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Eric Dutram: With the Spanish economy seemingly sinking back into the abyss, many investors have stayed focused on the nation as a barometer for broad euro zone troubles. However, issues are also starting to build in an even bigger country in Read more…
Eric Dutram: As the European debt crisis marches on, the epicenter of the disaster continues to shift west, away from Greece and towards the Iberian Peninsula and Spain in particular. This is especially troubling as Spain is—by a PPP look—one of the 15 largest economies on earth and the fourth biggest in the Read more…
Eric Dutram: As 2012 has progressed, investors have been broadly spared from the turmoil in many European markets. The PIIGS have managed to keep their crises in check and stock markets have largely gained on the lack of negative news, putting last year’s slump firmly in the rear view mirror. Read more…
Stoyan Bojinov: Selling pressures prevailed on Tuesday as investors fretted over commentary from the latest FOMC meeting. Stocks took a nose dive lower after Chairman Bernanke made no direct hints of more stimulus to come. With no word on QE3, investors were quick to take profits across virtually every Read more…
Stoyan Bojinov: The Euro zone debt crisis has been at the forefront since late 2009 when it became apparent that Greece was struggling to curb its towering deficit. Greece unsuccessfully implemented several austerity meassures aimed at restoring financial stability, ultimately succumbing to a bailout Read more…
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Jared Cummans: Europe has been at the forefront of headlines around the world, as their debt crisis has been one of the most significant market movers over the past two years. Recently, Greece was granted a second bailout in an effort to bring stability to its economy, though many are unconvinced that this Read more…
Ron Rowland: If you’re a regular reader of Money and Markets, you weren’t surprised last Friday when Standard & Poor’s downgraded the sovereign debt of nine European nations. I’ve been expecting it, as have Martin Weiss, Mike Larson and our other editors. My main question: What took them so long? Read more…
Joseph L. Shaefer: “Be fearful when others are greedy. Be greedy when others are fearful.” — Warren Buffett. Since Mr. Buffett has traditionally favored a US market orientation, he was thinking about the inevitable changes in investor behavior that create the market cycles we are all-too-familiar with Read more…
Stoyan Bojinov: Equity indexes took a dive lower as many investors stepped to the sidelines in anticipation of today’s key European summit in Brussels. Selling pressures hit Wall Street on Thursday after the European Central Bank cut rates as expected, but disappointed investors when it announced that it would Read more…
Jared Cummans: Late last year, Global X brought to market the FTSE Norway 30 ETF (NYSEARCA:NORW), the first-ever product to feature targeted exposure to Norway. While the FTSE Nordic 30 ETF (NYSEARCA:GXF) has been around since late 2009, it only features a 21% exposure to the Norwegian Read more…
David Fry: Our goal in this profile is to help investors wade through the many competing ETF offerings available. Using our long experience as an ETF publication, and nearly 40 years in the Read more…
Stoyan Bojinov: Domestic equity indexes started off the week on a negative note as ongoing worries surrounding the European debt crisis paved the way for low-volume, profit taking across the board. Investors at home will soon deal with resurfacing debt drama in Washington as the November 23d deadline Read more…
Stoyan Bojinov: Since the downgrade of U.S. credit quality in August, investors have turned their attention to the debt drama taking place overseas. Several Euro zone member nations have fallen victim to mounting government deficits, which has inevitably contributed to investor worries over the health Read more…
Tim Seymour: Welcome to our world, Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS). Underperformers in the world’s emerging markets are turning into relative outperformers, and there is still time for traders to catch up. Read more…
Ron Rowland: Last week Mike Larson told you how Europe is an economic basket case. And today I want to talk about that a little more. Read more…
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