Loan Sharks Rejoice - Greece 2-Year Notes at 20% !
Investors in Greece investors celebrated today. They were awfully happy that their government was able to go to the open market and float 2-year notes at a yield of 20%. What a deal!!!!! OPA! The news...
View ArticleGreece "Essentially Bankrupt" Says Analyst With World's Most...
Andrew Balls head of European portfolio management for Pimco -- and brother of current English Parliamentarian/former Economic Secretary to the Treasury Ed Balls -- tells Bloomberg that Greece is...
View ArticleFinancial Prognosticators Completely Obsessed With Saying Greece is...
Ladies and gentlemen it looks like we have a winner in the Summer 2011 Financial Jargon Arms Race:"Kicking the can."Yes "tipping point " "net-net" and "zero-sum game" look like they may have been...
View ArticleGreece Puts on the Red Light, Sells its Assets to the Night
There's a fire sale going on in Greece right now as the cash-strapped government desperately tries to raise €50 billion by 2015.The Wall Street Journal's Charles Forelle reports that items up for sale...
View ArticlePension Protests Hardly Limited to Greece
As Greece burns in the wake of massive protests over -- among other things -- deep pension cuts imposed by the European Union it seems that global social mood has "gone Hellenic" as well.While the...
View ArticleGreece's Historical Landmarks at a Low, Low Price
Yesterday a British court ruled to evict Occupy London protesters from historic St. Paul’s Cathedral where they have been camped out since October. Along with hygiene and public safety concerns the...
View ArticleTime to Buy Greek Real Estate?
Back in January the Greek culture ministry decided to open up the country’s historic landmarks to renters starting with the Acropolis. The excuse was that the move would “facilitate access to the...
View ArticleGreece's New Spin on an Old Currency System
Greece’s upcoming elections on June 17th can and probably should be seen as a referendum on whether the country will remain a part of the Eurozone. On one side sit groups in favor of keeping austerity...
View ArticleGreece Hardest-Working Country in Europe, Says Greece
Last week we talked about a small group of Greeks who had turned to an old-school trading system in the face of the economic crisis. Thanks to worries about an EU exit barter economics grew...
View ArticleBorn to Run on the Banks?
Editor's Note: The following is a free edition of Jeff Cooper's Daily Market Report. For a two-week FREE trial of his daily commentary and nightly day and swing trading picks click here. The highway’s...
View ArticleNetflix, Not the Next Apple
The following is a sample report of Sean's TechStrat Report that was written on April 3 2013 During the recent "free trial" period the stock generating the most reader questions was not Apple...
View ArticleA New High for the Dow, With Some Fava Beans and a Nice Chianti
I have squandered my resistance For a pocket full of mumbles such are promises All lies and jests Still a man hears what he wants to hear And disregards the rest -The Boxer (Simon And Garfunkel) The...
View ArticleGoogle Fiber: The Current Naysayers Will Love It in 3 Years
Folks there's a firm new bearish argument for the Google (GOOG) and that is the pending rollout of Google Fiber. Now I could point out that every "big bear attack" on Google spending too much money has...
View ArticleFalse Moves Lead to Fast Moves: Market Set for Sea Change
Editor's Note: The following is a free edition of Jeff Cooper's Daily Market Report. For a two-week FREE trial of his daily commentary and nightly day and swing trading picks click here. Here I am...
View ArticleFREE Webinar With Market Guru Peter Tchir: Is There a Bubble in Bonds?
In recent years we’ve seen a historic bull market in bonds driving US Treasury yields to near-zero levels and presenting some very pressing question to investors: Is there a bond bubble? And if so is...
View ArticleThe Last Resort
Editor's Note: The following is a free edition of Jeff Cooper's Daily Market Report. For a two-week FREE trial of his daily commentary and nightly day and swing trading picks click here. When you’re on...
View ArticleFREE Webinar With Options Guru Andrew Keene, Today at 4:30 p.m. EDT!
Please note this webinar has already taken place. You can watch the recording here on Youtube. Dear Investor Earnings season is always a tricky time and that’s doubly true in this era of slowing...
View ArticleOne of the Smartest Things Apple Could/Should Do With Cash -- Buy BlackBerry?
The following is an excerpt from Sean's TechStrat Report The more I look at the evolution of the smartphone space and what will surely be a highly disruptive (and AWESOME) wearable entry in Google...
View ArticleOne of the Smartest Things Apple Could/Should Do With Cash -- Buy BlackBerry?
The following is an excerpt from Sean's TechStrat Report The more I look at the evolution of the smartphone space and what will surely be a highly disruptive (and AWESOME) wearable entry in Google...
View ArticleApril Flowers Will Bring May Showers
Editor's Note: The following is a free edition of Jeff Cooper's Daily Market Report. For a two-week FREE trial of his daily commentary and nightly day and swing trading picks click here. It’s a sad day...
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