When the Euro was imploding earlier this year the dollar was the main beneficiary. With all the problems coming from countries like Greece, Portugal, Italy and Spain, the dollar was flew past 80 on the index and the Euro was in fact approaching its mid-2009 lows in the 118/119 range, an area I thought it would reach. But a funny …
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25
2011
Failed European Bank Stress Tests Offer Even More Reasons To Own Physical Gold and Silver
By: Doug Eberhardt
Category: Gold
Tags: ECB, European Bank Stress Test, Federeal Reserve, Gold, PIIGS, Portugal, Portuguese banks, silver, Spanish banks
One by one, country by country, the Eurozone’s PIIGS (Portugal, Ireland, Italy, Greece and Spain) are succumbing to the excesses of the credit expansion era that saw out of control government spending and banks lending to businesses and consumers who now can’t pay the loans back. At the same time, the traditional way banks make profit has also disappeared as …
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