The Cyprus Contagion Spreads
June 29, 2013 9 Comments
At the time of the banking crisis in Cyprus I wrote about the risk of governments falling in love with the deal they had hammered out then and making it general policy in other countries.And how this can spell disaster to savers.Link
My worst fears stand confirmed.Remember governments tend to copy each other.Here is a news article I found buried in the back pages of the Economic Times yesterday:
EU strikes deal to push cost of bank failure on investors BRUSSELS: The European Union agreed on Thursday to force investors and wealthy savers to share the costs of future bank failures, moving closer to drawing a line under years of taxpayer-funded bailouts that have prompted public outrage. After seven hours of late night talks, finance ministers from the bloc’s 27 countries emerged with a blueprint to close or salvagebanks in trouble. The plan stipulates that shareholders, bondholders and depositors with more than 100,000 euros ($132,000) should share the burden of saving a bank. Read more of this post
Have you ever wondered about the assets of the really wealthy?Personally I have always been interested in knowing just where wealthy people have their money.My take is that wealthy people didn’t get that way or don’t stay that way without knowing a thing or two about keeping and growing their money safely.That is why I was interested when I came across her statement, given before the returning officer, while filing her nomination papers in 2009 for the Haryana Legislative Assembly elections.
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