"Your Complete Guide To Sunday's French Presidential Elections First Round" http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-...ays-french-presidential-elections-first-round .
ET thread "Japan's population to shrink by a third by 2065" https://www.elitetrader.com/et/threads/japans-population-to-shrink-by-a-third-by-2065.308496/ .
"World Out Of Whack: Crypto Currencies Go Ballistic" http://www.valuewalk.com/2017/05/crypto-currencies-bitcoin-soar/ https://coinmarketcap.com/ https://bitcoinaverage.com/en/bitcoin-price/btc-to-usd Bitcoin at about 1485 following FOMC meeting announcement 22 minutes ago. .
Bitcoin multi-year forecast: 500,000 USD per Bitcoin in 2030. https://finance.yahoo.com/news/bitcoin-just-soared-1-500-162700354.html https://www.elitetrader.com/et/threads/bitcoin-multi-year-forecasts.309211/ Bitcoin was above 1620 late afternoon on Thursday 4 May. It pulled back to below 1500, and it was noticeable that Ether didn't decline by much when Bitcoin had its pullback. .
Italy and forthcoming election: http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-...mble-yields-jump-sudden-fears-early-elections .
29 May "Banco Popular’s Co-Co Bonds Plunge as Balance Sheet Chaos Revealed in Potential Forced Sale" http://wolfstreet.com/2017/05/29/banco-popular-co-co-bonds-plunge-balance-sheet-chaos-forced-sale/ 12 May "Hit by Run on Deposits, Banco Popular Denies it’s Looking for Rushed Takeover to Avert Collapse" http://wolfstreet.com/2017/05/12/ru...ain-denies-rushed-takeover-to-avert-collapse/ Some related articles: http://www.eleconomista.es/mercados...rtos-va-desde-los-15-hasta-los-025-euros.html http://www.expansion.com/empresas/banca/2017/05/25/5925e620ca474184048b4601.html http://www.expansion.com/empresas/banca/2017/05/26/5927c32b268e3e4b608b4607.html https://translate.google.com/ ************** Today - Wednesday 31 May, POP down 5.5% to 0.614 (Tuesday 30 May close was 0.650). POP 52-week low 0.595 POP self-imposed deadline for bids is (Sat) 10 June .
"Popular Shares Fall to Record Low on Doubts Over Rescue Options" https://www.bloomberg.com/news/arti...l-to-record-low-on-doubts-over-rescue-options 500 million of 11.5% bonds callable in Oct 2018 down 5.87 cents to 55.5. 8.25% notes down 2.34 cents to 50.29. .
Santander bought POP for 1 EUR. (Not 1 EUR per share, but 1 EUR total consideration). https://srb.europa.eu/en/node/315 https://srb.europa.eu/sites/srbsite/files/note_summarising_effects_07062017_5.pdf It's unclear whether the common shares were wiped out to (exactly) zero, or whether shareholders will share in the 1 EUR consideration. However with approximately 4.197 billion shares outstanding as at Monday 5 June 2017, https://www.bloomberg.com/quote/POP:SM that 1 EUR consideration would be worth a tiny fraction of a cent for each shareholder. Bloomberg article: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/arti...taken-over-by-santander-after-eu-sees-failure .
Bill Blain of Mint Partners, via ZeroHedge, writing about Banco Popular http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-...happy-ending-you-havent-been-paying-attention .