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Latam Nationalizations: Dog Bites Man?

Marc Chandler — Thu, 03 May 2012 16:30:53 +0000

That a couple of Latin American countries have recently announced the expropriation of foreign investors in the energy sector seems hardly like new news. After all, cycles of nationalization and privatization have unfolded for more than half a century. Moreover, the expropriation simply marked the latest illiberal measures by Argentina and Bolivia, the two protagonists here. There is significant risk that others will follow Argentina and Bolivia

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Argentina Fundamentals Still Deteriorating

Win Thin — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 18:20:40 +0000

A look at the fundamentals shows why Fernandez is engaging in such visible theatrics, which also includes recent vitriol regarding the Falkland Islands. Simply put, we think economic stresses are intensifying. How deep the stresses will get is yet to be determined

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A Primer on Peak Oil

Edward Harrison — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 13:00:39 +0000

I ran across three separate articles on peak oil at well-regarded financial news sites today: The Economist, The Financial Times and Le Figaro. I thought I'd give you a run down of what they were saying and what it means for the economy and investing

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[Premium] Dexia to increase Belgian deficit 2 billion every year

Edward Harrison — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 14:00:59 +0000

The rump Dexia now owned by the Belgian government is a structurally loss-making enterprise that will cost the Belgian government 2 billion in deficits every year from

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Edward Harrison — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 16:00:44 +0000

I think this should be obvious to everyone by now, but peak oil is a clear factor in the Argentina/Spain oil crisis. Here's what happened

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Edward Harrison — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 00:53:20 +0000

Spain is involved in two stories today that point to the difficulties that surround sovereign governments that are overindebted in foreign currency. There are a ton of Spanish-language links for that reason

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Argentina is not the model

Edward Harrison — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 15:52:48 +0000

There have been a lot of people talking about Argentina as if it were the model for other governments in sovereign difficulty to follow. Yes, Argentina’s decision to default was realistically the right call given the crushing debt load. And that is the path the euro zone periphery is on. But, beyond this, I fail

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How not to resolve a banking crisis

Guest Author — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 17:00:52 +0000

Much of macroeconomic policymaking is trial and error. This column discusses calamitous error on the part of Iceland’s policymakers, in the hope that others can at least try something else

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Dexia is seeking a new brand name

Edward Harrison — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 20:17:31 +0000

Belgian newspaper De Standarad reports that the folks at twice bailed out Franco-Belgian bank Dexia are looking for a new name for the company. Apparently, the Dexia brand has been tarnished. Dexia is Belgium’s version of NCNB, now Bank of America, a small bank that grew enormously through expansion and acquisition

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Full Text: Moody’s downgrades Spanish savings bank CAM to B3;

Edward Harrison — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 19:49:19 +0000

On Friday, I asked why CAM’s credit default swaps were soaring. This is why? Clearly someone had inside information

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