Brussels And Minsk: Tales Of Two Cities
Enzio von Pfeil - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Feb 13, 2:14AM CST
Brussels: plus ca la meme chose. Current negotiations between Greece and the Troika are just a game of chicken: who will clear the road first? We think: the Greeks. Fin. Min. Varoufakis is a smart guy, having taught game theory at over three...
XAR: 114.56 (+0.79), FEZ: 38.50 (+0.17), ITA: 121.07 (+0.83), PPA: 36.56 (+0.32), FXE: 112.16 (-0.15), ERO: 43.16 (unch), FEU: 35.83 (+0.27)
Weak Euro Hurts U.S. Companies, Good For The EU
Wall Street Daily - Seeking Alpha - Thu Feb 12, 5:46AM CST
By Karim Rahemtulla Cheap gas prices might be creating some extra wiggle room in your wallet. But that's likely not the case for your portfolio, especially if you invest in a lot of multinational corporations. You see, the collapsed price of...
ULE: 17.62 (-0.02), URR: 19.48 (+0.08), DXGE: 29.14 (+0.01), FXE: 112.16 (-0.15), EUO: 24.16 (+0.03), EUFX: 42.41 (+0.07), ERO: 43.16 (unch), DRR: 55.92 (-0.18)
Still A Good Time To Avoid Shorting The Euro
Dr. Duru - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Feb 12, 1:41AM CST
ULE: 17.62 (-0.02), URR: 19.48 (+0.08), FXE: 112.16 (-0.15), EUO: 24.16 (+0.03), EUFX: 42.41 (+0.07), ERO: 43.16 (unch), DRR: 55.92 (-0.18)
Just How Sick Is The EU?
Hale Stewart - Seeking Alpha - Thu Feb 12, 12:48AM CST
For what seems like forever (which, in reality is actually a few years) I have been extremely bearish on the EU. There are several reasons for this: their continued obsession with austerity despite the clear proof it doesn't work, the inability to...
FXE: 112.16 (-0.15), ERO: 43.16 (unch)
Greenspan: Greece Exit Only A 'Matter Of Time'
Chris Puplava - Seeking Alpha - Tue Feb 10, 3:02PM CST
Greece is beginning to dominate global news once again as the newly elected party, Syriza, is trying to renegotiate the country's debt with its creditors, mainly the ECB. Both sides appear to be playing chicken which is creating uncertainty in...
SPY: 209.78 (+0.86), GREK: 13.65 (+0.66), FXE: 112.16 (-0.15), ERO: 43.16 (unch)
A Day Of Reckoning For The Euro Has Arrived - $26 Trillion In Currency Derivatives At Risk
Michael T. Snyder - Seeking Alpha - Mon Feb 09, 6:04AM CST
This is the month when the future of the eurozone will be decided. This week, Greek leaders will meet with European officials to discuss what comes next for Greece. The new prime minister of Greece, Alexis Tsipras, has already stated that he will not...
ULE: 17.62 (-0.02), GREK: 13.65 (+0.66), URR: 19.48 (+0.08), FXE: 112.16 (-0.15), EUO: 24.16 (+0.03), EUFX: 42.41 (+0.07), ERO: 43.16 (unch), DRR: 55.92 (-0.18)
A Week Of Dollar Weakness: The Greenback Falters, Then Friday It Explodes
Andrew Hecht - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Feb 09, 5:19AM CST
ULE: 17.62 (-0.02), URR: 19.48 (+0.08), UUPT: 29.68 (-0.04), FXE: 112.16 (-0.15), UDN: 22.76 (+0.03), EUO: 24.16 (+0.03), USDU: 27.70 (unch), EUFX: 42.41 (+0.07), FORX: 44.02 (+0.09), ERO: 43.16 (unch), UUP: 24.91 (-0.01), UDNT: 10.42 (-0.02), DRR: 55.92 (-0.18)
Cities Issue Local Currencies, Why Not Greece?
Ralph Musgrave - at Seeking Alpha - Sun Feb 08, 9:53AM CST
Numerous cities and regions have issued, and currently issue their own currencies. One of the first was Worgl in Austria in the 1930s, and there's a currency called "Ithaca hours" in Ithaca in the US. Plus currently in the UK, the cities of...
