FINANCIAL News, Money, Banks, Economic and Financial Crisis, Jun 21, 2011

How the Greek debt crisis could slam US savers MarketWatch In a nutshell, European banks own piles of souring Greek credit, and US banks own piles of European bank credit, which means Americans' financial instruments ranging from the mundane to the speculative — including both your money market fund and your ... See all stories on this topic » MarketWatch

'Hydra-Like' Woes Plague Investors Wall Street Journal The portion of money managers allocated to stocks fell in June as the Greek debt crisis grew more pressing. The latest Bank of America Merrill Lynch survey—which uses a synthetic asset-allocation benchmark of 60% global stocks, 30% global bonds and 10 ... See all stories on this topic »

Managers start to reverse their shift into equities Financial Times But, faced with growing economic and geopolitical uncertainty – and a new warning from theFinancial Services Authority (FSA) about the suitability of client holdings – many are now moving back to a more tactical, multi-asset approach. ... See all stories on this topic »

Lehman moment Asia Times Online The global financial system almost imploded when this precarious too-big-to-fail assumption was debunked. I have posited that the global policy response to the 2008 crisis only expanded and solidified the market's notion of "too big to fail". ... See all stories on this topic »

Europe fails to agree on Greek aid payout Tehran Times Merkel's June 17 concession gave a lift to stocks, bonds and the euro, spurring optimism that leaders would get ahead of the debt crisis that has exposed the weaknesses of Europe's economicmanagement. Greek bonds reversed course on Monday, ... See all stories on this topic »

Weekly round up: Optimistic Week for US Stocks as IMF supports Greece Crises ... USA Market News Unrest in Greece upset the global financial markets on Wednesday. Stocks declined the most since June 1 as investors heaped into lower-risk assets like the dollar and US government bonds. On Wednesday, chief investment strategist at Janney Montgomery ... See all stories on this topic »

City Insider: The prognosis for travel after quantitative easing Travel Weekly UK The US central bank's decision to step in and buy up financial assets such as bonds, loans,treasury bills and troubled bank assets provided the liquidity the financial markets desperately needed to kick start again. The Great Recession of 2007 and ... See all stories on this topic »

Prepare for the Stock Market to Bottom Minyanville.com Indeed, we had been warning since January that the combination of the Fed's easy money and Middle Eastern upheavals was causing severe economic damage. In our view the present globalslowdown and correction in financial markets is thus largely an ... See all stories on this topic »

Looking for trouble in the wrong place Financial News Six decades on, and in the wake of a financial crisis born in large part from the proliferation of models based on Markowitz's ideas, investors may be forgiven for wishing the weather had been life-threateningly freezing that month, instead of the ... See all stories on this topic »

Gold Prices Steady as Euro Indecision Prompts "Market Massacre" Fears, Merkel ... BullionVault Gold Prices traded in a tight range around $1537 per ounce Monday morning in London – 2.5% off last month's all-time high – while stocks and commodities fell and US Treasury bonds rose after Eurozone finance ministers delayed a decision on financial ... See all stories on this topic »

BUSINESS IN BRIEF 20/6 VietNamNet Bridge The ratio should depend on an evaluation of each share and each investor's financial capacity and relationship with the brokerage, he said. The newly revealed draft guideline also sets regulations on securities eligible for margin trading. ... See all stories on this topic »

Boris Johnson: Let Greece default on its debts and leave the euro Daily Mail Mr Johnson said: 'The euro has exacerbated the financial crisis by encouraging some countries to behave as recklessly as the banks themselves.' He added: 'As long as there is the fear of default, as long as the uncertainty continues, confidence will ... See all stories on this topic » Daily Mail

Banks Holding Record $1.45 Trillion to Buy Treasuries as Savings Top Loans Bloomberg The efforts have been nullified as banks use BOJ funds to buy bonds rather than lend. “With no prospects for Japan's economic growth, funds from the widening loan-deposit gap flow to bondsrather than stocks,” said Katsutoshi Inadome, a strategist in ... See all stories on this topic »

Stocks Cheapest in Two Decades as S&P 500 Falls With Earnings Climbing 18% Bloomberg US stocks snapped a six-week decline as European leaders moved closer to a compromise on afinancial rescue for Greece and an index of leading American economic indicators advanced more than forecast. Bloomberg's Pimm Fox also reports. ... See all stories on this topic »

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