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Russ Koesterich: A few weeks ago, the Wall Street Journal reported that a European court ruled that employees are not only entitled to long vacations–or at least long by American standards–but in the event they become ill while on vacation, they also get a “do-over.” Read more…
Stoyan Bojinov: Investors of all walks have embraced ETFs as the investment vehicle of choice when it comes to accessing virtually any asset class in the global market. Read more…
“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…
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…
Stoyan Bojinov: Stocks slid into red territory yesterday as a dismal start to earnings season welcomed back the bears on Wall Street. Alcoa’s (NYSE:AA) quarterly loss didn’t sit too well with investors, while disappointing results and a deteriorating outlook for the semiconductor Read more…
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…
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…
Doug Casey: In an interview with Louis James, world traveler and legendary speculator Doug Casey makes a compelling case for becoming a “permanent tourist” to be best able to survive the coming economic crash. Read more…
Eric Dutram: Economic conditions in the euro zone are still uncertain as Spain and Greece continue to face intense fiscal troubles. Many investors are naturally trying to reconsider their exposure to the region and are instead focusing in on the best nations 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…
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…
Russ Koesterich: With the sovereign debt crisis centered in the developed world, the traditional notion that all developed markets are less risky for investors than all emerging markets doesn’t hold up anymore. Read more…
Michael Johnston: With the first half of 2012 coming to a close, investors find themselves perhaps only partially through a rocky roller coaster ride. Europe has undeniably been the story of 2012 to this point, and will likely continue to steer global equity markets Read more…
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Kent Moors: The Greek election last weekend has brought us a brief reprieve. The nation and the Eurozone have stepped back from the brink. But the larger truth is that little has changed. Read more…
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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