IT, POR / GER 10 year bond spread

Bloomberg chart -- It/Ger bond spread

pretty good measure of European stress

also, A E-P article on Portugal

Here's the bloomberg POR/GER 10 year spread

NYT Overview of the Euro Crisis

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2011/10/23/sunday-review/an-overview-of-the-euro-crisis.html

"The European Financial Crisis in One Graphic: The Dominoes of Debt "

http://www.oftwominds.com/blogoct11/euro-debt-dominoes10-11.html  from Charles Hugh Smith's Of Two Minds blog