Market Update (19 februari 2015)

Kredietcrisis

REPORT: The ECB wants Greece to impose capital controls (Business Insider)

Yanis Varoufakis: How I became an erratic Marxist (Guardian)

Grieken vragen om verlenging noodkrediet (DFT)

Valutacrisis

Russia Launches Own ‘SWIFT’ Service, Links Up 91 Credit Institutions (Sputnik News)

China Lowers Holdings of U.S. Treasuries as Reserve Growth Slows (Bloomberg)

Russia Dumps Most US Paper Ever As China Reduces Treasurys Holdings To January 2013 Levels (Zero Hedge)

Foreign selling of U.S. assets intensifies in December-Treasury data (Reuters)

Did the Fed Just Enter the Currency Wars? (Bloomberg)

Geopolitiek

‘Stick to Minsk deal’: Russia slams Ukraine idea for EU peacekeepers (Russia Today)

Saudi Arabia’s Oil Exports Fell in 2014 in ‘Tough Year’ (Bloomberg)

Britain’s ties with Abu Dhabi threatened by oil deal deadlock (Telegraph)

$10-a-Barrel Oil Is Absolutely Possible: Schork (Bloomberg)

German Intelligence Estimates Death Toll in Ukraine Ten Times (Sputnik News)

New Sanctions Go Against Common Sense, Moscow Vows ‘Appropriate’ Response (Sputnik News)

Some countries are trying to disrupt integration process seeing EEU as rival — official (Itar-Tass)

Merkel says wants to work with Russia, not against it (Reuters)

BRICS

Russia’s Gazprom preparing to list on Hong Kong stock exchange (Itar-Tass)

Russia steps up oil supplies to Asia (Russia Today)

Goud

Barrick Gold to sell two mines, reduce debt by $3 bln (Reuters)

Robert Shiller who got the dot-com and housing bubbles right says bonds are next and that’s your gold price spike (Arabianmoney)

Grafiek/Cartoon van de dag

Rusland verkocht veel Amerikaanse staatsobligaties

De VS is niet langer de grootste obligatiemarkt ter wereld

Wie buigt het eerst: Griekenland of Europa?