ULE: 17.62 (-0.02), GREK: 13.65 (+0.66), URR: 19.48 (+0.08), FXE: 112.16 (-0.15), EUO: 24.16 (+0.03), EUFX: 42.41 (+0.07), ERO: 43.16 (unch), DRR: 55.92 (-0.18)
The Changing Nature Of The Link Between Stocks And Exchange Rates
Evariste Lefeuvre - at Seeking Alpha - Sun Feb 08, 2:40AM CST
ULE: 17.62 (-0.02), FEZ: 38.50 (+0.17), URR: 19.48 (+0.08), ESTX: 46.67 (+1.43), FXE: 112.16 (-0.15), EUO: 24.16 (+0.03), EUFX: 42.41 (+0.07), ERO: 43.16 (unch), DRR: 55.92 (-0.18)
Swiss economy faces weak growth in 2015
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Sat Feb 07, 1:11PM CST
ULE: 17.62 (-0.02), URR: 19.48 (+0.08), FXE: 112.16 (-0.15), EUO: 24.16 (+0.03), FXF: 104.56 (-0.56), EUFX: 42.41 (+0.07), ERO: 43.16 (unch), FSZ: 39.72 (unch), EWL: 32.82 (+0.02), DRR: 55.92 (-0.18)
Currency Wars
Comstock Partners - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Feb 06, 3:28AM CST
As our viewers know, we have been sounding the alarm about the deflationary process that is playing out in the world's equity, bond and currency markets for quite some time. Because of the activity by central banks in major and more recently in...
JYN: 48.15 (unch), ULE: 17.62 (-0.02), URR: 19.48 (+0.08), FXY: 81.87 (+0.09), UUPT: 29.68 (-0.04), EUO: 24.16 (+0.03), USDU: 27.70 (unch), UUP: 24.91 (-0.01), YCL: 14.33 (+0.04), YCS: 87.47 (-0.07), FXE: 112.16 (-0.15), UDN: 22.76 (+0.03), FXF: 104.56 (-0.56), EUFX: 42.41 (+0.07), ERO: 43.16 (unch), FORX: 44.02 (+0.09), UDNT: 10.42 (-0.02), DRR: 55.92 (-0.18)
Greek official soothes markets
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Feb 05, 6:59AM CST
ULE: 17.62 (-0.02), FEZ: 38.50 (+0.17), VGK: 54.96 (+0.18), DBEU: 28.01 (+0.11), GREK: 13.65 (+0.66), URR: 19.48 (+0.08), FEP: 31.22 (+0.12), FIEU: 115.69 (+1.37), FEUZ: 32.37 (+0.11), NBG: 1.61 (+0.18), EUO: 24.16 (+0.03), IEUR: 45.70 (+0.01), UPV: 47.14 (+0.37), FEU: 35.83 (+0.27), HEDJ: 61.99 (+0.12), EPV: 56.50 (-0.44), DBEZ: 27.78 (+0.08), ESTX: 46.67 (+1.43), FXE: 112.16 (-0.15), HEZU: 27.28 (+0.10), ERO: 43.16 (unch), DRR: 55.92 (-0.18), ADRU: 23.27 (+0.13), EURL: 33.01 (+0.29), FEEU: 111.93 (+1.22), EZU: 38.29 (+0.09), SBEU: 25.60 (+0.47), IEV: 44.50 (+0.15), EUFX: 42.41 (+0.07)
Europe sinks after ECB's Greece decision
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Feb 05, 2:59AM CST
ULE: 17.62 (-0.02), GREK: 13.65 (+0.66), URR: 19.48 (+0.08), FXE: 112.16 (-0.15), EUO: 24.16 (+0.03), EUFX: 42.41 (+0.07), ERO: 43.16 (unch), DRR: 55.92 (-0.18)
Euro and European stock ETFs head south as ECB pulls plug on Greek debt
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Feb 04, 3:01PM CST
EWI: 14.44 (+0.05), ULE: 17.62 (-0.02), EWG: 29.19 (-0.01), VGK: 54.96 (+0.18), FEZ: 38.50 (+0.17), DBEU: 28.01 (+0.11), URR: 19.48 (+0.08), EWQ: 26.18 (+0.03), EWP: 34.41 (+0.42), FEP: 31.22 (+0.12), FIEU: 115.69 (+1.37), FEUZ: 32.37 (+0.11), EUO: 24.16 (+0.03), IEUR: 45.70 (+0.01), UPV: 47.14 (+0.37), FEU: 35.83 (+0.27), EPV: 56.50 (-0.44), HEDJ: 61.99 (+0.12), DBEZ: 27.78 (+0.08), ESTX: 46.67 (+1.43), FXE: 112.16 (-0.15), ERO: 43.16 (unch), HEZU: 27.28 (+0.10), DRR: 55.92 (-0.18), ADRU: 23.27 (+0.13), EURL: 33.01 (+0.29), FEEU: 111.93 (+1.22), EZU: 38.29 (+0.09), SBEU: 25.60 (+0.47), IEV: 44.50 (+0.15), EWU: 18.91 (+0.09), EUFX: 42.41 (+0.07)
Choosing Sides: Gold, Derivatives, And East Vs. West
Bill Holter - Seeking Alpha - Wed Feb 04, 9:47AM CST
Last week was filled with geopolitics 24/7 until Friday, when they finally spilled all over the markets. The market action was extremely ominous, especially the last hour into the close. Very shortly, I believe we will be faced with huge market...
