Euro Crisis At A Tipping Point?

Euro Crisis At A Tipping Point?

From creditwritedowns.com

The European sovereign debt crisis is rapidly approaching what could be a significant tipping point as it threatens to spread to the heart of Europe. In recent days Italian 10-year bond yields have soared to 7.22% and today Spain was forced to pay 6.975% at its auction. Even French 10-year yields have climbed to 3.71%, its widest spread over German bond yields since the Euro Zone was started. All of this has happened despite large ECB purchases of periphery country bonds over the last few months and the installation of technocratic governments in Greece and Italy. The fear has now spread to the heart of Europe. ... (full story)

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Nov 18, 2011 3:19am Nov 18, 2011 3:19am

Aerton
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Can anyone here tell me is there a way to check Italian, French and Spanish bond quotes live?

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Nov 18, 2011 3:38am Nov 18, 2011 3:38am

tomek.hara
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Good question.

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Nov 18, 2011 3:43am Nov 18, 2011 3:43am

Aerton
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Never mind. Found it, for Italy at least.
BTP is the instrument abbreviation for long term Italian bonds.

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Nov 18, 2011 3:48am Nov 18, 2011 3:48am

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You can google "bloomberg ticker spain 10-year" and get http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/quote?ticker=GSPG10YR:IND . Although the value is stated in EUR, it is actually the yield. The % change is the daily relative change of the yield.

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Nov 18, 2011 3:49am Nov 18, 2011 3:49am

Cantaurus
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Please let us know !

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Nov 18, 2011 3:50am Nov 18, 2011 3:50am

joynal2u
| Joined Jul 2011 | Status: Time and tide wait for none | 17 Comments

Quoting Aerton

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Can anyone here tell me is there a way to check Italian, French and Spanish bond quotes live?

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Aerton Check out Bloomberg...Or FxTimes Country Profile....

http://www.bloomberg.com/markets/rates-bonds/government-bonds/

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Nov 18, 2011 3:54am Nov 18, 2011 3:54am

rajebusiness
| Joined Nov 2011 | Status: Junior Member | 1 Comment

www.bloomberg.com/apps/quote?ticker=GBTPGR10:IND {Italy}
www.bloomberg.com/apps/quote?ticker=GSPG10YR:IND {Spain}
www.bloomberg.com/apps/quote?ticker=GFRN10:IND {france}

check live rate updates

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Nov 18, 2011 4:15am Nov 18, 2011 4:15am

Aerton
| Joined Oct 2011 | Status: Member | 244 Comments

Thanks to everyone who answered!
So, BTP - Italy
SPG - Spain
FRN - France.

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Posted: Nov 18, 2011 3:16am
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Category: Fundamental Analysis

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