Deckard

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Very good question TMP. Irish Banks haven't lowered their rates - however they must have experienced huge outflows in the last few days before the guarantee was announced, and still desperately need inflows IMO. Ultimately, in a world where all governments have issued guarantees on savings the factors to bear in mind when choosing your bank(s) will be the same as before...

LOL!!! A EU wide solution? There is no such thing... Germany guaranteed all savings accounts a short while ago - which completely flies in the face of the main statement on co-ordinated action coming out of Sarkozy's meeting yesterday. THIS IS PANIC The UK govt will have to guarantee all savings by the end of next week.

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=206...&refer=home So the Icelandic govt has been busy too this weekend... The question now is: how long before all EU countries are forced to guarantee 100% of retail deposits? I think this is going to happen at some point next week.

Ok, so who's next to join the "100% guaranteed" club? IMO in this order 1) France 2) Italy 3) UK

300 years??? I thought RealistBear was the most apocalyptic poster on this forum but this is a new high (or low???)

Wow... so the Germans have now joined the Irish in the "100% guaranteed" club... other EU countries are now bound to do the same as soon as one of their bank is on the brink. How long before the UK is forced to follow suit?

Wow... so the Germans have now joined the Irish in the "100% guaranteed" club... other EU countries are now bound to do the same as soon as one of their bank is on the brink. How long before the UK is forced to follow suit?

C'mon guys... I know you love acronyms on this forum: surely you have some feedback?

German govt trying to patch up a last minute solution http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=206...&refer=home

Before WWII, WWI was know as "the Great War". If we really are witnessing the beginning of a new World Depression, even greater than one started in 1929, shouldn't we start talking about WDI and WDII ? Judging by the sheer number of posts on this topic, WDII Watch seems to be the appropriate name for this forum going forward!!!

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=206...&refer=home Also, EU leaders in Paris agree to disagree on how to tackle the crisis (what a surprise...) http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=206...&refer=home Sell the Euro, dudes !!!

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=206...&refer=home Also, EU leaders in Paris agree to disagree on how to tackle the crisis (what a surprise...) http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=206...&refer=home Sell the Euro, dudes !!!

US and and UK hedge funds are currently shorting ANGL.L http://www.londonstockexchange.com/en-gb/p...rue&ns=ANGL

CNBC just ran a story on this, 10 min ago

As of today, this information is available on the LSE website: http://www.londonstockexchange.com/en-gb/p...pdate020407.htm Just run a price search on a name/code from the homepage and then click the News button. Won't work for homebuilders unfortunately...