SGOL: 120.32 (+0.59), OUNZ: 12.26 (+0.06), GLD: 117.98 (+0.64), IAU: 11.89 (+0.06), FXE: 112.16 (-0.15), AGOL: 121.01 (-0.19), EUO: 24.16 (+0.03), ERO: 43.16 (unch)
Money Supply And Recession Indicators
Steven Saville - Seeking Alpha - Wed Feb 04, 12:42AM CST
Editor's note: Originally published at tsi-blog.com on February 4, 2015. The following chart of euro-zone True Money Supply (TMS) was part of a discussion on monetary inflation in a TSI commentary published last Sunday. The ECB...
ULE: 17.62 (-0.02), FINF: 42.47 (-0.64), SINF: 47.80 (unch), URR: 19.48 (+0.08), INFL: 39.28 (+0.47), FXE: 112.16 (-0.15), UINF: 27.79 (+0.01), EUO: 24.16 (+0.03), EUFX: 42.41 (+0.07), ERO: 43.16 (unch), DRR: 55.92 (-0.18), DEFL: 58.00 (unch), RINF: 30.25 (+0.05)
The Forces At Work As Developed World Currencies Diverge
Sober Look - at Seeking Alpha - Sun Feb 01, 8:39AM CST
As Europe still manages fallout from the SNB breaking the Swiss Franc peg earlier this month, we can discuss emerging market countries that might feel similar pressure from Europe and the US soon. It is easy to forget the extent to which emerging...
ULE: 17.62 (-0.02), URR: 19.48 (+0.08), UUPT: 29.68 (-0.04), FXE: 112.16 (-0.15), FXF: 104.56 (-0.56), UDN: 22.76 (+0.03), EUO: 24.16 (+0.03), USDU: 27.70 (unch), EUFX: 42.41 (+0.07), FORX: 44.02 (+0.09), ERO: 43.16 (unch), UUP: 24.91 (-0.01), UDNT: 10.42 (-0.02), DRR: 55.92 (-0.18)
Mark Carney, I Fully Agree With You
Michael Grogan - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Jan 30, 3:05PM CST
VGK: 54.96 (+0.18), EU: 20.54 (-0.08), FXE: 112.16 (-0.15), EUO: 24.16 (+0.03), ERO: 43.16 (unch)
Gold In Euro: A Bullish Signal For The EUR/USD
Evariste Lefeuvre - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Jan 30, 7:23AM CST
ERO: 43.16 (unch)
ECB Euro QE Won't Succeed
Epoch Times - Seeking Alpha - Thu Jan 29, 3:26AM CST
The European Central Bank (ECB) leaked the information beforehand to test the waters and this time followed through on their promise: Money printing galore in the form of 60 billion euros per month ($69 billion). ECB president Mario Draghi...
ADRU: 23.27 (+0.13), ULE: 17.62 (-0.02), VGK: 54.96 (+0.18), FEZ: 38.50 (+0.17), DBEU: 28.01 (+0.11), FEEU: 111.93 (+1.22), EURL: 33.01 (+0.29), URR: 19.48 (+0.08), FIEU: 115.69 (+1.37), EZU: 38.29 (+0.09), FEP: 31.22 (+0.12), FEUZ: 32.37 (+0.11), IEUR: 45.70 (+0.01), EUO: 24.16 (+0.03), UPV: 47.14 (+0.37), FEU: 35.83 (+0.27), HEDJ: 61.99 (+0.12), EPV: 56.50 (-0.44), IEV: 44.50 (+0.15), DBEZ: 27.78 (+0.08), ESTX: 46.67 (+1.43), FXE: 112.16 (-0.15), HEZU: 27.28 (+0.10), EUFX: 42.41 (+0.07), ERO: 43.16 (unch), DRR: 55.92 (-0.18)