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Sweden ETF Up Post Rate Cut & QE Announcement - ETF News And Commentary
Zacks Equity Research - ZACKS - Fri Feb 13, 1:00PM CST
Rate cut and QE are expected to boost Swedish equity market putting this ETF in focus.
HEDJ: 61.99 (+0.12), VGK: 54.96 (+0.18), EWD: 33.52 (+0.29)
European Real Money Investors Holding On To Euro Area Bonds
ValueWalk - Seeking Alpha - Fri Feb 13, 9:54AM CST
By Michael Ide Single currency European investors haven't pulled out of euro area bonds, but they have reduced their exposure to the EU periphery As the standoff between Greece and its creditors continues, real money European investors have...
ADRU: 23.27 (+0.13), 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), FIEU: 115.69 (+1.37), EZU: 38.29 (+0.09), FEP: 31.22 (+0.12), FEUZ: 32.37 (+0.11), EU: 20.54 (-0.08), 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), SBEU: 25.60 (+0.47), 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)
Watch for Vanguard European ETF to Potentially Pullback After Gaining 2.14% Yesterday
Comtex SmarTrend(R) - Thu Feb 12, 4:19PM CST
Vanguard European ETF (AMEX:VGK) traded in a range yesterday that spanned from a low of $54.21 to a high of $54.80. Yesterday, the shares gained 2.1%, which took the trading range above the 3-day high of $54.08 on volume of 5.5 million shares. Often times after large one-day gains, short term traders will seek to take profits and, as such, investors should be cautious.
VGK: 54.96 (+0.18)
Vanguard European ETF Rises 2.14% on Heavy Volume: Watch For Potential Pullback
Comtex SmarTrend(R) - Thu Feb 12, 4:19PM CST
Vanguard European ETF (AMEX:VGK) traded in a range yesterday that spanned from a low of $54.21 to a high of $54.80. Yesterday, the shares gained 2.1%, which took the trading range above the 3-day high of $54.08 on volume of 5.5 million shares. Often times after large one-day gains, short term traders will seek to take profits and, as such, investors should be cautious.
VGK: 54.96 (+0.18)
European Consumers Buoyed By Low Inflation
Markit - Seeking Alpha - Thu Feb 12, 7:13AM CST
Fears of Europe falling into a deflationary slump are looking overplayed, for now at least. Markit's PMI data indicate that, rather than postponing purchases in the hope that prices will fall further in the future, consumer spending appears to be...
ADRU: 23.27 (+0.13), VGK: 54.96 (+0.18), FEZ: 38.50 (+0.17), DBEU: 28.01 (+0.11), EURL: 33.01 (+0.29), FEEU: 111.93 (+1.22), 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), UPV: 47.14 (+0.37), FEU: 35.83 (+0.27), HEDJ: 61.99 (+0.12), EPV: 56.50 (-0.44), SBEU: 25.60 (+0.47), IEV: 44.50 (+0.15), DBEZ: 27.78 (+0.08), ESTX: 46.67 (+1.43), HEZU: 27.28 (+0.10)
European Trading Volumes Jump By €2 Trillion
Markit - Seeking Alpha - Wed Feb 11, 11:06AM CST
European equities trading enjoyed a successful year, with volumes surging across the board, according to the 2014 Markit MSA full year results. Despite trading mostly flat for the year, European equity markets still proved to be a boon for brokers...
ADRU: 23.27 (+0.13), 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), 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), GUR: 29.67 (+0.73), UPV: 47.14 (+0.37), FEU: 35.83 (+0.27), HEDJ: 61.99 (+0.12), EPV: 56.50 (-0.44), SBEU: 25.60 (+0.47), IEV: 44.50 (+0.15), DBEZ: 27.78 (+0.08), ESTX: 46.67 (+1.43), ESR: 17.72 (+0.02), HEZU: 27.28 (+0.10)
Greece And The EU On A Collision Course
Global Risk Insights - Seeking Alpha - Wed Feb 11, 4:28AM CST
The election of the anti-austerity Syriza party in Greece has raised the spectre of further instability in the European Union and heightens the possibility of a Greek exit from the Euro . After a period of relative claim in Europe, the election of...
