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Ebbing power

Draghi lacks arrows to hit ECB's inflation target

The greater good

Hollande risks political hara-kiri for French good

Stuck in the middle with debt

European bond auctions are crying out for change

Plus ca change

French central bank spat shows Hollande's tin ear

Marx and sparks

Cameron's EU bind has a Marxist tinge

Safety with catches

Investors struggle to find true safe havens

Gadarene rush

Equity investors succumb too willingly to gloom

Confidence trick

Portugal offers drama without a crisis

Outside forces

Oil price slide complicates life for central banks

Gold's support is melting away

There are so many reasons to sell and so few reasons to buy. Die-hard gold bugs face tough times.

Faith-based currency

Greek exit talk leaves euro investors unperturbed

Muddy waters

Euro is poor yardstick for euro existential stress

Immunotherapy

Europe has power to contain Greek bond contagion

Crowd funding

For bonds, crowds are more dangerous than Draghi

Yen for weakness

Yen slide will encounter little political friction

Open options

Euro pessimists are taking the long view

Blinded by the light

Cult of central bank transparency is too powerful

Just right

ECB struggles with central bank news frenzy

Shot in the dark

Bond turmoil signals new era of return-free risk

Keep calm and carry on

Low gilt yields mask UK election fears