To: Maurice Winn who wrote (79044 ) 9/5/2011 10:42:15 PM From: 2MAR$ 1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 219972 looking pretty bloody over there on the DAX , germans arent buying anyone soon ....Europe looks in deep disarray , shares in several Italian banks were halted from trading this am Unicredit -7%, Intesa Sanpaolo -7.7%, both taking out 52 week lows ....it also emerged that European banks may have been shifting cash to the US....looks like they are fleeing to safety too .. (Royal Bank of Scotland fell 10% by lunchtime on Monday, Deutsche Bank was down 8.2% and Societe Generale 8.5%.) Meanwhile, evidence emerged that some analysts suggest shows that European banks have been transferring large amounts of cash across the Atlantic in a bid to escape an emerging European banking crisis. Fears began to mount again that the eurozone may not be able to contain its debt crisis, and a government default could in turn lead to a European banking crisis. Deutsche Bank's outgoing chief executive, Josef Ackermann, said on Monday that some European banks would go bust if they were forced to recognise in their accounts the existing losses on government debts they own, based on current market prices for government bonds. But despite the central bank's efforts, investors have begun to desert Spanish and Italian debts once more, in favour of German government bonds. With German debt continuing to rally, Berlin's 10-year cost of borrowing tumbled to just 1.9% on Monday. The rally in German debt reflects not only the country's role as a haven in the eurozone, but also expectations that the ECB will have to keep rates low for much longer in response to the apparent economic slowdown. Borrowing costs for the US and UK governments - which similarly face prolonged low interest rates amid the slowdown - have also fallen sharply back towards post-war lows they set last month. Gold - the most popular safe investment - also rallied, briefly breaking above $1,900 per troy ounce again. It hit a record high of $1,913.50 last month."