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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…
Sy Harding: There was much anticipation in advance of Friday’s Labor Department employment report for February. The report has a reputation for often coming in with a big surprise in one Read more…
Michael Snyder: Well, it is official. The restructuring deal between Greece and private investors has been pushed through and the International Swaps and Derivatives Association has ruled that this is a credit event which will trigger Read more…
NASDAQ:EUFN, NYSE:EWG, NYSE:EWI, NYSE:EWP, NYSE:GREK, NYSE:IEV, NYSE:VGK
In trading on Friday, the MV Rare Earth/Strategic Metals (NYSEArca:REMX) is outperforming other ETFs, up about 4.65% on the day. Also up on the day is the Read more…
Shah Gilani: A not-so-funny thing happened on the way to the latest Greek bailout. The terms and conditions of the bond swap Greece agreed to before getting another handout constitutes a theoretical default – but not a technical default. Read more…
Sy Harding: In Europe (NYSEArca:VGK), the euro-zone debt crisis has pretty much faded from headlines. The arrangements that will bail out Greece (NYSEArca:GREK)- at least for now – have been pretty much finalized. Read more…
Jim Trippon: With the seemingly interminable drama concerning the eurozone debt and particularly Greece (NYSEArca:GREK), one of the backdrops has been that China’s (NYSEArca:FXI) name has Read more…
NYSE:EWA, NYSE:EWC, NYSE:EWG, NYSE:FXI, NYSE:FXP, NYSE:GREK, NYSE:VGK
In trading on Wednesday, the iPath Short Extended Russell 20 (NYSEArca:RTSA) is outperforming other ETFs, up about 5.27% on the day. Also up on the day is the Read more…
Michael Snyder: The global financial system is not a game of checkers. It is a game of chess. All over the world today, news headlines are proclaiming that this new Greek debt deal has completely eliminated the possibility of a chaotic Greek debt default. Unfortunately, that is simply not the case. Read more…
David Gillie: Greece survives from media headline to media headline like a fading Hollywood starlet’s career. I quit doing the math when the “pledged” bailouts exceeded their total debt several times over. Read more…
In trading on Wednesday, the ProShares Trust VIX Short-Term (NYSEArca:VIXY) is outperforming other ETFs, up about 5.85% on the day. Also up on the day is the Read more…
In trading on Monday, the Global X FTSE Greece 20 ETF (NYSEArca:GREK) is outperforming other ETFs, up about 7.28% on the day. Also up on the day is the Read more…
Bryan Rich: The eurusd has been chopping around in recent weeks, driven by highly volatile events and equally volatile market sentiment surrounding the efforts to rescue Greece from the edge of the cliff (again). Read more…
Jack Crooks: If you are wondering why the euro (NYSEArca:FXE) rallied sharply over the last couple of weeks, hitting a two-month high against the dollar (NYSEArca:UUP) on Thursday, the answer is that Read more…
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