Daily Archives: November 27, 2010

Eurozone coming apart at the seams; Spain and Portugal deny need for bailout…..spreads indicate otherwise

Another day, another rise in PIIGS spreads.  A spread is just the difference in bond yield between one country’s bonds and a ‘benchmark’ country’s bonds.  In Europe, the benchmark is the German Bund, considered the most solid bond in the … Continue reading

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