According to John Gilbert, CIO of the Berkshire Hathaway's subsidiary General Re-New England AM, French 10-year bonds should yield between 4.5% and 5%, closer to Italian and Spanish bonds rather than German ones. However, This opinion is not shared by the majority of the fund managers interviewed ...

There is a clear distinction between the travails of the eurozone and the prospects for successful, 'world beating' European companies. I think that the world has changed: in recent years, European companies have become much more global and more than ever, the quality of the business model 'trumps geography'.

If regulators think the Facebook IPO was a scandal, they should look at the German government bond market...

But what is safe? Is it the AAA or AA rating provided by rating agencies such as S&P and Moody's? Does “safe” equal goodwill bonds issued by sovereign countries such as France, Japan, the United Kingdom or the United States? Perhaps…

If the existence of the euro is not challenged, it is the case of the euro zone in its current configuration. In the same way that cohabitation between countries with maintaining parity exchange had become impossible in the EMS, cohabitation has become impossible within EMU