ADRU: 23.27 (+0.13), 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), GREK: 13.65 (+0.66), 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), UPV: 47.14 (+0.37), FEU: 35.83 (+0.27), HEDJ: 61.99 (+0.12), EPV: 56.50 (-0.44), SBEU: 25.60 (+0.47), IEV: 44.50 (+0.15), DBEZ: 27.78 (+0.08), ESTX: 46.67 (+1.43), HEZU: 27.28 (+0.10)
Winter Is Coming
The Inflation Trader - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Feb 11, 2:24AM CST
Sometimes being a value investor, amid overvalued (and ever more so) markets, feels a bit like being a Stark in Westeros. The analogy will be lost on you if you do not follow Game of Thrones , but the Starks hold the largest of the sub-kingdoms in...
VGK: 54.96 (+0.18), FINF: 42.47 (-0.64), SPY: 209.78 (+0.86), SINF: 47.80 (unch), GREK: 13.65 (+0.66), INFL: 39.28 (+0.47), EU: 20.54 (-0.08), UINF: 27.79 (+0.01), DEFL: 58.00 (unch), RINF: 30.25 (+0.05)
GRI's Weekly Risk Outlook
Global Risk Insights - Seeking Alpha - Tue Feb 10, 7:04AM CST
Eurozone Q4 2014 figures to reflect a moderate growth acceleration. Japanese Q4 2014 data expected to show that the Nippon economy is no longer in contraction. Central Banks of Peru and Chile to hold interest rates steady until inflation outlook...
FEZ: 38.50 (+0.17), VGK: 54.96 (+0.18), DBEU: 28.01 (+0.11), FIEU: 115.69 (+1.37), FEP: 31.22 (+0.12), FEUZ: 32.37 (+0.11), IEUR: 45.70 (+0.01), UPV: 47.14 (+0.37), FEU: 35.83 (+0.27), EWJ: 11.93 (+0.14), NKY: 17.98 (+0.14), EPV: 56.50 (-0.44), HEDJ: 61.99 (+0.12), DXJ: 51.69 (+0.57), EPU: 30.81 (+0.36), ITF: 51.12 (+0.79), DBJP: 38.86 (+0.50), DBEZ: 27.78 (+0.08), ESTX: 46.67 (+1.43), JPP: 44.14 (unch), ECH: 41.02 (+0.50), EZJ: 86.49 (+2.11), HEZU: 27.28 (+0.10), ADRU: 23.27 (+0.13), EURL: 33.01 (+0.29), FEEU: 111.93 (+1.22), JPNL: 47.02 (+1.91), EZU: 38.29 (+0.09), EWV: 57.41 (-1.86), SBEU: 25.60 (+0.47), HEWJ: 28.57 (+0.39), IEV: 44.50 (+0.15), FJP: 47.44 (+0.59)
Meditations On The Eurozone And Secession
AllAboutAlpha - Seeking Alpha - Tue Feb 10, 6:47AM CST
How, if at all, might the break-up of the Eurozone be accomplished non-catastrophically? Just a year ago, there was an optimistic sense in many quarters that the danger of a break-up of the Eurozone had passed. Thomas McMahon of FE TrustNet was...
ADRU: 23.27 (+0.13), VGK: 54.96 (+0.18), FEZ: 38.50 (+0.17), DBEU: 28.01 (+0.11), EURL: 33.01 (+0.29), FEEU: 111.93 (+1.22), 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), UPV: 47.14 (+0.37), FEU: 35.83 (+0.27), HEDJ: 61.99 (+0.12), EPV: 56.50 (-0.44), SBEU: 25.60 (+0.47), IEV: 44.50 (+0.15), DBEZ: 27.78 (+0.08), ESTX: 46.67 (+1.43), HEZU: 27.28 (+0.10)
How Probable Are The Chances For A Euro And Greece Divorce?
ETFguide - Seeking Alpha - Mon Feb 09, 12:32PM CST
By Ronald Delegge Have market participants underestimated the possibility of a divorce between Greece and the euro? The chart below illustrates the market implied probabilities of a Greek default along with an exit from the euro...
VGK: 54.96 (+0.18), GREK: 13.65 (+0.66), FXE: 112.16 (-0.15), EUO: 24.16 (+0.03), CWI: 34.62 (+0.18)
Improvements In The Euro Area Credit Conditions Should Not Be Ignored
Sober Look - Seeking Alpha - Mon Feb 09, 6:55AM CST
While there is almost no coverage of this topic in the financial media and the blogosphere, credit conditions in the Eurozone are showing marked improvements. This is an unpopular view these days, but ignoring the trend results in an incomplete view...
