Let's make a very simple and brief emergency analysis of what happened in the markets and within the ECB last Thursday and Friday. As you have all seen, in unison with rumours of a Greek default, the Euro plummeted almost 3% to 1.3650 in less than 48 hours and almost 6% in 10 days. All indicators of Greek default risk were stressed, breaking all-time records. Risk premiums spread, of course, to the rest of the European periphery. Germany leaked the readiness of its bank rescue plan in the face of the imminent Greek default. And markets plunged another 4% across the board, spreading to Wall Street. Meanwhile, politicians continue to juggle grenades, and it seems that the only one lucid enough to realise the impending danger is Mr. Market. (more…)
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Much is being written about the constitutional reform that is supposedly intended to limit Spain’s public deficit in the coming years. We are all seeing daily statements denouncing that we have been sold out to the markets, that the Constitution has been amended under cover of darkness and with malicious intent, that it is unacceptable for the welfare state to be subordinated to the dictates of the markets, and so on. I would like to draw particular attention to the article published on 1 September in 
Just a few days ago, we received an email via our website from a private banking employee who shared some heartening and sincere reflections with us. In it, he explains his experiences and concerns, which have led him to share our view of the world of financial advice provided by banks. Naturally, he has asked us to protect his identity to spare him any professional difficulties. Our sincerest congratulations to this honest and far-sighted professional, and we wish him all the best in his financial and personal career. Here is his letter in full: 
On 7 August we published the first part of this article «The future of the European Union".«
It appeared a few days ago 
Nearly two years ago we wrote an article entitled «
Haven’t you ever wondered why sovereign debt in the European periphery is under greater strain and why its risk premium is rising faster than that of countries that are just as indebted – or even more so – such as Japan or the US? Why is there so much speculation surrounding the sovereign debt of the PIIGS? Why are these PIIGS economies hurtling towards default or inevitable restructuring, whilst other heavily indebted countries manage to keep the risk premium demanded by the markets at bay?
In mid-2010, some well-known Spanish banks were sending us investment proposals in Greek sovereign debt. The reports and analyses we kept receiving insistently said that it was foolish not to take advantage of the yield differential between the bonds of Eurozone countries. They argued vehemently that we should not forget that, after all, this was an EU country, and that the Greeks would never be allowed to default, not even if their bonds depreciated by much more than they did at the time, with yields still hovering around 6%. In other words, little more than the yield on Spanish debt today. The arguments put forward were reasonable and reasoned, except for one small detail: They forgot that two and two are four.