Grexit!

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From Alphaville - it looks like the fine folks at Citi are coming around to acceptance vis-a-vis a Greek Exit from the Eurozone, pegging the likelihood at 50% over the next 18 months

This is up from their previous estimate of 25 - 30%.

They're calling this the Grexit…









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