ADRU: 23.27 (+0.13), VGK: 54.96 (+0.18), FEZ: 38.50 (+0.17), DBEU: 28.01 (+0.11), EURL: 33.01 (+0.29), FEEU: 111.93 (+1.22), 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), UPV: 47.14 (+0.37), FEU: 35.83 (+0.27), HEDJ: 61.99 (+0.12), EPV: 56.50 (-0.44), SBEU: 25.60 (+0.47), IEV: 44.50 (+0.15), DBEZ: 27.78 (+0.08), ESTX: 46.67 (+1.43), HEZU: 27.28 (+0.10)
Where Are The Responsible Adults In Europe?
Brian Romanchuk - Seeking Alpha - Mon Feb 09, 6:20AM CST
The political difficulties in Europe overshadow economics, and those difficulties are entirely political. This limits the usefulness of purely economic models for forecasting near-term trends. My instinct is that the verbal fighting between Greece...
ADRU: 23.27 (+0.13), 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), GREK: 13.65 (+0.66), 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), UPV: 47.14 (+0.37), FEU: 35.83 (+0.27), HEDJ: 61.99 (+0.12), EPV: 56.50 (-0.44), SBEU: 25.60 (+0.47), IEV: 44.50 (+0.15), DBEZ: 27.78 (+0.08), ESTX: 46.67 (+1.43), HEZU: 27.28 (+0.10)
Reformed Euro Area Banks... Getting Worse Than 2007 Vintage?
Constantin Gurdgiev - Seeking Alpha - Mon Feb 09, 6:10AM CST
For all the ECB and EU talk about the need to increase deposits, share of banks funding and strengthening the banks' balance sheets, the reality is that: Euro area banks are still more reliant on non-deposits finding than their US counterparts; ...
ADRU: 23.27 (+0.13), VGK: 54.96 (+0.18), FEZ: 38.50 (+0.17), DBEU: 28.01 (+0.11), EURL: 33.01 (+0.29), FEEU: 111.93 (+1.22), 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), UPV: 47.14 (+0.37), FEU: 35.83 (+0.27), HEDJ: 61.99 (+0.12), EPV: 56.50 (-0.44), SBEU: 25.60 (+0.47), IEV: 44.50 (+0.15), DBEZ: 27.78 (+0.08), ESTX: 46.67 (+1.43), HEZU: 27.28 (+0.10)
Euro Area's Debt Addiction
Constantin Gurdgiev - Seeking Alpha - Sun Feb 08, 6:32AM CST
Europe's debt addiction in one chart The following chart plots total domestic and cross-border credit to non-banks at constant end-Q2 2014 exchange rates as a percentage of GDP: Source: BIS: http://www.bis.org/statistics/gli/gli_feb15.pdf ...
ADRU: 23.27 (+0.13), VGK: 54.96 (+0.18), FEZ: 38.50 (+0.17), DBEU: 28.01 (+0.11), EURL: 33.01 (+0.29), FEEU: 111.93 (+1.22), 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), UPV: 47.14 (+0.37), FEU: 35.83 (+0.27), HEDJ: 61.99 (+0.12), EPV: 56.50 (-0.44), SBEU: 25.60 (+0.47), IEV: 44.50 (+0.15), DBEZ: 27.78 (+0.08), ESTX: 46.67 (+1.43), HEZU: 27.28 (+0.10)
QE Will Make Everything Worse
Fabian Knigge - at Seeking Alpha - Sun Feb 08, 4:47AM CST
It is finally here. Everyone had been waiting for it for a long time and now its size is far beyond what people had expected. The ECB will implement a quantitative easing (QE) program and start buying €60bn ($68bn) worth of assets every month...
ADRU: 23.27 (+0.13), VGK: 54.96 (+0.18), FEZ: 38.50 (+0.17), DBEU: 28.01 (+0.11), EURL: 33.01 (+0.29), FEEU: 111.93 (+1.22), 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), UPV: 47.14 (+0.37), FEU: 35.83 (+0.27), HEDJ: 61.99 (+0.12), EPV: 56.50 (-0.44), SBEU: 25.60 (+0.47), IEV: 44.50 (+0.15), DBEZ: 27.78 (+0.08), ESTX: 46.67 (+1.43), HEZU: 27.28 (+0.10)
Beware Of Greeks Bearing Bonds
John Cochrane - at Seeking Alpha - Sat Feb 07, 1:12PM CST
Once again, the news is full of opinions that Greece might be forced to leave the Euro. Once again, it makes little sense to me. U.S. corporations, municipalities, and even states default, and do not have to leave the dollar zone as a result. Most...
