Jim Rogers: Market Surge from Eurozone Debt Crisis Deal Won’t Last

Posted by DAVID ZEILER, Associate Editor, Money Morning

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Stock markets around the world soared Friday in reaction to the morning’s Eurozone debt crisis deal, but noted investor Jim Rogers wasn’t impressed.

“This is no more than just another temporary stopgap to make the market feel good for a few hours, days or even weeks,” Rogers, Chairman of Rogers Holdings, told CNBC. “Then everybody’s going to wake up and say, “This doesn’t solve the problem.'”

Meeting in Brussels, European leaders announced a plan early Friday that would provide struggling banks with money directly from the bloc’s bailout fund. 

The leaders also said bailout funds could be used to stabilize European bond markets. But they did not tie such use to additional austerity measures, which have angered citizens in debt-troubled nations like Greece and Spain.

The summit is just the latest in a series of high-level attempts to resolve the 2-year-old Eurozone debt crisis, which has required bailouts of Greece, Portugal, Ireland, and most recently the Spanish banking system. 

Markets around the world surged on the announcement, with some European indexes rising as much as 4%. In the United States, the Dow Jones Industrial Average shot up 200 points at the open. 

Don’t get used to it, Rogers said.

(Take a look at some of these 5 to 6% moves taking place in Europe)

 

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