Germany Gives Greece One Final Ultimatum After Friday’s “Optimistic” Talks Devolve Into Disagreement And Confusion

On Friday, the main catalyst that launched the early ramp in the EURUSD, subsequently sending both the Dax over 12,000, and the US stock market soaring, was speculation and hope that the latest round of Greek talks on late Thursday night ahead of tomorrow key meeting between Tsipras and Merkel in Berlin, had gone well, and there was a reason to be optimistic about the near-term for a Greece which increasingly more see as on the verge of expulsion from the monetary union. We explained as much, although we added the provision that at this point it is likely too late to do much if anything about Greece in “German DAX Surges Over 12,000 On Greek Optimism, But The Money Has Run Out.”