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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…
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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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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Michael Snyder: The warning signs are all around us. All we have to do is open up our eyes and look at them. Almost every single day there are more prominent voices in the financial world telling us that a massive economic crisis is coming and that we need to prepare for the worst. On Wednesday, it Read more…
Michael Johnston: As the ETF universe has expanded dramatically over the last several years, many investors have taken advantage of this asset class to tap into international equity markets. With single-country ETFs dedicated to dozens of developed and emerging markets, accessing the major Read more…
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…
Michael Snyder: The European debt crisis has just gone to an entirely new level. Just when it seemed like things may be stabilizing somewhat, we get news of huge financial bombs being dropped all over Europe (NYSEARCA:VGK). Very shortly after U.S. financial markets closed on Friday, S&P Read more…
Richard Rittorno: Italy’s (NYSEARCA:EWI) bond auction failed to impress and rumors of a pending France (NYSEARCA:EWQ) downgrade as quickly as this afternoon are putting huge downward pressure on the Euro. The EUR/USD slipped to a new low of 1.2625, a 17-month low, giving up the entire rally Read more…
John Nyaradi: Some ETFs are hot and some are not as we enter 2012. A famous stock market axiom says that “a rising tides lifts all boats,” however, in markets like today’s bifurcated environment, vast Read more…
Sy Harding: In an October column I wrote, “For the first time this year the trend of U.S. economic reports is potentially bottoming and turning positive. And after being bearish in the spring and summer, I like what I see in the technical charts of many markets. If only we could ignore Europe.” Read more…
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