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Futures are screaming higher overnight on yet another European bailout deal for Italy.
According to unverified reports from La Stampa, the IMF is preparing a 600 billion euro ($794 billion) loan for Italy. The paper has refused to state where it got the information.
But that small detail is of no consequence to traders hungry for some green on the screen after November saw $4.7 trillion wiped out from global equity values. If we were to open here, markets would gap up nearly 2%, breaking a seven-day losing streak for US equities. Asian stocks have already broken their 4 day losing streak, with the MSCI Asia Pacific Index gaining 1.3%.
The bailout rumors are just that — rumors. Note that the U.S. is a major funder of the IMF, and a bailout of Italy with US Taxpayer dollars wont go over well in an election year. |
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