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Martin Hutchinson: Commentators are wringing their hands again, worried the troubles in Spain (NYSEARCA:EWP) could cause the whole euro project to collapse. As a result, all eyes are now on Spanish 10-year debt yields, which went above 6% last week as the threat of euro-chaos returned. Read more…
Michael Snyder: The economic crisis in Europe (NYSEARCA:VGK) continues to get worse and eventually it is going to unravel into a complete economic nightmare. All over Europe Read more…
Tom Essaye: As someone who has closely watched this European saga for two full years, I have seen a discernible pattern emerge … Read more…
Stocks pared some of Tuesday’s big losses but trade was light. The small-cap Russell 2000 (NYSEARCA:IWM) led the advance as it posted a 1.6% gain. The S&P MidCap 400 added 1.2%, while both the DJIA (NYSEARCA:DIA) and the S&P 500 (NYSEARCA:SPY) posted 0.7% gains. The tech-rich Nasdaq climbed Read more…
Jack Crooks: There are all sorts of reasons I could list to explain why the euro (NYSEARCA:FXE) will disintegrate. You have heard a lot of them before. But as this crisis continues to drag on, I think many Read more…
Martin D. Weiss: I return from a wonderful vacation — beardless, tan, and rested … but also very wary of the unfolding events: Just when everyone thought the debt crisis was over … giant deficits didn’t matter … and the global economy was on the mend … We have witnessed a sudden shift in global events … and Read more…
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Jeff Nielson: More than two years ago I began warning readers of the most heinous acts of fraud ever perpetrated by the Western banking crime syndicate, which I dubbed “economic terrorism”. These swindles involved nothing less than the destruction of entire European economies, solely so that the banksters Read more…
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Jared Cummans: With the second quarter underway, investors will be glued to important economic data from around the world to get a feel for how markets could behave in the coming three-month span. One thing that many will hope for is the continued radio silence on European issues that dominated headlines Read more…
Sy Harding: It’s an old market maxim that the stock market often climbs a wall of worry. In the current rally the S&P 500 (NYSEARCA:SPY) has gained 29% since its October low, and the wall of worry it climbed has been impressive. Reports in October showed the economic slowdown in the first half of the Read more…
Jared Cummans: Amid all of the issues plaguing Europe (NYSEARCA:VGK), the U.K. has been struggling to find its footing, despite isolating itself from the flailing currency. The U.K. has been faced with high unemployment rates and a shrinking economy for some time now, as fourth quarter GDP recently Read more…
Joseph Hogue: Whether ECB President Mario Draghi will be proven correct when he said the recent LTRO issuances were an “unquestionable success,” the injection of liquidity into the system is definitely making its way around the region. However, the flows are probably not going where Mr. Draghi would Read more…
Dominique de Kevelioc de Bailleul: On Friday, it’s now official: Greece defaults. Zerohedge called the event: The biggest debt writedown in human history. Strangely, or not, there was no press conference by the ECB, no bold-letter headlines about the event. Nothing. There was nothing but an Read more…
Bryan Rich: The theme of the global financial markets is now moving more toward the realization that growth will be ultra-slow (if not recession like territory), unemployment will remain persistently high and global economic shocks will continue to roll through. This is an important realization. Read more…
Michael Snyder: For a long time, most analysts have believed that if someone was going to leave the euro (NYSEArca:FXE), it would be a weak nation such as Greece or Portugal. But the truth is that 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…
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