RANsquawk 15th February Morning Briefing - Stocks, Bonds, FX etc.

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[putbuyer]

Collapse of the euro is 'inevitable': Bailing out the Greek economy futile, says FRENCH banking chief

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1250433/Greece-debt-bailout-EU-leaders-split-euro-crisis.html

[Going Down]

The Audacity (of GS) and Hope (of European ban)

Simon Johnson: Goldman will probably be blacklisted from working with eurozone governments for the foreseeable future; as was the case with Salomon Brothers 20 years ago, Goldman may be on its way to be banned from some government securities markets altogether.  If it is to be allowed back into this arena, it will have to address the inherent conflicts of interest between advising a government on how to put (deceptive levels of) lipstick on a pig and cajoling investors into buying livestock at inflated prices.

http://baselinescenario.com/2010/02/14/goldman-goes-rogue-%E2%80%93-spec...

[Anonymous]

Bloomberg has a good article about the Greek situation: http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=afqLebWco6iE&pos=1

Towards the end of the article they discuss who will replace Trichet. Perhaps this could be the subject worthy of a ZH writeup & poll?

[Careless Whisper]

Greece again? It's only $300 billion. Give the bondholders a haircut already.

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