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No DUplicitous DUpe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-22-11 12:18 PM Original message |
Would You Buy A Greek Bond? |
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virgogal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-22-11 12:21 PM Response to Original message |
1. Nope. eom |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-22-11 12:22 PM Response to Original message |
2. I like Greek people and I love Greek food |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-22-11 12:24 PM Response to Original message |
3. No, but I'd buy a Greek island. I love Greece - God bless 'em! |
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ret5hd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-22-11 12:33 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. well, you might have a chance to do just that, 'cause selling all the national assets... |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-22-11 12:35 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. I'd join with other environmentalists to buy an island in order to protect it... |
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JackRiddler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-22-11 02:19 PM Response to Reply #3 |
18. That's actually what the bondholders are hoping for... |
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FreeJoe (331 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-22-11 12:27 PM Response to Original message |
4. $35,000 / person |
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FreeJoe (331 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-22-11 12:29 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. As far as the original question... |
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Aerows (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-22-11 12:32 PM Response to Original message |
6. Yep |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-22-11 12:34 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. By that logic we should all be drinking whatever has a Mr. Yuk sticker on it. |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-22-11 12:39 PM Response to Original message |
10. The people are in the streets screaming that they won't pay |
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Poll_Blind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-22-11 12:49 PM Response to Original message |
11. Maybe backed by New Drachmas, not by Euros. |
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JackRiddler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-22-11 12:49 PM Response to Original message |
12. So why did the big banks buy these bonds since the original bailout... |
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suffragette (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-22-11 01:59 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. Absolutely agree with you |
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gratuitous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-22-11 01:14 PM Response to Original message |
13. If I did |
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FLPanhandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-22-11 01:54 PM Response to Original message |
14. Not a chance. |
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ladjf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-22-11 01:56 PM Response to Original message |
15. The good news about buying Greek bonds is that they pay |
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JackRiddler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-22-11 02:17 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. Why should Greece subject itself to loan-shark terms just to make the ECB and IMF happy? |
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ladjf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-22-11 02:48 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. I have no idea about that. I just saw in the news the other day |
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JackRiddler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-22-11 02:51 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. The risk is near-guaranteed default... |
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FLPanhandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-22-11 02:53 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. It's still lower than it should be based on risk. |
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A HERETIC I AM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-22-11 03:01 PM Response to Reply #19 |
23. Is the INTEREST rate 18% or is the yield 18%? |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-22-11 02:51 PM Response to Original message |
20. Sure...why not? I'm sure they have secret agents too |
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mysuzuki2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-22-11 03:16 PM Response to Original message |
24. to each his(her) own but |
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HopeHoops (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-23-11 07:57 AM Response to Original message |
25. No. James Bond has always been British. |
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