France Chases London’s Gold Market Amid Soft-Brexit Hopes by Don Quijones • Nov 15, 2018 • 19 Comments In the feverish reshuffling of financial services for a post-Brexit world, London still comes out ahead, but less so.
Is the UK’s “Next Carillion” About to Fall? by Don Quijones • Nov 13, 2018 • 26 Comments The outsourcing & construction giant with 70,000 employees is “circling the drain.”
“Outlook Deteriorated Even More for the Eurozone than for Germany” (Despite NIRP?) by Wolf Richter • Nov 13, 2018 • 41 Comments Export-Dependent Germany Hit by More than US-China Trade War.
As Regulatory Fog Thickens, Pre-Brexit Angst Takes Toll by Don Quijones • Nov 8, 2018 • 21 Comments City of London Just Lost a $240-Billion-a-day Financial Market.
Flip-Flop of Prior Flip-Flop by Spanish Supreme Court Flip-Flops Bank Stocks by Don Quijones • Nov 7, 2018 • 12 Comments There’s nothing like a sympathetic Supreme Court.
“Posh Ghost Towers”: Gloom Spreads Over London Housing Market as High End Freezes Up by Don Quijones • Nov 3, 2018 • 43 Comments But new high-end towers will continue to flood the market.
After Carillion Collapse, UK Government Sounds Death Knell for Public-Private Partnership Finance by Don Quijones • Nov 1, 2018 • 16 Comments A “fraud on the people.”
Why’s France so Worried about Italy’s Showdown with Brussels? by Don Quijones • Oct 30, 2018 • 27 Comments The French megabanks are on the hook.
Swedish Central Bank Makes U-Turn on Cash as NIRP is Ending by Don Quijones • Oct 26, 2018 • 15 Comments Cash is less of a threat to central bank policies when interest rates rise above zero.
Spain’s Mortgage Market Seizes Up, Bank Stocks Sink, Legal Uncertainty Reigns by Don Quijones • Oct 24, 2018 • 15 Comments A fiasco threatens to spiral out of control.