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Finland's Proposal: Cash For Collateral
The strawmen are coming thick and fast from the EU Summit as they break for an evening snack. Between banking union 'plans' by year-end and ESM credit seniority exemptions for Spain, the Finnish Minister for European Union Affairs, Alexander Stubb, just suggested that EU rescue funds (ESM/EFSF) could potentially partly guarantee Italy's and Spain's bonds if the two countries provide collateral. Such 'covered bonds' reduced his country's borrowing costs during an economic crisis in the 1990s, and now "could be a solution which would bring down the interest rates of Spain and Italy." As Bloomberg notes, the proposal was "a halfway house" between no help at all for weaker eurozone members and full debt mutualization, and a response to those "trying to say that governments such as Finland, Germany and the Netherlands keep on (only) saying no." Unfortunately, as we are all too well aware, despite this being a "constructive proposal from the Finnish government", there is no quality collateral (and certainly trusting earmarks on tax revenue is unlikely to spur demand) leaving the only government asset worth thinking about - Gold - which leads us back to Germany's uber-solution the whole time. "At the end of the day, EU Summits are always some kind of compromise" Stubb added, by which we assume the periphery compromises its sovereignty (and gold) and the Core compromises its taxpayers.
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no gold no loan..sorry!!
So they're running a pawn (read as porn) shop now?
Shit'll be held in a segregated collateral account.
Won't be assigned, it'll be Corzined
Is Corzined the verb form of Donkey Punch? Yes, I believe it is.
No. Frothy walrus.
"At the end of the day, EU Summits are always some kind of compromise" Stubb added, by which we assume the periphery compromises its sovereignty (and gold) and the Core compromises its taxpayers".
Exactamundo. ZH bats it out of the park again.
Vlad Dracula's bailout program:
"I WILL LET YOU SUCK ON MY LIQUIDITY IF YOU LET ME SUCK SOME LIQUIDITY FROM YOUR NECK!"
It seems fairly obvious to me that governments have never wanted to surrender their gold (a last resort collateralization). So why would people be any different? Just waiting for the word to get around on that one.
Oh, well, people should not think that gold is money. You know, governments keep gold just as a tradition. Yes that's it, a long term tradition.
Wait... what is money again?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Dj9v9s9buk
As just one example of the "high quality assets" that The Non-Federal Reserve-less Bank of IOU Printing took in in exchange for boatloads of FRNS, The Red Roof Inn hotel/motel/roach-tel chain was sufficient, which prompted them to overpay for it by a ratio of approximately 1500%, thence stuffing it into Maiden Lane (one of the Maiden Lane slush funds, I through XXXXXXVII).
I wonder what Finland's standards would be?
Frozen reindeer turds.
Putting up hard assets or any hard collateral for fiat notes.... *puke*
In the US, you usually take a "government" and "economics" class in the senior year of high school. Most people sleep through it. I say real economics should be taught starting kindergarten - teach 'em that currency =/= paper / some digitally stored number / credit...
I have proposed that ZH members join up with some other young turks and distribute free copies of
The Creature from Jekyll IslandSupplemented by:
The Secret of Oz-and
The American Dream-and-
The Story of Your EnslavementThe course would be titled "Fractional Reserve Banking Ponzi Scheme 101; Only Fiat, Not Wealth, Grows On Trees/Can Be Printed," and would be taught beginning in the 7th grade (although inquisitive and intelligent younger students could audit the course, also).
--Josiah Stamp, former Director of the Bank of England & coincidentally estimated to be the 2nd wealthiest Brit in his lifetime; selected quote allegedly taken from speech made (it's true enough to be cited whether really stated or fabricated) to an assembly at The University of Texas in 1927.
Italy has it made! "Pizza Bonds (with high-yield pepperoni)!
Just hand the Gold over to Germany, so we can get to the end game faster.
That's the UK screwed then, no wonder they kept out of fiscal pact.
Genius.
I'm certain this is in the 'works' not just baseless rumour.
What's more than genius?
The PIIGS are going to pay Germany in gold for the privilege of being able to pay their bureaucrats in euros paper money, whereas they could use the gold themselves as money to pay for whatever socialist program they want and be protected against debasement. But of course, that would mean having less socialist programs, which of course they are not willing to consider.
How smart is that? I've always said that there are no boundaries to a socialist's imbecility. I might still have underestimated it.
Agree absolutely 100%.
you should condemn this barbarism. asking for gold as collateral is just barbaric. btw pass me that vanquished enemy skull filled with beer and sell me your daughters
Look. The PIGs and France are terminal spenders. Only way to MAKE them behave is some draconian measures to control their insanity. The US is insane too with Dread Pirate Roberts voting for the repression of personal freedom.
http://confoundedinterest.wordpress.com/2012/06/28/imf-to-discuss-greece-re-negotiating-debt-france-and-us-should-pay-close-attention-particularly-after-supreme-court-upholds-obamacare/
You just prey for those drakonian measures, Snakeeyes, and you just might get them. They are no fun, believe me, because they hit the poor first and then the middle. If you think the "measures" are going to be fairly distributed, you have another thing coming.
Exactamundo
Frau HerrDoctor Obergruppenführer Merkel says so.
My way or the roasties for you
Prescisely why it may be worth making a sizable bet on the banks to win in November.
Possession is the law. All paper is junk, but especially paper promises.
maybe they can use their gold etf's as collaterol
lol
Gold bond - for the chaffing you get from fascist shackles.
cash for gold....just like junky adverts
how about a toilet duck as wel......maybe then we can see whats under the rim...
