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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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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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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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IMF backs broader stress test in Europe
Colin Barr 2010-07-24 02:19The International Monetary Fund said Europe must act boldly to restore confidence after a brush with insolvency in Greece fed questions about the regi...
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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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Is your country the next Greece?
Daryl G. Jones 2010-03-12 11:50Just over a year ago a few members of the research team at Hedgeye attended a lecture at Yale Law School by Robert Rubin, the former Secretary of the ...
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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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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 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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Europe's PIGS don't fly
Colin Barr 2010-02-10 12:27By Colin BarrBets against the fiscally unfit are multiplying, and there's no telling where they will stop.So far, Dubai, Greece, Portugal and Spain ha...
