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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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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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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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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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Our dollar, China's $2 trillion problem
Colin Barr 2011-02-15 02:24Could the United States and China be even more co-dependent than we thought?On Wednesday Fed chief Ben Bernanke became the first American official in ...
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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...
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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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Moody's warns it may downgrade Spain
Colin Barr 2010-12-21 01:35It looks like Europe is about to get interesting again, and not in a good way.Moody's warned Wednesday it may downgrade Spain's credit rating, citing ...
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Enough about the yuan already
Colin Barr 2010-03-24 10:22A Senate bill introduced this month would make it easier for the Treasury Department to tag China with trade sanctions for reaping the benefits of a w...
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China downgrades U.S. debt
Colin Barr 2010-11-12 12:53A publicity-minded Chinese rating agency has added its two renminbi to the cacophonous debate over the Fed's latest tilt at money-printing.The state-b...
