Friday, January 13, 2012

Italian/Spanish Bonds Wider Today

How many of you thought, "Brandt is a total conspiracy nut!" when I said yesterday that the successful Italian/Spanish bond auctions were almost certainly manipulated so Draghi wouldn't be faced with tough questions in his press Q&A after the ECB's rate decision yesterday?

Well what a difference 1 day makes when Draghi isn't faced with a cornucopia of reporters.

 Italian 10 year yields have shot up from 6.45% yesterday to 6.80 today

Spanish Debt- from 5.05% to 5.26%

And for those who think it's because of the rumors of an impending S&P downgrade, those rumors were alive and well yesterday.

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