Posts Tagged “sovereign debt”
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 [...]
If we learned one lesson from last year it is that making predictions at the beginning of the year is a difficult one. So, rather than set myself up for a fall, I’ll give you my events to watch out for in the first quarter of 2012. The start of the year has been a [...]
On the face of it when I scan Bloomberg this morning, considering how the US markets closed yesterday and the company news flow we have seen, you could be forgiven for being a touch cynical when someone tells you that there are major global issues that look ominous for the worlds markets. From the low [...]
Are the volumes telling a different story to the FTSE levels?
By Alastair McCaig | February 2, 2012
The start to 2012 has been in stark contrast to how 2011 ended. I have heard far fewer comments on how Italy, Spain or any other European country will be the next domino to fall. This has been backed up with the 10 year Sovereign debt yields falling back well below the perceived 7% danger [...]
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