Credit Writedowns » Dubai http://www.creditwritedowns.com Finance, Economics and Markets Wed, 23 May 2012 16:15:53 +0000 en hourly 1 BBH CurrencyView: Risk Off Trade Back On, Euro In No Win Situation http://www.creditwritedowns.com/2010/05/bbh-currencyview-risk-off-trade-back-on-euro-in-no-win-situation.html http://www.creditwritedowns.com/2010/05/bbh-currencyview-risk-off-trade-back-on-euro-in-no-win-situation.html#comments Fri, 14 May 2010 11:39:51 +0000 Marc Chandler http://www.creditwritedowns.com/2010/05/bbh-currencyview-risk-off-trade-back-on-euro-in-no-win-situation.html Highlights The risk off trade is back on and the US dollar and yen are bid while the euro is in a no win situation at this point. There are renewed concerns over the situation in Dubai (ahead of Dubai holdings’ next repayments) and China while the EZ economic and social outlook is being questioned

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Related Posts ]]> http://www.creditwritedowns.com/2010/05/bbh-currencyview-risk-off-trade-back-on-euro-in-no-win-situation.html/feed/ 0 Greek financial debacle threatens Swiss banks http://www.creditwritedowns.com/2010/02/greek-financial-debacle-threatens-swiss-banks.html http://www.creditwritedowns.com/2010/02/greek-financial-debacle-threatens-swiss-banks.html#comments Thu, 11 Feb 2010 00:40:17 +0000 Edward Harrison http://www.creditwritedowns.com/2010/02/greek-financial-debacle-threatens-swiss-banks.html There are a lot of interlocking threads in the Greek saga. One consistent theme that ties all of the different threads together is the fragility of complex systems. In our globalized and complex world of finance and banking, every major actor has  innumerable ties to other major actors such that devastating collapses in one entity

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Related Posts ]]> http://www.creditwritedowns.com/2010/02/greek-financial-debacle-threatens-swiss-banks.html/feed/ 1 Gulf states agreement to enter currency union seen as dollar threat http://www.creditwritedowns.com/2009/12/gulf-states-agreement-to-enter-currency-union-seen-as-dollar-threat.html http://www.creditwritedowns.com/2009/12/gulf-states-agreement-to-enter-currency-union-seen-as-dollar-threat.html#comments Wed, 16 Dec 2009 13:26:24 +0000 Edward Harrison http://www.creditwritedowns.com/2009/12/gulf-states-agreement-to-enter-currency-union-seen-as-dollar-threat.html The last I had heard about a prospective Gulf currency union came yesterday morning in a note by Marc Chandler who is the Chief Strategist at Brown Brothers Harriman’s FX group.  He indicated that he was more optimistic about a Gulf currency union on the than a Latin American one on the eve of a

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Related Posts ]]> http://www.creditwritedowns.com/2009/12/gulf-states-agreement-to-enter-currency-union-seen-as-dollar-threat.html/feed/ 0 Video: Abu Dhabi bails out Dubai http://www.creditwritedowns.com/2009/12/video-abu-dhabi-bails-out-dubai.html http://www.creditwritedowns.com/2009/12/video-abu-dhabi-bails-out-dubai.html#comments Mon, 14 Dec 2009 13:53:02 +0000 Edward Harrison http://www.creditwritedowns.com/2009/12/video-abu-dhabi-bails-out-dubai.html There will be no Dubai sovereign default. The government of oil-rich Abu Dhabi surprised investors this morning in announcing a $10 billion rescue package to pay for upcoming obligations of embattled Dubai World. Below Richard Stovin-Bradford of the Financial Times speaks about Abu Dhabi’s decision to finally come to Dubai World’s rescue.  I share his

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Related Posts ]]> http://www.creditwritedowns.com/2009/12/video-abu-dhabi-bails-out-dubai.html/feed/ 0 Financial News: 2009-12-09 http://www.creditwritedowns.com/2009/12/financial-news-2009-12-09.html http://www.creditwritedowns.com/2009/12/financial-news-2009-12-09.html#comments Wed, 09 Dec 2009 12:43:46 +0000 Edward Harrison http://www.creditwritedowns.com/2009/12/financial-news-2009-12-09.html James Montiers Reading List – World Beta (Hat tip Tracy Alloway) Santa’s not so little helper: Today’s the busiest online shopping day of the year. So are they ready at the biggest grotto this side of Lapland? | Mail Online (Great pictures of Amazon’s warehouse.) FT Alphaville – Tracy Alloway – How do you say

