Bloomberg ETF analyst Eric Balchunas examines the ups and downs of market cap-weighted ETFs. He speaks with Alix Steel on Bloomberg Television’s “Street Smart.” Eric also notes his three Read more…

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“If you look at Euro-related equities, in terms of their valuation, over the top of U.S. valuations, that disparity is at a 40-year low,” says Mark Luschini, chief investment strategist at Janney Montgomery. While impossible to perfectly time the market, Luschini says Read more…

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Diane Alter: In attempts to ease its mushrooming financial pains, Spain unveiled new austerity measures today (Wednesday) that aim to reduce 65 billion euros ($80 billion) from the public deficit by 2014. Read more…

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Daniela Pylypczak: As many economies in the Euro zone continue to teeter on the edge of default (or forced bailouts), investors around the globe remain understandably leery of any investments made within the shaky economy. After several years of painstaking Read more…

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Martin Hutchinson: As the Eurozone teeters on the edge of a breakup, it begs the question: Can the U.S economy ”de-couple” from the Eurozone debt crisis? Read more…

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EconMatters: The EUR/USD index edged up to 1.2533 on Wednesday, U.S. 4th of July holiday Wednesday in subdued markets ahead of the ECB rate decision to be announced on Thursday.  As expected, ECB officials meeting in Frankfurt will cut benchmark Read more…

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Michael Snyder: Has Europe (NYSEARCA:VGK) finally been saved this time?  Has this latest “breakthrough” solved the European debt crisis?  Of course not, and you should know better by now.  European leaders have held 18 summits since the beginning of the debt crisis.  Read more…

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Michael Snyder: What is the second half of 2012 going to bring?  Are things going to get even worse than they are right now?  Unfortunately, that appears more likely with each passing day.  Read more…

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Bill Luby: There are many ways in which investors can evaluate risk related to the euro zone. Credit default swaps for sovereign debt are one way to evaluate the risk of country default. Sovereign bond yields are a good proxy for a country’s access to funding Read more…

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Eric Dutram: ProShares, a leader in inverse and leveraged ETFs, has launched its latest product in the currency space, targeting the in focus euro. The new fund, the ProShares Short Euro ETF (NYSEARCA:EUFX), looks to give investors inverse Read more…

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Chris Ciovacco: We sympathize with Germany’s (NYSEARCA:EWG) position in Europe (NYSEARCA:VGK). They understand it will be much more difficult to see over-extended budgets brought back into line after checks have been passed out (again). Read more…

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ProShares has announced that they will begin trading The ProShares Short Euro (NYSEARCA:EUFX) Wednesday, June 27, 2012. The ProShares Short Euro is designed to track the inverse (-1x) of the daily performance of the euro spot price versus the Read more…

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Eric Dutram: Despite a number of bailouts, Europe’s woes are intensifying as the focus continues to be on Greece and Spain as they attempt to stop the slide in their economies. Beyond these countries and the rest of the PIIGS bloc, however, concerns are also beginning Read more…

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Michael Snyder: Yes, it is officially time to start freaking out about the global economy.  The European financial system is falling apart and it is going to go down hard.  If Europe was going Read more…

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Stoyan Bojinov: One of the most anticipated and watched sporting events in the world, the 2012 UEFA European Football Championship kicked off late last week. Euro 2012 marks a milestone Read more…

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