When I listen to Central Bankers these days I am hearing so much less than what the rest of the markets seem to hear. So when last Friday I heard Bernanke stating that the bar for further QE was very high, others heard him say that the Fed was just about to embark on another […]
Safe Haven Bonds — FIU
After a three day sell-off in “Safe Haven Bonds” which have seen 10yr Bund yields rise 23bp and 30yr US Treasury prices fall 5 points from Thursday’s highs some reflection needs to take place. On Friday I said that the peripheral bond markets needed to reflect that the ECB President was leaving all the hard […]
Euro-Summit Surprised
When a broad and unspecific deal is so hard come by- and some have used blackmail- it is much harder to negotiate and fill in the details. This looks like a political deal to keep Monti in power. A long-term road map towards a fiscal union, so no sign of common Eurobonds ” in Merkel’s […]
Is there any market safe?
The failing of The Netherlands’ Budget talks looks likely to lead to a collapse of the Dutch coalition government. It has led to Moody’s stating that there is a threat to the Dutch Aaa rating. Whilst there is a threat if a new Dutch government went on a wild spending spree, it is not the […]