Tuesday, April 20, 2010

Greek Bonds and Default Concern (Update1) - Bloomberg.com

That's a hundred basis points in three weeks, even after the EC bailout.

If you aren't short Greek bonds, maybe you ought to be.

* * * * * J B K * * * * *

San Francisco

The recovery of the Greek two-year note after the sale left the yield little changed at 7.28 percent as of 10:53 a.m. in London.

The 10-year bond stayed lower, pushing the yield 19 basis points higher to 7.88 percent.

The extra yield investors demand to hold the 10-year bonds instead of German bunds, the euro-region's benchmark government debt, rose to as much as 472 basis points, the most since Bloomberg records began in 1998.

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=afhSqD1Mas6c&pos=3