ADRU: 23.27 (+0.13), 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), GREK: 13.65 (+0.66), 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), UPV: 47.14 (+0.37), FEU: 35.83 (+0.27), HEDJ: 61.99 (+0.12), EPV: 56.50 (-0.44), SBEU: 25.60 (+0.47), IEV: 44.50 (+0.15), DBEZ: 27.78 (+0.08), ESTX: 46.67 (+1.43), HEZU: 27.28 (+0.10)
Top-Ranked ETF Wealth-Builders Now
Peter F. Way, CFA - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Feb 06, 1:31PM CST
QLD: 145.98 (+2.45), VGK: 54.96 (+0.18), ERX: 65.07 (+3.92), DIG: 57.30 (+2.23), TNA: 83.54 (+1.47), SCHB: 50.97 (+0.24), TQQQ: 106.86 (+2.63), SPLX: 32.00 (+0.46), IWV: 125.09 (+0.58), XLV: 70.72 (+0.28)
ETFs For An Ongoing Stimulus Bubble
Gary Gordon - Seeking Alpha - Thu Feb 05, 3:46PM CST
Canada, India, Turkey, Australia, China and Denmark. What do all of these countries have in common? The central bank of each nation has eased monetary policy to stimulate respective economies in 2015. What's more, none of these actions had been...
HEDJ: 61.99 (+0.12), TLH: 136.86 (-0.66), EWG: 29.19 (-0.01), VGK: 54.96 (+0.18), FXA: 77.69 (+0.23), FXB: 151.21 (+0.01), FXY: 81.87 (+0.09), FXC: 79.78 (+0.19), FXE: 112.16 (-0.15), FXF: 104.56 (-0.56), EWL: 32.82 (+0.02), UUP: 24.91 (-0.01), DBAP: 27.23 (-0.20), HEWG: 26.41 (+0.01)
Sweden ETF Up Post Rate Cut & QE Announcement - ETF News And Commentary
Zacks Equity Research - ZACKS - Fri Feb 13, 1:00PM CST
Rate cut and QE are expected to boost Swedish equity market putting this ETF in focus.
HEDJ: 61.99 (+0.12), VGK: 54.96 (+0.18), EWD: 33.52 (+0.29)
European Real Money Investors Holding On To Euro Area Bonds
ValueWalk - Seeking Alpha - Fri Feb 13, 9:54AM CST
By Michael Ide Single currency European investors haven't pulled out of euro area bonds, but they have reduced their exposure to the EU periphery As the standoff between Greece and its creditors continues, real money European investors have...
ADRU: 23.27 (+0.13), 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), FIEU: 115.69 (+1.37), EZU: 38.29 (+0.09), FEP: 31.22 (+0.12), FEUZ: 32.37 (+0.11), EU: 20.54 (-0.08), 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), SBEU: 25.60 (+0.47), 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)
Watch for Vanguard European ETF to Potentially Pullback After Gaining 2.14% Yesterday
Comtex SmarTrend(R) - Thu Feb 12, 4:19PM CST
Vanguard European ETF (AMEX:VGK) traded in a range yesterday that spanned from a low of $54.21 to a high of $54.80. Yesterday, the shares gained 2.1%, which took the trading range above the 3-day high of $54.08 on volume of 5.5 million shares. Often times after large one-day gains, short term traders will seek to take profits and, as such, investors should be cautious.
VGK: 54.96 (+0.18)
Vanguard European ETF Rises 2.14% on Heavy Volume: Watch For Potential Pullback
Comtex SmarTrend(R) - Thu Feb 12, 4:19PM CST
Vanguard European ETF (AMEX:VGK) traded in a range yesterday that spanned from a low of $54.21 to a high of $54.80. Yesterday, the shares gained 2.1%, which took the trading range above the 3-day high of $54.08 on volume of 5.5 million shares. Often times after large one-day gains, short term traders will seek to take profits and, as such, investors should be cautious.
VGK: 54.96 (+0.18)
European Consumers Buoyed By Low Inflation
Markit - Seeking Alpha - Thu Feb 12, 7:13AM CST
Fears of Europe falling into a deflationary slump are looking overplayed, for now at least. Markit's PMI data indicate that, rather than postponing purchases in the hope that prices will fall further in the future, consumer spending appears to be...
