What a turbulent period we have had lately in the world of...

What a turbulent period we have had lately in the world of finance. The Euro zone in crisis and Greece slipping into the abyss.

Billions of dollars have been wiped out of the stock market. A drop in commodity prices, stocks down, the australian dollar versus the US dollar trading below parity. And finally Exco share price, despite the cash and asset backing, all the fundamentals and so on, was unable to escape the onslaught.

As the chinese Proverb might say "we are definitely living in interesting times".