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Sovereign debt for dummies
Colin Barr 2010-09-02 11:04It's only a matter of time till runaway debtors such as the United States hit the wall, investor Rob Arnott argues.Arnott, who runs the value-focused ...
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Even the bears aren't bearish enough on Spain's coming sovereign debt problem
Daryl G. Jones 2010-05-07 10:32We often say that investors can be bullish, bearish, or not enough of either. "Our debt is clean, we will not have to ask for help," said Elena Salgad...
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IMF downplays sovereign default risk
Colin Barr 2010-09-04 12:50A big sovereign debt default isn't as likely as you think, the staff of the International Monetary Fund said.Investors and commentators seem to view a...
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Greece's big debt denial
Dody Tsiantar 2010-07-27 01:55(FORTUNE) -- Will Greece be able to dig out of its debt crisis? Not even the oracle of Delphi knows for sure.From recent headlines, the ancient muse w...
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Debt roulette: Is Portugal next?
Dody Tsiantar 2010-05-06 06:15As Greece barreled closer to the edge of a debt default this week, fears that the crisis would infect other countries rattled the world's financial ma...
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Debt market strips U.S. of triple-A rating
Colin Barr 2010-10-16 12:01The United States has lost its gold-plated triple-A rating -- in the eyes of credit traders, at least.U.S. sovereign debt was the third-worst performe...
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Should US government debt be rated junk?
Daryl G. Jones 2010-09-09 01:33A few weeks ago, Hedgeye, the investment research firm where I'm a managing director, hosted a conference call for our subscribers that posed the ques...
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Gold glitters on debt jitters
Colin Barr 2010-09-10 01:57Gold rose $7 an ounce to $1,258, after a series of reports raised questions about banks' capital levels and their exposure to bonds issued by stressed...
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The debt threat at Reader's Digest
財富中文網 2009-05-11 05:23A $2 billion burden from its private-equity takeover has put the 87-year-old icon in a financial jam.By William CohanIt truly is the best of times and...
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Fannie debt fears won't die
Colin Barr 2011-02-13 12:19Almost three years after Hank Paulson first brandished his bazooka, the sight of Fannie and Freddie debt is still giving people the yips.The governmen...
