Stoyan Bojinov: Concerns over Europe’s financial health have only gotten worse for the past two years as the currency bloc struggles to regain its fiscal footing, which has undoubtedly intensified doubts about the global economic recovery since the most recent downturn. 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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Sara Nunnally: Not all of Europe (NYSEARCA:VGK) is in trouble. The headline-grabbing crisis is a clear and easy opportunity for patient investors. Back in December, I told you about the interesting dynamic between new members of the European Union Read more…
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Scott Martin: In the best of times the markets in Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic offer traders exposure to the frontier between oil-rich Russia and the euro zone. But lately, funds focused on these stocks have suffered on both sides of the border. Read more…
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Eric Dutram: Thanks to the ongoing European debt debacle, many investors have decided to go beyond the euro zone for their European exposure. In order to do this, most have looked to developed nations such as Switzerland, Great Britain or Norway for European holdings with potentially less risk Read more…
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Michael Snyder: Do you want to see what a 21st century economic depression looks like? Just look at Greece. Once upon a time, the Greek economy was thriving, the Greek government was borrowing Read more…
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Sara Nunnally: It’s happened… We finally see some real pushback against the euro from one of the EU’s newest members: the Czech Republic. On Dec. 15, three months after I first wrote today’s “Best Read more…
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Joseph Hogue: Debt auctions in Italy and Spain went fairly well last week and tensions have come down a little with lower yields in the peripheral European countries. Despite this, end-of-year Read more…
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Joseph Hogue: The coming week may prove relatively light after last week’s volley of meetings and summits. Despite tensions in Russia and a few important CPI reports, the lack of real market movers Read more…
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Martin Hutchinson: It’s been a rough few weeks for the Eurozone. Portugal is still in trouble, Spain will be back on the coals after its elections, and if I were a bond trader, I would be shorting Belgium, which Read more…
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Martin Hutchinson: It’s been a rough few weeks for the Eurozone (NYSEARCA: VGK). Portugal is still in trouble, Spain will be back on the coals after its Nov. 20 election, and if I were a bond trader, I would be shorting Belgium, which has serious deficit and debt problems, runs for months at a time without Read more…
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