Is Another Spanish Bank about to Bite the Dust? by Don Quijones • Jun 10, 2017 • 29 Comments Liberbank’s stockholders and junior bondholders fear a “bail-in.”
“Bail-In” Era for Europe’s Banking Crisis Begins by Don Quijones • Jun 7, 2017 • 91 Comments Many Banco Popular investors wiped out. Taxpayers off the hook. What it means for Italy.
Shock Waves Spread from Spain’s New Banking Crisis by Don Quijones • Jun 3, 2017 • 44 Comments Has the time finally come to test the EU’s bail-in law?
Despite the Hype, Italy’s Banking Crisis Metastasizes by Don Quijones • Jun 1, 2017 • 22 Comments The government’s giant debt is already “vulnerable to market turbulence.”
Banco Popular’s Co-Co Bonds Plunge as Balance Sheet Chaos Revealed in Potential Forced Sale by Don Quijones • May 29, 2017 • 7 Comments Spain’s sixth largest bank “itself cannot at this point make a rough calculation” of what its value is, “and if they can’t, neither can we.”
Catalonia Threatens Spain with “Financial Bloodbath” by Don Quijones • May 24, 2017 • 85 Comments Catalonia’s independence would set off Spain’s debt time-bomb.
Corporate America’s “Reverse Yankees” Shoot to Record in ECB Absurdity, But Who Are the Losers? by Wolf Richter • May 21, 2017 • 64 Comments Why do they risk so much for little?
ECB Tapering May Trigger “Disorderly Restructuring” of Italian Debt, Return to National Currency by Don Quijones • May 18, 2017 • 63 Comments The only other option: “Orderly restructuring.”
The Backlash to Spain’s New Property Boom Has Begun by Don Quijones • May 16, 2017 • 11 Comments When locals can’t afford to live there anymore.
It’s Really Crazy What This ECB Has Wrought by Wolf Richter • May 14, 2017 • 45 Comments In the land of NIRP refugees and “Reverse Yankees,” who will get crushed?
