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Daniela Pylypczak: To say the least, the world economy has had a bumpy ride since the onslaught of the unprecedented financial crisis that rocked the world in 2008. Despite several glimmers of hope in the U.S.’s ability to bounce back, Euro Read more…
Monty Agarwal: A 10-page document prepared by analysts in the so-called “troika” of international lenders (the European Central Bank, European Commission and International Monetary Fund) — marked “strictly confidential” and dated Feb. 15 — was meant for only the top brass of the troika. Read more…
Tom Essaye: The market has been watching Europe (NYSEArca:VGK), particularly the fact that (as of this writing) a deal still hasn’t been struck between the Greek government, the Troika (the ECB, IMF, and euro-zone leaders), and private holders of Greek debt (bankers, hedge funds, and sovereign wealth 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…
Jared Cummans: 2011 was the year of the euro, but most investors are hoping for the opposite to be true this year. Rather than focusing on the issues overseas, investors would like to keep their minds occupied by the slew of encouraging data from recent U.S. reports. But for now, the euro zone remains Read more…
Monty Agarwal: 2011 has been a challenging year for a lot of investors, amateurs as well as professionals. Buy and hold mutual fund type strategies have simply not worked. Trends have disappeared too and have been replaced by sideways markets that see monstrous moves — in either direction — in the Read more…
Yiannis Mostrous: Since the outset of Europe’s (NYSEARCA:VGK) sovereign-debt crisis, we’ve argued that the EU treaty would need to be revamped to effectively deal with the situation. The EU continues to fail to achieve this goal. There’s plenty of blame to go around, from the sinners in the EU’s Read more…
Kent Moors: I am in Frankfurt, Germany (NYSEARCA:EWG) right now attending three days of meetings, and I must say they’re shaping up to be quite interesting. Read more…
Kevin McElroy: My biggest bone to pick with the mainstream media with regard to the European and American debt crises is that almost no one actually does their homework. Read more…
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