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It doesn’t matter until it does. Now it does.

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By Peter Boockvar - April 22nd, 2010, 8:17AM

It doesn’t matter until it does. Now it does in terms of the market reaction to what’s going on in Greece. Greek yields are blowing out again with the 10 yr yield up 46 bps to 8.53% and their curve has gone firmly inverted as the 2 yr yield is up 140 bps to 9.2%. 5 yr CDS is skyrocketing by 71 bps to 559 and 1 yr CDS is higher by 105 bps to 745 bps. Italy, Portugal, Spain and Ireland are all feeling the heat as bond yields are all higher and CDS is wider. These countries have a combined $4.8T of GDP, 35% of Euro zone GDP and European banks have sizeable exposure and large sovereign bond holdings as part of their capital. The EU said Greece’s deficit to GDP in ’09 was 13.6% vs their previous forecast of 12.7%. Greece seems to be headed to a debt restructuring where haircuts are going to have to be taken as it seems the only way out for them as it’s impossible for their economy to grow out of their debt obligations. The Euro zone cannot guarantee Greek debt as who would buy a German bund yielding 3.05

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4 Responses to “It doesn’t matter until it does. Now it does.”

  1. beatstreet Says:
    April 22nd, 2010 at 8:57 am

    I suppose this means that US stocks will be down until at least 10:15 this morning, before ending the day up their usual 40.

  2. Barry Ritholtz Says:
    April 22nd, 2010 at 9:08 am

    LOL

  3. Mark E Hoffer Says:
    April 22nd, 2010 at 9:54 am

    seems the QOTD is fitting, here:

    “Pennies do not come from heaven. They have to be earned here on earth.” —Margaret Thatcher
    ~~

    as an aside, I wonder what the Premiums on those CDSs would be, if they were, adequately, Reserved for..(?)

    but, for now, 1000 bps, nominal, Yield looks like a given for the Greek ‘Sovereign’ Debt-complex..
    IOW, hitting the Bid, on that G*rbage, wouldn’t be injurious to your Port. ..

  4. beatstreet Says:
    April 22nd, 2010 at 7:55 pm

    Geez. I was just joking. :)

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