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The ugly reality of lowering debt by default
Nin-Hai Tseng 2010-10-01 02:03There have been at least a few seemingly positive signs of progress during this anemic economic recovery: U.S. households are spending less. They're s...
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Go ahead and default, Greece!
Dody Tsiantar 2010-05-25 12:28Greece must be feeling a little like Sisyphus these days. Saddled with mountains of debt and a 14% budget deficit, its path to recovery seems arduousl...
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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 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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Greek default fears surge
Colin Barr 2010-07-01 01:45Wagers against Greece are so popular that you have to be a millionaire to place a bet.The cost of insuring against a Greek debt default spiked 20% to ...
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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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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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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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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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A reality check on China
Michael Greeley 2010-11-16 01:34What a fascinating week to be traveling in Asia. President Obama is here for the G20 Summit – as is Tiger Woods – and frankly I am surprised at how to...