ADRU: 23.27 (+0.13), VGK: 54.96 (+0.18), FEZ: 38.50 (+0.17), DBEU: 28.01 (+0.11), EURL: 33.01 (+0.29), FEEU: 111.93 (+1.22), 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), UPV: 47.14 (+0.37), FEU: 35.83 (+0.27), HEDJ: 61.99 (+0.12), EPV: 56.50 (-0.44), SBEU: 25.60 (+0.47), IEV: 44.50 (+0.15), DBEZ: 27.78 (+0.08), ESTX: 46.67 (+1.43), HEZU: 27.28 (+0.10)
European Trading Volumes Jump By €2 Trillion
Markit - Seeking Alpha - Wed Feb 11, 11:06AM CST
European equities trading enjoyed a successful year, with volumes surging across the board, according to the 2014 Markit MSA full year results. Despite trading mostly flat for the year, European equity markets still proved to be a boon for brokers...
ADRU: 23.27 (+0.13), 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), 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), GUR: 29.67 (+0.73), UPV: 47.14 (+0.37), FEU: 35.83 (+0.27), HEDJ: 61.99 (+0.12), EPV: 56.50 (-0.44), SBEU: 25.60 (+0.47), IEV: 44.50 (+0.15), DBEZ: 27.78 (+0.08), ESTX: 46.67 (+1.43), ESR: 17.72 (+0.02), HEZU: 27.28 (+0.10)
Greece And The EU On A Collision Course
Global Risk Insights - Seeking Alpha - Wed Feb 11, 4:28AM CST
The election of the anti-austerity Syriza party in Greece has raised the spectre of further instability in the European Union and heightens the possibility of a Greek exit from the Euro . After a period of relative claim in Europe, the election of...
ADRU: 23.27 (+0.13), 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), GREK: 13.65 (+0.66), 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), UPV: 47.14 (+0.37), FEU: 35.83 (+0.27), HEDJ: 61.99 (+0.12), EPV: 56.50 (-0.44), SBEU: 25.60 (+0.47), IEV: 44.50 (+0.15), DBEZ: 27.78 (+0.08), ESTX: 46.67 (+1.43), HEZU: 27.28 (+0.10)
Winter Is Coming
The Inflation Trader - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Feb 11, 2:24AM CST
Sometimes being a value investor, amid overvalued (and ever more so) markets, feels a bit like being a Stark in Westeros. The analogy will be lost on you if you do not follow Game of Thrones , but the Starks hold the largest of the sub-kingdoms in...
VGK: 54.96 (+0.18), FINF: 42.47 (-0.64), SPY: 209.78 (+0.86), SINF: 47.80 (unch), GREK: 13.65 (+0.66), INFL: 39.28 (+0.47), EU: 20.54 (-0.08), UINF: 27.79 (+0.01), DEFL: 58.00 (unch), RINF: 30.25 (+0.05)
GRI's Weekly Risk Outlook
Global Risk Insights - Seeking Alpha - Tue Feb 10, 7:04AM CST
Eurozone Q4 2014 figures to reflect a moderate growth acceleration. Japanese Q4 2014 data expected to show that the Nippon economy is no longer in contraction. Central Banks of Peru and Chile to hold interest rates steady until inflation outlook...
FEZ: 38.50 (+0.17), VGK: 54.96 (+0.18), DBEU: 28.01 (+0.11), FIEU: 115.69 (+1.37), FEP: 31.22 (+0.12), FEUZ: 32.37 (+0.11), IEUR: 45.70 (+0.01), UPV: 47.14 (+0.37), FEU: 35.83 (+0.27), EWJ: 11.93 (+0.14), NKY: 17.98 (+0.14), EPV: 56.50 (-0.44), HEDJ: 61.99 (+0.12), DXJ: 51.69 (+0.57), EPU: 30.81 (+0.36), ITF: 51.12 (+0.79), DBJP: 38.86 (+0.50), DBEZ: 27.78 (+0.08), ESTX: 46.67 (+1.43), JPP: 44.14 (unch), ECH: 41.02 (+0.50), EZJ: 86.49 (+2.11), HEZU: 27.28 (+0.10), ADRU: 23.27 (+0.13), EURL: 33.01 (+0.29), FEEU: 111.93 (+1.22), JPNL: 47.02 (+1.91), EZU: 38.29 (+0.09), EWV: 57.41 (-1.86), SBEU: 25.60 (+0.47), HEWJ: 28.57 (+0.39), IEV: 44.50 (+0.15), FJP: 47.44 (+0.59)
Meditations On The Eurozone And Secession
AllAboutAlpha - Seeking Alpha - Tue Feb 10, 6:47AM CST
How, if at all, might the break-up of the Eurozone be accomplished non-catastrophically? Just a year ago, there was an optimistic sense in many quarters that the danger of a break-up of the Eurozone had passed. Thomas McMahon of FE TrustNet was...
