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Iran announced a four day air defense exercises and asked its neighbors to join in naval exercises. Even with naval forces from the U.S. and UK present.
Now how high can oil go?

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Private sector involvement must voluntarily reach 90% to avoid a possible trigger for credit default swaps.
What happen then?

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I am sure that everyone would like to stop thinking about Greece. Now, Germany seems to be backing off waiting until Greek elections in April. official Sector involvement is becoming a reality with participation coming from the ECB and the national central banks in the Euro Zone. Do you think that when this three day weekend is over, a deal will be in place?

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Jobless Claims not only beat to the downside but continuing claims dropped more than expected.
Do you feel that the unemployment picture is improving?

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With no face to face meeting to come and a possible Bail-Out delayed until April.
At what point does it make sense to break up?

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The Question Of Day:

With retail sales below expectation on this Valentine Day and bloated inventories building up over the fourth quarter.
Where has the love gone? Where will this leave local economies here in first quarter?

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The Greek parliament coming to an agreement to pass the austerity budget deal. How will the creek public react to painful cuts in social services and massive job cuts?
Could this deal result in the second tranche of bail-out money being voted on this Wednesday?
And if so how will our global markets react?

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Could conversations of Apple's IPad3 be the front page news changer, that takes Europe off the front page and temporarily off the minds of investors?

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The Greek political troika pretty much agreed to the measures required by the IMF, ECB and EC to receive the next bail-out. One of the draft proposals was a 20% reduction of the minimum wage in Greece. an individual working full time for the minimum wage in Greece earns about $12k a year in the USD equivalent. A 20% pay cut would leave that individual with a annual pay of 9,600. What do you think the result of such a proposal will be in Greece . Will people even work? Do you think something like that could eventually happen here in the U.S. ?

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With the Greek government close to coming to an agreement with the troika on a budget plan, That would allow them to get more rescue money.
Should Greece exit the Euro Zone? Will this ease a lot of the market problem?

What are your thoughts ?