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France's Debt: Too Heavy To Lift, Too Big To Spot
France's Debt: Too Heavy To Lift, Too Big To Spot
Authored by Robert Burrows via BondVigilantes.com,
A spread can be historically wide and still offer inadequate compensation for what lies ahead...
At around 150 basis points over Bunds, French ten-year government bonds look tempting. The spread is exceptionally wide by France's historical standards. For investors accustomed to treating France as a core European sovereign, the instinct is to buy the dislocation and wait for normality to return.
But that instinct risks anchoring to a past that no longer provides a reliable guide. A...
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