Zerohedge wrong on gold again (down again today well below 1600) - almost as much as stolper on FX. Stop slagging Bernanke about printing too much and maybe he'll do some again.
I know. BB probably reads ZH frequently and sets his policies accordingly.
Blame Ron Paul for making the FED a political issue if you want. He has indeed made it more difficult for central banksters to go full steam ahead with their debasement theories.
I don't think it is Ron Paul at fault. Consider the following :
Regarding "printing" by the ECB or FED as a way to kick the can down the road, many have hoped and opined as printing being a way to alleviate some of this financial crisis in some places. Yet, right now printing is being resisted, and that is interesting to examine. In the case of the ECB, a lot of the resistance to that effort comes from Germany as it is perceived that the German economy and/or balance sheets will be affected in a negative way as a result. If true, that explains the German stance.
In the case of the FED, the situation is somewhat different. When the FED prints, does that dilute the holdings of foreigners who have purchased large amounts of US Treasuries like China or dilute the investments of other holders of US denominated capital and debt? If so, would they pushback against printing? If the value of Treasuries, etc. is going to be diluted by successive printing, then why hold onto those investments?
In the past, printing may have been a popular way for countries to try to inflate their way through and out of economic crises. As long as the expected pushback to printing wasn't perceived to be as bad as the underlying crisis, then printing generally occurred. But now one has to ask if the pushback effects are getting so large as to be countering the ability to print.
Depends on who prices the oil.
Just checked on the physical. Still weighes the same, same for the silver.
Wake me when it goes under my dollar cost average of $300. Pssst, if you don't hold the physical asset (applies to more than just gold) you don't own it.
That's because gold and silver are more patient than bond markets.
Cash-for-gold.... what a novel idea. I'm sure no one has tried this before. LOL!
Gold/Silver ratio at 59+ I think i'm gonna get my silver stack on...any objections?
It's a bad fucking day to be selling PM's
REALLY good day to be buying.
Italy can put up Sicily as collateral.
Italy should put the Milan branch of GS up as collateral.
Or the Vatican. Eminent domain beoche.
Gold and Silver on sale now. Price increases coming soon so hurry.
Buy buy buy the dip motherf**kers.
Tyler should get that silk screened on his tshirts. "BTFD! Gold bitchez!"
Or change the motto: "On a long enough timeline, gold becomes edible"
I LIIIIIKE it! Great one.
Impetuous.
Duhh - spiderman towels are the ultimate collateral. Problem solved. Give them the money.
dammit c_man!
those spidey towels are already hypothecated 5X ! i can't give them noMo unless wunderWooman sez it's ok
ya know i'd help if i could... moMoney is 4 the sammieSummit-0m0 plastique-0n0-handmade soap competitions to be held in Turkey next week...
mebbe sumpin'll shake lose for dem after dat, bebe...
Ambrose Evans-Pritchard from May 29:
Europe’s debtors must pawn their gold for Eurobond Redemptionhttp://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/financialcrisis/9298180/Europes-debto...
Finland is holding the euro athletics at helsinki. All they have to do is confiscate all those gold & silver medals won by club med.
Or win one...for the biathlon.
But why would they take an arcane relic that is at the top of a bubble as collateral. It doesn't make sense. When gold collapses to $800/oz the Germans will be screwed. In fact it may not even reach Germany if they send it by boat.
In that case: More margin calls.
I dunno...aren't beaches and women collateral too>? Or is that not polite to say yet in Europe....
All your gold are belong to us!
Once the collateral pledge game starts, that asset will get sold down because the loans will eventually default and the holder of the collateral realizes everyone else holds the same collateral and will sell or hedge. Whatever is used to secure loans will plummet in value, just as real estate did, copper (in China), Oil, etc. Gold will go a lot lower if it is pledged.
I first thought this article was about the deal between Greece and Finland , by which Greece had to pay cash as collateral for the finnish loan . The first part of that "collateral" , some 350mil euros was transferred to Finland by the previous greek government, and now Finland is looking to invest this money in the US...
At least that's what I read somewhere..
When will the PIIGS figure out things are not going to get better for them if they keep playing the banker's game?
since the bankers own the "leaders" the Piigs will do exactly what the bankers want until every last piece of value of stolen and stripped... then the start a war and pull the plug.
Have a meeting to agree to devalue all currencies against Gold massively.....remember Gold prices Fiat....not the other way around....Gold then is No#1 assest and kept in vaults rejigs Govts ledger to make them Solvent...then Gold price is floating after revaluation.....and all Govts still get to keep their Gold.....and shrimps who delayed consumption and stacked laugh all the way to the bank....Debt problem solved.
The solution is so easy. But it makes the assumption that certain people would not become massive losers due massive amounts of gold they borrowed from the government and sold on the market.
We are back to banks being all LTCMed up and raging at the free markets.
"The women. How much for the women?"
GREAT ZH WE ARE FINALLY TALKING LIKE FOR LIKE AND IN THE SAME WAVELENGTH - ALTHOUGH PHYSICS LAWS WILL BREAK....COMMON LIABILITY OF SHORT MATURITY BACKED WITH GOLD IS THE ONLY TOOL LEFT IN THE BOX AND FRAU MERKEL KNOWS IT INDEED...ALLES KLARE WONDERWARD!!!!!!!! THE REST IS RUBISH AND MEDIA TWIST..
Come now....surely they have something they can hock? Pride? Firstborn? Ah...naming rights!
Welcome to Santorini by Shittibank.
Gold as collateral? I doubt that this might be the game. Spain has 281.6 tones of gold, a merely 11 264 000 000 euros value. Ten times less tha banking bail-out for now....
By the way, what happened to USSR gold?
USSR had shitload of debt