Will Greece Sink The Eurozone?
Shareholders Unite - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Jan 02, 10:50AM CST
IEV: 42.32 (-0.21), GREK: 13.74 (+0.34), FXE: 118.20 (-0.94)
Will Greece Be In EMU At The End Of 2015?
Marc Chandler - Seeking Alpha - Fri Jan 02, 9:00AM CST
The Greek political drama is overshadowing the Russian crisis and the plunge the price of oil. A review of old and new media coverage suggests that many observers are repeating the same mistake they made 2-3 years ago. We were one of the few...
GREK: 13.74 (+0.34), FXE: 118.20 (-0.94)
Dollar Soars On Divergence
Marc Chandler - Seeking Alpha - Fri Jan 02, 6:13AM CST
The US dollar is beginning the New Year will strong gains against both major and emerging market currencies. The divergence between the US and the other high income countries has been underscored by comments from the BOJ's Kuroda and ECB's Draghi....
OIL: 12.21 (-0.33), FXB: 150.61 (-2.45), FXY: 80.72 (-0.49), FXE: 118.20 (-0.94), UUP: 24.20 (+0.23)
Euro zone manufacturing sector 'near-stagnant'
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Jan 02, 4:33AM CST
EWI: 13.63 (+0.03), ADRU: 22.27 (-0.06), ULE: 19.61 (-0.19), ITLY: 32.45 (+1.11), VGK: 52.14 (-0.27), FEZ: 36.83 (-0.03), DBEU: 26.24 (+0.19), FEEU: 102.85 (-1.04), URR: 21.94 (-0.34), ITLT: 67.90 (+1.80), FIEU: 106.46 (+2.76), FEP: 29.29 (-0.08), EWP: 34.98 (+0.35), EZU: 36.37 (+0.04), EU: 21.47 (unch), EUO: 21.95 (+0.34), UPV: 42.45 (-0.60), FEU: 34.10 (-0.12), EPV: 64.03 (+0.57), HEDJ: 55.94 (+0.32), IEV: 42.32 (-0.21), FXE: 118.20 (-0.94), EUFX: 40.33 (+0.30), ERO: 45.82 (-0.64), DRR: 50.67 (+0.91)
Euro sinks, dollar gains as new year begins
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Jan 02, 2:11AM CST
ULE: 19.61 (-0.19), URR: 21.94 (-0.34), UUPT: 27.56 (+0.77), FXE: 118.20 (-0.94), UDN: 23.55 (-0.21), EUO: 21.95 (+0.34), USDU: 27.32 (+0.25), EUFX: 40.33 (+0.30), FORX: 44.99 (-0.01), ERO: 45.82 (-0.64), UUP: 24.20 (+0.23), UDNT: 11.70 (-0.39), DRR: 50.67 (+0.91)
EUR/USD - Euro Ends Dismal 2014 At 1.21
Dean Popplewell - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Jan 01, 7:40AM CST
By Kenny Fisher EUR/USD wrapped up 2014 on a sour note, edging below the 1.21 line at the end of trade on Wednesday. The euro starts the New Year at its lowest level against the dollar since July 2012. Markets in the Eurozone and the US are closed...
ULE: 19.61 (-0.19), URR: 21.94 (-0.34), FXE: 118.20 (-0.94), EUO: 21.95 (+0.34), EUFX: 40.33 (+0.30), ERO: 45.82 (-0.64), DRR: 50.67 (+0.91)
The Euro Currency Prepares To Say Adieus To One Country While Welcoming In Another
Outsized Analytics - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Jan 01, 4:56AM CST
GREK: 13.74 (+0.34), FXE: 118.20 (-0.94), EWZ: 35.36 (-1.21)
Dollar Slips Into Year End
Marc Chandler - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Dec 31, 6:11AM CST
The US dollar is trading with a slightly heavier bias as the last minute position adjustment takes a toll. The dollar-bloc and Scandis are doing somewhat better, sterling is a few ticks higher, while the euro and yen are straddling yesterday's...
