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EURO SOVEREIGN DEBT: CONTAGION IS THE WORD

By Bondsquawk:

European soverign credit markets are showing further distress with Greece 5yr CDS breaking fiercely through 500 level…currently trading at 540. Other weaker European names including Spain and Portugal are also trading worse by a fair amount. We have even heard of new buyers of Ireland and Italy credit protection as the contagion is clearly spreading. Here is where everything was last seen trading:

Country 5yr CDS 1 day Chg 5 day Chg
—————— ————- —– ——
AUSTRIA (100) 65/69 2 8
BELGIUM (25) 69/73 4 10
DENMARK (25) 39/43 4 5
FINLAND (25) 31/34 4 6
FRANCE (25) 60/63 4 8
GERMANY (25) 36/38 1 4
GREECE (100) 530/590 85 145
IRELAND (100) 170/180 22 28
ITALY (100) 142/152 15 19
NETHERLANDS (25) 38/42 4 4
NORWAY (25) 15/19 0 0
PORTUGAL (100) 240/280 30 75
SPAIN (100) 170/180 15 29
SWEDEN (100) 34/38 1 2
UK (100) 72/78 1 1
USA (25) 37/43 0 2

Anyone see any similarities between the following 2 charts?

Greece 5yr CDS as of 9:30am EST

Lehman 5yr CDS Before Bankruptcy