Alexis Tsipras

Greece's leftist Syriza party was able to secure enough votes to form a coalition government over the weekend, putting party leader Alexis Tsipras back into the spotlight. Tsipras saw about half of his party abandon him earlier this year when he agreed to a reform deal with EU leaders in...

Scoreboard RED! Two pictures are worth a thousand words: 1) Friday heat map by index: 2) Weekly candles show tremendous damage to bulls; it was possibly the worst week since 2011. We had -900 DOW points in 24 hours. Compare this to the 1000 points of the flash crash in a day. Some other...

This weekend, Greeks will head to the polls to elect a new parliament in the wake of the nation's turbulent bailout negotiations. This weekend's vote represents another big turning point in Greece's debt saga as the anti-austerity Syriza party is favored to win, albeit without an...

This week, Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras narrowly avoided another political meltdown after the nation's Parliament approved another set of belt-tightening measures that the nation's creditors demanded in exchange for a second installment of bailout funding. Tsipras has been able to maintain...

On Monday, Greek banks are set to reopen after closing their doors for three straight weeks following the European Central Bank's decision to extend further credit lines to the nation's struggling financial sector. While EU officials and Greek leaders have agreed to a flimsy deal to keep the nation...

After all-night talks on Sunday, eurozone leaders and Greek officials were able to reach an agreement to unlock desperately needed bailout funding for Athens. However, many believe that this weekend's agreement calls for even tougher belt-tightening measures than the Greece's EU...

Markets cheered on Friday after Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras submitted the nation's latest reform proposal to the International Monetary Fund and EU officials. This weekend, the proposal is set to be reviewed, but preliminary reports of what is included appear to show that Tsipras has met...

It is an uncertain time for markets as turmoil in two of the world's largest markets, China and Europe, has rocked investors' confidence. Both regions share markets are suffering, although for two very different reasons. Greek Bailout In Tatters In Greece, bailout negotiations all but...

Barclays analyst François Cabau believes that Tuesday's Euro Summit represented "one more step toward Grexit." He explained that no agreement was reached during the meeting, with the Greek position already having been weakened after Sunday's referendum vote. According to Cabau, eurozone leaders...

Tuesday may be Greece's last opportunity to secure emergency funding after the nation's voters rejected the latest EU proposal to release the country's bailout funds. Over the weekend, Greeks chose to stand behind Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and the Syriza-backed government, which...

On Monday morning, European markets were reeling after Greek voters' decision to strike down the bailout deal offered to Greece on Sunday. The nation's voters stood firmly behind Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and the leftist Syriza government, who promised to reach a new bailout deal...

To say that Greece is in a bit of a conundrum right now is a massive understatement. After defaulting on an IMF payment and quickly running low on emergency liquidity, the descendants of the fathers of finance are looking at the first major belly-up default in modern history. Greece is...

With no sign of a bailout agreement in sight, Greece has arranged a referendum vote in which the nation's residents will decide whether the terms set out by Athens' creditors are acceptable. The country's Syriza-backed government was elected on promises to end austerity, but Prime Minister Alexis...