Greek banks prepare plan to raid deposits to avert collapse

Greek banks are preparing contingency plans for a possible “bail-in” of depositors amid fears the country is heading for financial collapse, bankers and businesspeople with knowledge of the measures said on Friday.
The plans, which call for a “haircut” of at least 30 per cent on deposits above €8,000, sketch out an increasingly likely scenario for at least one bank, the sources said.
A Greek bail-in could resemble the rescue plan agreed by Cyprus in 2013, when customers’ funds were seized to shore up the banks, with a haircut imposed on uninsured deposits over €100,000.  (more)

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Alasdair Macleod There Will Be a NEW WORLD Monday Morning!

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China hunts for 'manipulators' as stocks tumble

Chinese stocks tumbled again on Friday, taking the week's losses to more than 10 percent, as the securities regulator said it was investigating suspected market manipulation and announced a slew of measures aimed at heading off a full-blown crash.

After a slump of nearly 30 percent in Chinese stocks since mid-June, the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) has set up a team to look at "clues of illegal manipulation across markets".

After market close, a CSRC spokesman said China would cut initial public offerings and capital raisings and support long-term investors entering the market to help stabilize prices.  (more)

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Adrian Day’s Embarrassment of Riches: Gold Companies Cheap to Buy but Not for Long

by Kevin Michael Grace
The Gold Report

Fund Manager Adrian Day believes that the U.S. dollar is fundamentally overvalued and we can expect a devaluation at some point. This is good news for the price of gold. In this interview with The Gold Report, Day adds the even-better news for investors in gold equities is that so many good shares now sell for so little, and he discusses several companies that won’t remain bargains for long.

The Gold Report: Despite the lack of an economic recovery and the reality of ever-increasing debt, the U.S. dollar and the equity markets remain strong, while gold (as denominated in U.S. funds) remains weak. Do you expect these conditions to change?
Adrian Day: Yes, absolutely. The strong dollar and equity markets are two of the main reasons why gold has been down over the last 18 months. The third reason is anticipated higher interest rates.
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JP Morgan private banker: “We can’t make money anymore…”

Yesterday over coffee, a friend of mine leaked the news that JP Morgan’s private banking division here in Singapore is going to start charging negative interest rates.
I almost fell out of my chair.
He’s a successful hedge fund manager and one of their best customers. So when he received the notice, he rang up his private banker and demanded to know why. (more)

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3 Dow Jones Stocks Looking for Comebacks: HPQ, AA, T

Since the advent of equity trading, investors have always tried to look for an edge in the markets, no matter how slight or seemingly spurious. It may surprise some investors to learn that the incomparable Charles Dow — whose innovative market research inspired the creation of the Dow Jones Industrial Average — originated the thesis that forms the backbone of the modern discipline of technical analysis.

The godfather of the markets would undoubtedly be amused that the entrance and particularly the exit of companies from the venerable Dow Jones index would become its own contrarian indicator.

A relatively new phenomenon labeled by some experts of the markets as the “index effect,” it proposes that the stock getting the boot from a major index — such as the Dow Jones — will eventually find greener pastures, many of them sooner rather than later. (more)

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Canadian Dollar weakening as U.S. interest rates rise: Poll

The Canadian dollar is likely to fall further in the coming months, hit by both a weak domestic economic outlook and an anticipated rise in interest rates in the United States, a Reuters poll showed.
Oil prices are also expected to remain weak for the rest of the year amid a persisting global supply glut, and is likely to continue to weigh on the commodity-linked loonie.
Still, analysts expect the currency will not fall as much as it did in March, when it hit its lowest levels since early 2009.  (more)

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