Max King's 2011 A-Z of global investing

Albanians "Even the Albanians are leaving" wailed one Athenian in despair at the descent of Greece's capital into chaos and depression, thereby coining a new metaphor for "rats leaving a sinking ship." Greek tourism, however, benefited from holidaymakers avoiding North Africa and from measures taken to help the industry, with early season arrivals up 10%. Banks European bank Dexia was rescued by the French, Belgian and Luxembourg governments just three months after it passed the EU stress tests with flying colours. With banks throughout the euro-zone weighed down with the sovereign and p...