DIG: 54.47 (+0.46), GREK: 13.74 (+0.34), FXA: 80.98 (-0.75), OIL: 12.21 (-0.33), FXB: 150.61 (-2.45), FXY: 80.72 (-0.49), FXC: 84.54 (-1.00), FXE: 118.20 (-0.94), UUP: 24.20 (+0.23)
2015 Outlook: Pain
Eric Parnell, CFA - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Dec 31, 3:09AM CST
XLB: 48.65 (+0.07), VXX: 30.99 (-0.52), EWN: 23.80 (-0.10), EWL: 31.53 (-0.16), TLT: 127.32 (+1.40), EWK: 16.22 (+0.02), EEM: 38.77 (-0.52), KRE: 40.22 (-0.48), XLP: 48.35 (-0.14), SPY: 205.43 (-0.11), FXB: 150.61 (-2.45), XLK: 41.27 (-0.08), FM: 30.46 (-0.34), XLI: 56.51 (-0.07), FXE: 118.20 (-0.94), KIE: 66.29 (-0.40), XLF: 24.73 (unch), VNQ: 82.22 (+1.22), XLE: 79.53 (+0.37), EIS: 46.58 (-0.20), SH: 21.81 (+0.03), IEF: 106.53 (+0.54), XLY: 71.63 (-0.52), FXY: 80.72 (-0.49), UL: 39.98 (-0.50), GSK: 42.37 (-0.37), XLU: 47.44 (+0.22), IVV: 206.73 (-0.14), UUP: 24.20 (+0.23), XLV: 68.63 (+0.25), EWU: 17.86 (-0.17), ENZL: 39.63 (-0.35), GLD: 114.08 (+0.50), EFA: 60.58 (-0.26), EDEN: 47.59 (+0.60), ACWX: 42.76 (-0.26), IWM: 118.93 (-0.69)
How Greece Is Dragging On The Euro
Andrew Sachais - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Dec 31, 1:34AM CST
FXE: 118.20 (-0.94)
Will The Euro's Slide Against The Dollar Continue?
Dave Allen - Seeking Alpha - Wed Dec 31, 1:03AM CST
Ellen Griswold: "Clark, you're driving on the wrong side of the road!" Clark Griswold: "I realize that honey. I'm also on the wrong side of the car." European Vacation, 1985 The Euro Dollar has been in a steady decline for the past 6 months. At...
FXE: 118.20 (-0.94), UDN: 23.55 (-0.21), UUP: 24.20 (+0.23)
Lithuania set to join euro
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Dec 31, 12:57AM CST
ULE: 19.61 (-0.19), URR: 21.94 (-0.34), ESR: 15.82 (+0.03), FXE: 118.20 (-0.94), GUR: 27.50 (+0.19), EUO: 21.95 (+0.34), EUFX: 40.33 (+0.30), ERO: 45.82 (-0.64), DRR: 50.67 (+0.91)
European Deflation Battle Success Hinges On Unity In 2015
Dean Popplewell - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Dec 30, 2:03PM CST
By Alfonso Esparza The euro lost 9.65% of its value versus the U.S. dollar in 2014. The American economy’s growing momentum coupled with the growth-sapping effect of European deflation has driven the EUR/USD to a two-year low (1.2260). To...
FXE: 118.20 (-0.94), UUP: 24.20 (+0.23)
Peak What? Christmastime In Hell? Part 4
The Nattering Naybob - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Dec 30, 1:57PM CST
HK: 1.87 (+0.09), EXXI: 3.46 (+0.20), SLB: 85.67 (+0.26), SPY: 205.43 (-0.11), LNCO: 11.50 (+1.13), SCTY: 52.92 (-0.56), FXE: 118.20 (-0.94), BKF: 34.93 (-0.10), PSX: 72.29 (+0.59), EXC: 37.57 (+0.49), IEF: 106.53 (+0.54), EOX: 1.18 (-0.02), TPLM: 4.64 (-0.14), HNR: 0.93 (-0.88), CLB: 119.31 (-1.03), CPE: 5.38 (-0.07), IWM: 118.93 (-0.69), PDCE: 41.26 (-0.01), OAS: 17.04 (+0.50),
The Euro And 2-Year Interest Rate Differentials
Marc Chandler - Seeking Alpha - Tue Dec 30, 9:44AM CST
There are many things behind the decline in the euro that pushed from $1.40 in early May to fresh two-year lows yesterday. Chief among those reasons, we posit, is the diverging trajectory of monetary policy. The Great Graphic , created on...
