Recent Commentaries tagged (debt)
Greece Hopes, Bernanke Testimony Key Market...
US market recovered from overnight weakness to finish positive Tuesday, boosted by increasing optimism that a Greek debt deal will be consummated this week. The Dow was the strongest index, climbing 0.26% back above 2011 highs and to levels not seen since 2008. Investors were jittery overnight ab...
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Tags: frontpage | greece | debt | stocks
Tumblin’ Tuesday – Keep on Rolling
Got to roll debt baby, call it the tumblin' default. That's the theme for the week as Greece gets yet another final deadline extension to come up with more and more concessions so they can borrow even more money that they will never be able to pay back. "Honey, got no money" is the line line tha...
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Tags: debt | economy
The Debt Bomb
Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney has been saying for the past couple of years that our household debt levels are too high. Now a new CIBC study tells us exactly who is borrowing all that money. It's not the people you might expect -- those in the 25-35 age range where family formation and the ...
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Tags: debt | canada
Iran, Oil, War, and the U.S. Housing Market
Can you hear it? It is faint, but the beat is growing, and the sound coming our way could have a big impact on the market. Listen, the drumbeat for war is getting a bit louder, and if you have been listening to the republicans running for president, you most certainly have heard the beat. The U...
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Tags: trading-advice | u-s | europe | debt | euro | china | oil | iran
Hope Withers for February Market Breakout
Today is the first day of February, right? Yeh, I thought so, but I wasn't sure when the market opened this morning and all three major indices jumped up, reaching toward 52-week highs, and the NASDAQ stepped into territory it has not seen in 11 years. The reason I wasn't sure is the headline of ...
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Tags: trading-advice | u-s | europe | debt | euro | china | oil | iran
China Premier Downplays Debt Woes
China's government debt is under control and remains at safe levels, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said in comments released Monday, even as the National Audit Office highlighted potential risks for financial sectors this year. Wen said the central government would guard against risks posed by local...
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Tags: china | debt
Portugal Borrowing Costs Hit New Highs
Concerns that Greece's delay in striking a deal with private creditors could infect other European economies brought unwelcome attention to Portugal, where borrowing costs Monday pushed into euro-era highs. Other euro nations that have been linked to such contagion fears--such as Italy and Spain-...
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Tags: portugal | debt
As Europe Turns … Wait, Don’t Change The...
Many years ago, as a young lad, I spent a good part of one precious summer hanging around with my mother. She was ill and laid up, and so I spent more than few days watching soap operas with her during the day. At one time, I could tell you in great detail about the characters in all the popula...
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Tags: trading-advice | europe | u-s | banks | debt | greece
Ambiguity and Possibility, Connotations And...
Words are important. Not only do they have a specific definition (denotation), but they carry with them connotation, an implied or suggested meaning, if you will. The word "if" has a specific meaning, (in the event that), but with that meaning comes a sense of ambiguity on the negative side and...
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