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Richard Rittorno: As the euro zone continues to scrabble to fix the Greek debt crisis, analysts have started fretting over whether Portugal may fail to manage its own cripplingly high borrowing rates. But there are great babies being thrown out with the bathwater. Read more…
Martin Hutchinson: Forget about lost decades. Forecasts that we’ll be turning Japanese couldn’t be further from the truth. Here’s why. It’s simple, really. Deflation is not in the interest of anybody in power, so it’s very unlikely to happen. Read more…
Michael Snyder: An economic nightmare is descending on Europe. With each passing month, the economic numbers across Europe get even worse. At this point it is becoming extremely difficult for Read more…
Adrian Ash: Take record-high debt, add record-low interest rates, and what do you get in gold…? SECOND ONLY to Japan, the UK (NYSEArca:EWU) now wears the greatest debt burden of any major economy today – in total, more than 5 years’ entire economic output. Read more…
Russ Koesterich: Call #1 - An Update on Europe & Overweight Norway: While there have been developments toward solving the European debt crisis in recent months, more needs to be done. Read more…
Jack Crooks: We’re constantly talking about how much help the euro zone (NYSEArca:VGK) needs to escape the economic mess they’ve created. So will the European Central Bank (ECB) monetize debt? Read more…
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Sy Harding: In 2008 it was a sure thing the bursting of the real estate bubble (NYSEARCA:IYR), the collapse of the sub-prime mortgage market, the freeze-up of the banking system (NYSEARCA:XLF), the ravages of the ‘Great Recession’, collapse of the auto industry, bailout of mortgage- insurance Read more…
Michael Snyder: I wish that I had an “aha moment” to share with you today, but instead all I have is an “ack moment” to share. As I was analyzing all of the info coming out of Europe (NYSEARCA:VGK) in recent days, I came to the following realization: “Ack! They are actually going to let Greece default!” Read more…
Michael Snyder: The euro (NYSEARCA:FXE) is a dying currency. On Thursday, the EUR/USD fell below 1.28 for the first time since September 2010. In fact, as I write this the EUR/USD is sitting at 1.2791. Back in July, the EUR/USD was over 1.45. But this is just the beginning. The euro Read more…
Michael Johnston: The development of the bond ETF industry in recent years has been well documented; as investors have become more comfortable with the idea of achieving fixed income exposure through the exchange-traded structure, inflows to this corner of the market have grown significantly. Read more…
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Dominique de Kevelioc de Bailleul: As Italian bank UniCredit hangs by a thread as the potential European version of a Lehman Brothers collapse, but many more times over, one has to wonder about the timing of other seemingly unrelated events in the Persian Gulf. Read more…
Jonathan Yates: One of the few pleasant developments of the euro (NYSEARCA:FXE) crisis is that German consumers continue to spend on domestic goods and services. Read more…
Michael Johnston: As most investors are painfully aware at this point, Europe is not in the best of fiscal shape at present. The continent is in the midst of a prolonged debt crisis that is now threatening the continued existence of the euro, and has transformed the region into a form of portfolio Kryptonite Read more…
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Jonathan Yates: It would seem that the strongest member of a declining organization would want to leave the losing proposition. But, as French Premier Charles DeGaulle once exclaimed, “Nations do not have friends, they have interests.” For that reason, Germany (NYSEARCA:EWG) will do all it can to Read more…
Jared Cummans: Last year was dominated by drama from the Euro zone and the constant worry as to whether or not the currency bloc would be able to keep afloat during tough times. With a number of debt crises, rioting, and threats to leave the currency altogether, this group of countries has certainly Read more…
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