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Related Posts ]]> http://www.creditwritedowns.com/2009/12/financial-news-2009-12-09.html/feed/ 0 Video: Fitch downgrades Greece to BBB+ as violence erupts http://www.creditwritedowns.com/2009/12/video-fitch-downgrades-greece-to-bbb-as-violence-erupts.html http://www.creditwritedowns.com/2009/12/video-fitch-downgrades-greece-to-bbb-as-violence-erupts.html#comments Tue, 08 Dec 2009 14:47:41 +0000 Edward Harrison http://www.creditwritedowns.com/2009/12/video-fitch-downgrades-greece-to-bbb-as-violence-erupts.html Greece has been downgraded by Fitch Ratings to BBB+ over concerns about its budget deficit. Despite the cut, Fitch maintained a negative outlook on the country’s ratings, meaning it could fall further in the near future.  This action highlights how the real sovereign debt crisis is in Europe not in Dubai. The ratings agency said:

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Related Posts ]]> http://www.creditwritedowns.com/2009/12/video-fitch-downgrades-greece-to-bbb-as-violence-erupts.html/feed/ 0 The week in review at Credit Writedowns: 2009-12-04 http://www.creditwritedowns.com/2009/12/the-week-in-review-at-credit-writedowns-2009-12-04.html http://www.creditwritedowns.com/2009/12/the-week-in-review-at-credit-writedowns-2009-12-04.html#comments Sat, 05 Dec 2009 03:09:57 +0000 Edward Harrison http://www.creditwritedowns.com/2009/12/the-week-in-review-at-credit-writedowns-2009-12-04.html I will try to make it easier in future for readers to get an overview of the content available on Credit Writedowns by posting a week in review post like this. That way, you can drill down into the bits of the most well-received posts of the week at your leisure over the weekend. Let

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Related Posts ]]> http://www.creditwritedowns.com/2009/12/the-week-in-review-at-credit-writedowns-2009-12-04.html/feed/ 0 Quantitative easing is not the cure to what ails Europe http://www.creditwritedowns.com/2009/12/quantitative-easing-is-not-the-solution-to-what-ails-europe.html http://www.creditwritedowns.com/2009/12/quantitative-easing-is-not-the-solution-to-what-ails-europe.html#comments Wed, 02 Dec 2009 20:47:57 +0000 Edward Harrison http://www.creditwritedowns.com/2009/12/quantitative-easing-is-not-the-solution-to-what-ails-europe.html "This is definitely a threat on the horizon," said Blaise Ganguin, the agency’s European credit chief. Some 75 companies large enough to be rated face likely default in 2010 as the slow-burn effects of the crisis hit home. The default rate peaked near 13pc this year, the highest since S&P began to collect data. This

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Related Posts ]]> http://www.creditwritedowns.com/2009/12/quantitative-easing-is-not-the-solution-to-what-ails-europe.html/feed/ 0 On the sovereign debt crisis and the debt servicing cost mentality http://www.creditwritedowns.com/2009/12/on-the-sovereign-debt-crisis-and-the-debt-servicing-cost-mentality.html http://www.creditwritedowns.com/2009/12/on-the-sovereign-debt-crisis-and-the-debt-servicing-cost-mentality.html#comments Tue, 01 Dec 2009 17:27:12 +0000 Edward Harrison http://www.creditwritedowns.com/2009/12/on-the-sovereign-debt-crisis-and-the-debt-servicing-cost-mentality.html As we discuss sovereign debt levels, currencies and competitiveness, it bears remembering that interest rates are at the heart of many of these debates. To the degree debt service costs are the only measure used to determine how high a debt burden is, you are going to run into problems with low interest rates. The lower the rate of interest, the higher the debt load a given repayment schedule can service. Focussing only on debt service costs is clearly bubble mentality that led to huge credit growth in the household sector in the past decade. If this same mentality creeps into the debate on public sector debt burdens, expect the same results

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