FXE: 118.20 (-0.94), UUP: 24.20 (+0.23)
EUR Steady Ahead Of Turn
Dean Popplewell - Seeking Alpha - Tue Dec 30, 6:39AM CST
By Dean Popplewell The collapse of the Greek government is not expected to have the same knock on contagion effect witnessed during the "darkest days" of the euro debt crisis two years ago. Back then and similar to today, the ECB pledged...
FXA: 80.98 (-0.75), FXB: 150.61 (-2.45), FXY: 80.72 (-0.49), FXC: 84.54 (-1.00), FXE: 118.20 (-0.94), FXF: 97.41 (-0.75), UDN: 23.55 (-0.21), UUP: 24.20 (+0.23)
3 Developments In Thin Markets
Marc Chandler - Seeking Alpha - Tue Dec 30, 6:25AM CST
Market participation has been thinned by the approaching New Year. This is making for some choppy price action. The result is weaker equity markets and a softer US dollar. The greenback is lower against the euro and sterling. Sterling held just...
FXB: 150.61 (-2.45), FXY: 80.72 (-0.49), FCA: 23.10 (+0.43), FXE: 118.20 (-0.94), UUP: 24.20 (+0.23)
Marc Chandler Positions For 2015: It's Not The Things We Know That Get Us Into Trouble
Marc Chandler - Seeking Alpha - Mon Dec 29, 11:00AM CST
Today we present the fourth piece in Seeking Alpha's Positioning for 2015 series. This year we have once again asked experts on a range of different asset classes and investing strategies to offer their vision for the coming year and beyond. As...
JYN: 47.79 (unch), ULE: 19.61 (-0.19), URR: 21.94 (-0.34), FXY: 80.72 (-0.49), UUPT: 27.56 (+0.77), EUO: 21.95 (+0.34), USDU: 27.32 (+0.25), UUP: 24.20 (+0.23), YCL: 14.01 (-0.11), YCS: 90.40 (+1.10), FXE: 118.20 (-0.94), UDN: 23.55 (-0.21), EUFX: 40.33 (+0.30), ERO: 45.82 (-0.64), FORX: 44.99 (-0.01), DRR: 50.67 (+0.91), UDNT: 11.70 (-0.39)
EUR Not Bothered By Greek Outcome
Dean Popplewell - Seeking Alpha - Mon Dec 29, 7:02AM CST
By Dean Popplewell It’s a difficult week to get excited about in capital markets. Most of the necessary positional business that had to be done will have been concluded well ahead of the new year “turn” due to the massive...
FXA: 80.98 (-0.75), FXB: 150.61 (-2.45), FXY: 80.72 (-0.49), FXC: 84.54 (-1.00), FXE: 118.20 (-0.94), FXF: 97.41 (-0.75), UDN: 23.55 (-0.21), UUP: 24.20 (+0.23)
Prospect Of Greek Election Weighs On European Asset Markets
Marc Chandler - Seeking Alpha - Mon Dec 29, 6:11AM CST
The failure of Greek Prime Minister Samaras to secure sufficient votes in the third and final parliamentary attempt to select a new president has sparked a sell-off in European stocks and peripheral bonds. Up until now, the contagion from Greece has...
IEV: 42.32 (-0.21), GREK: 13.74 (+0.34), FXB: 150.61 (-2.45), FXY: 80.72 (-0.49), FXE: 118.20 (-0.94), UUP: 24.20 (+0.23), EWJ: 11.26 (+0.02)