Four reasons to be cheerful if Greece stumbles out of the euro

Investors who get into the Greek market soon after the Grexit will do surprisingly well. Matthew Lynn explains why.

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If Greek prime minister Alexis Tsipras had a couple of drachma for every time someone had predicted that his country was about to tumble out of the eurozone, he could probably keep its beleaguered economy afloat all by himself. Even so, with the dramatic events of the last few days, it looks closer to the exit door than at any moment since the crisis began five years ago.

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Matthew Lynn

Matthew Lynn is a columnist for Bloomberg, and writes weekly commentary syndicated in papers such as the Daily Telegraph, Die Welt, the Sydney Morning Herald, the South China Morning Post and the Miami Herald. He is also an associate editor of Spectator Business, and a regular contributor to The Spectator. Before that, he worked for the business section of the Sunday Times for ten years. 

He has written books on finance and financial topics, including Bust: Greece, The Euro and The Sovereign Debt Crisis and The Long Depression: The Slump of 2008 to 2031. Matthew is also the author of the Death Force series of military thrillers and the founder of Lume Books, an independent publisher.