sarcasm Roundup for 02/09/16

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New Hampshire voters have made up their minds tonight, mostly in favor of outsiders. I have made up my mind in favor of myself, because I c...
Monday, November 09, 2015

Financial Sarcasm Roundup for 11/09/15

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More Americans might be tuned in to my sarcasm if they weren't watching Monday Night Football or some cable TV movie. I might get more ...
Sunday, July 12, 2015

The Limerick of Finance for 07/12/15

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Eurozone and Greece haggling for deal Delaying has lost its appeal France and Germany cross Let's see who's the real boss This ...
Sunday, May 03, 2015

The Limerick of Finance for 05/03/15

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Euro bond buying keeping yields low Longer dated bonds now in deal flow Creditors are such fools Getting played like dumb tools Buying ...
Friday, February 27, 2015

Greek Crisis Drops Off Reality Radar Into Pretend Land

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Hey children!  Let's all pretend that Greece can pay its bills, Germany loves giving away money, and Europe is one big happy family.  T...
Friday, February 20, 2015

The Haiku of Finance for 02/20/15

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Greece and Europe deal Extend just to talk again Celebrate nothing
Monday, February 16, 2015

The Haiku of Finance for 02/16/15

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Greece left the meeting No deal at all for Europe Almost no time left

Financial Sarcasm Roundup for 02/16/15

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Stock markets march on despite Europe's woes, and Americans roll over on Presidents' Day.  Sarcasm has a role to play amid such mad...
Sunday, February 15, 2015

The Limerick of Finance for 02/15/15

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Greek exit contingency plan It pays to have one in the can Athens won't agree They want money free Europe should have eased like Ja...
Wednesday, February 04, 2015

ECB Kicks Greek Central Bank Between Its Legs

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The financial news out of Europe gets more enjoyable all the time.   The ECB is not accepting any more Greek IOUs.  I'm pretty sure Ge...
Tuesday, January 27, 2015

Greek Debt Game Theory

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Greece's new leaders run a nation whose sovereign debt is about 175% of its GDP.  Most of the Syriza party's cabinet are untested i...
Sunday, January 25, 2015

The Limerick of Finance for 01/25/15

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Greek leftists have won their big prize Euro watchers cannot feign surprise Throw doubt onto debts Bond shorts will place bets Pricing ...
Wednesday, January 07, 2015

Euro Drop Brings Woe to Europe

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The euro's precipitous decline reflects more than financial market nervousness over Greece's political stability.  Persistent struc...
Sunday, October 26, 2014

The Haiku of Finance for 10/26/14

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Euro banks fail stress Hard to believe they got well Some need billions more
Sunday, September 07, 2014

The Limerick of Finance for 09/07/14

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Draghi goes for new Europe boost His own bank does not rule the roost Central banking demand Finally forced his hand He can't contr...
Monday, August 11, 2014

Financial Sarcasm Roundup for 08/11/14

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I have yet to find a financial expert on the Internet who is more sarcastic than me.   David Stockman's Contra Corner comes pretty clo...
Monday, August 04, 2014

Financial Sarcasm Roundup for 08/04/14

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There is sarcasm . . . and then there is SARCASM.  There's more of the latter on this blog than the former. Portugal's central ba...
Sunday, August 03, 2014

The Limerick of Finance for 08/03/14

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Portugal's central bank has a plan Put a bad bank into a tight can Europe's banks are so bad Funds that bought them are mad The...
Friday, June 06, 2014

ECB Negative Rates Paint Europe Into Corner

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The world has had an entire day to process the ECB's decision to impose negative interest rates on European banks .  Any bank keeping d...
Monday, April 14, 2014

Financial Sarcasm Roundup for 04/14/14

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I am seriously pressed for time this week.  Someday you'll find out why but I don't care to disclose it today.  Suffice it to say t...