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What Greek Debt Talks Mean for U.S. Investors

By Jim Bach, Associate Editor, Money Morning • @JimBach22 - February 17, 2015
Financial News Today: The Greek debt talks that have been playing out over the past week have pitted Germany against Greece.
Of course, there's a smattering of Eurozone finance ministers offering their voice to the meeting, but one player seems conspicuously absent from these talks.
We'll discuss that in a moment. But first, here's a roundup of the financial news today...

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What Greek Debt Talks Mean for U.S. Investors

By Jim Bach, Associate Editor, Money Morning • @JimBach22 - February 17, 2015

Financial News Today: The Greek debt talks that have been playing out over the past week have pitted Germany against Greece.

Of course, there's a smattering of Eurozone finance ministers offering their voice to the meeting, but one player seems conspicuously absent from these talks.

We'll discuss that in a moment. But first, here's a roundup of the financial news today...

After Eurozone Meeting Today, Will Greece Play Russian Wild Card?

By Jim Bach, Associate Editor, Money Morning • @JimBach22 - February 11, 2015

As an emergency Eurozone meeting today (Wednesday) convenes to discuss a possible Greek debt deal, observers are underestimating Greece.

Surely Germany holds all the cards in negotiating a Greek debt deal, and has a lot of power how much austerity Athens may have to stomach.

But Greece is not without a wild card of its own...

Financial News Today: Greek Debt Talks Send Mixed Messages

By Jim Bach, Associate Editor, Money Morning • @JimBach22 - February 10, 2015

Financial News Today: The Greek debt talks looked promising today (Tuesday) - for a little bit.

That was before conflicting reports and a German rebuttal pulled the rug out from under positive momentum.

But Greek debt talks are just the beginning. Here's what you need to know.

Does the Eurozone Have Its Own Lehman Bros?

By Keith Fitz-Gerald, Chief Investment Strategist, Money Map Report - July 13, 2011

Does the Eurozone have its own American International Group Inc. (NYSE: AIG), or worse, its own Lehman Bros. when it comes to Greece?

I believe it does.

Why else would the European Union have bent over backwards to "save" a member nation that: A) Accounts for 2.01% of the EU by trade volume; and B) Would essentially be like letting Montana go out of business - no offense to Montanans or Montana!

More to the point, if things really were under control, why would European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet say that risk signals for financial stability in the euro area are flashing "red" as he did following a meeting of the European Systemic Risk Board in Frankfurt?

The short answer: Because he knows what the European banks are desperately trying to hide from the rest of the world - that there are still enormous risks and they're even more concentrated now than they were in 2008 at the start of the financial crisis.

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