this is huge. the u.k was a very large pillar holding up the eurozone w/ germany. and really, the eurozone project is nothing when looking at european history. many country's with long histories and independent cultures questioning a union that was drawing them into one big globalized country. once they linked up as economic union, the bureaucrats ( un-elected ) telling people in many countries what to do, but the people in u.k. just told them fuck you and others will follow. the markets will now price in " what if's ", what if italy pulls out, what if france pulls out....... this is huge uncertainty and will force banks, large corporations to question lending and borrowing. ( cross border borrowing drives the entire regions economy ), all of this will now be questioned ( the question becomes will they be payed back or defaulted upon ), this uncertainty is the elephant in the room moving forward. who is the " bag-holder " regarding the trillions of debt of all these nations that have massive debt obligations amongst themselves. a cluster fuck of debt .....
the beginning of the end of the eurozone currency ( just as milton friedman predicted at it's inception ). a union of countries ( 25+ ) all under one currency ( euro ) and all under the same exchange rate. whats good for germany ( exchange rate ) is not so good for european countries with huge debt burdens, and countries with economies that are not performing.
this was always about control. once the masters in germany / brussels had economic control they started telling everyone what to do within the eurozone. un-elected bureaucrats telling people what to do ....... so now u.k. voters said fuck you.
look for european crisis hitting new levels as everyone is now calling for a referendums in france, spain, etc ....
look for interbank lending to freeze in some way moving forward, currency markets - debt / credit ( bond ) markets are the huge concern for the global central banks. these markets are much larger than the equity markets that trade ( tata motors, apple, ford, g.e... ), this will trigger massive loses short term but also cause havoc in the larger markets as interbank lending freezes and central banks pour more debt into marketplace as they jawbone bullshit sweet nothings but they themselves are shitting razor blades. everyones borrowing cost, interest rates will now explode upward.
in the end this is all about credit / debt. the money that has bailed out greece was never for the people or fixing underlying problem. the bailout funds from EU, IMF bounced from german banks into greece then back into german banks for funding debt obligations ( from greece to germany, italy, france ) who are owed hundreds of billions of dollars .......
the entire shit-show that is the eurozone today is built upon debt that must be serviced every month. if this does not happen, the largest banks around europe all go insolvent overnight. so merkel, mario draghi are all puppets for the large banks that made loans that can't be payed back without bailouts and austerity. the depression in greece is not about the economy, it unfolded because greece uses the euro and its exchange rate ( set by germany ) and not having control of their own currency ( drachma ). if greece had control of its own currency it could have devalued said currency ( like many have done during crisis events ) and greece would be doing much better today.
this is only day one. this will not unfold quickly, look for turmoil / volatility no matter what over many months for all of europe. this pressure will fall upon borrowing cost as one of the large pillars holding up the eurozone project now being removed. billions / trillions vaporized in just 24hrs but like 2007/2008 credit crisis, this will unfold slowly and bring about many surprises. if you are not liquid and operate with debt ( credit / debt is not money ), you will feel much pain moving forward ~