Posts Tagged “Greece”
Alastair appears on Reuters Insider TV talking about the positive start to the day’s trading and the hopes that the market carries for growth in the US and the eurozone. Alastair also talks about the possibility of a eurozone break-up and the WorldSpreads market on this spread bet.
Alastair McCaig appears on BBC Radio’s “Wake Up to Money”. In his first segment he talks about today’s news: The possibility of continuing tranches of quantitative easing by the Bank of England; The candidates for the presidency of the World Bank; The increasing scrutiny of the banking sector by the OFT, particularly with the implications [...]
With the start of 2012 being broadly more optimistic than the end of 2011, it appears that the spread betting clients have benefited from the downturn in market volatility. With the old adage of “you can have too much of a good thing” looking true. Of course all spread bettors like to see market movements [...]
The last couple of weeks have seen an on-going supply of political commentary from both European Finance ministers and their colleagues. Unfortunately for the markets these are becoming increasingly more insular in their view points. With austerity measures now being implemented in all the European nations, the electoral demands on these politicians mean that they [...]


Alastair McCaig on BBC Radio Scotland
By Alastair McCaig | February 21, 2012
Alastair McCaig talks to BBC Radio Scotland about yesterday’s vote on the next tranche of the Greek Bailout money and the unmentioned issue of addressing not just austerity in Greece but also trying to stimulate the economy too.
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