ADRU: 23.27 (+0.13), VGK: 54.96 (+0.18), FEZ: 38.50 (+0.17), DBEU: 28.01 (+0.11), EURL: 33.01 (+0.29), FEEU: 111.93 (+1.22), 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), UPV: 47.14 (+0.37), FEU: 35.83 (+0.27), HEDJ: 61.99 (+0.12), EPV: 56.50 (-0.44), SBEU: 25.60 (+0.47), IEV: 44.50 (+0.15), DBEZ: 27.78 (+0.08), ESTX: 46.67 (+1.43), HEZU: 27.28 (+0.10)
How Probable Are The Chances For A Euro And Greece Divorce?
ETFguide - Seeking Alpha - Mon Feb 09, 12:32PM CST
By Ronald Delegge Have market participants underestimated the possibility of a divorce between Greece and the euro? The chart below illustrates the market implied probabilities of a Greek default along with an exit from the euro...
VGK: 54.96 (+0.18), GREK: 13.65 (+0.66), FXE: 112.16 (-0.15), EUO: 24.16 (+0.03), CWI: 34.62 (+0.18)
Improvements In The Euro Area Credit Conditions Should Not Be Ignored
Sober Look - Seeking Alpha - Mon Feb 09, 6:55AM CST
While there is almost no coverage of this topic in the financial media and the blogosphere, credit conditions in the Eurozone are showing marked improvements. This is an unpopular view these days, but ignoring the trend results in an incomplete view...
ADRU: 23.27 (+0.13), VGK: 54.96 (+0.18), FEZ: 38.50 (+0.17), DBEU: 28.01 (+0.11), EURL: 33.01 (+0.29), FEEU: 111.93 (+1.22), 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), UPV: 47.14 (+0.37), FEU: 35.83 (+0.27), HEDJ: 61.99 (+0.12), EPV: 56.50 (-0.44), SBEU: 25.60 (+0.47), IEV: 44.50 (+0.15), DBEZ: 27.78 (+0.08), ESTX: 46.67 (+1.43), HEZU: 27.28 (+0.10)
Where Are The Responsible Adults In Europe?
Brian Romanchuk - Seeking Alpha - Mon Feb 09, 6:20AM CST
The political difficulties in Europe overshadow economics, and those difficulties are entirely political. This limits the usefulness of purely economic models for forecasting near-term trends. My instinct is that the verbal fighting between Greece...
ADRU: 23.27 (+0.13), 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), GREK: 13.65 (+0.66), 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), UPV: 47.14 (+0.37), FEU: 35.83 (+0.27), HEDJ: 61.99 (+0.12), EPV: 56.50 (-0.44), SBEU: 25.60 (+0.47), IEV: 44.50 (+0.15), DBEZ: 27.78 (+0.08), ESTX: 46.67 (+1.43), HEZU: 27.28 (+0.10)
Reformed Euro Area Banks... Getting Worse Than 2007 Vintage?
Constantin Gurdgiev - Seeking Alpha - Mon Feb 09, 6:10AM CST
For all the ECB and EU talk about the need to increase deposits, share of banks funding and strengthening the banks' balance sheets, the reality is that: Euro area banks are still more reliant on non-deposits finding than their US counterparts; ...
ADRU: 23.27 (+0.13), VGK: 54.96 (+0.18), FEZ: 38.50 (+0.17), DBEU: 28.01 (+0.11), EURL: 33.01 (+0.29), FEEU: 111.93 (+1.22), 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), UPV: 47.14 (+0.37), FEU: 35.83 (+0.27), HEDJ: 61.99 (+0.12), EPV: 56.50 (-0.44), SBEU: 25.60 (+0.47), IEV: 44.50 (+0.15), DBEZ: 27.78 (+0.08), ESTX: 46.67 (+1.43), HEZU: 27.28 (+0.10)
Euro Area's Debt Addiction
Constantin Gurdgiev - Seeking Alpha - Sun Feb 08, 6:32AM CST
Europe's debt addiction in one chart The following chart plots total domestic and cross-border credit to non-banks at constant end-Q2 2014 exchange rates as a percentage of GDP: Source: BIS: http://www.bis.org/statistics/gli/gli_feb15.pdf ...
ADRU: 23.27 (+0.13), VGK: 54.96 (+0.18), FEZ: 38.50 (+0.17), DBEU: 28.01 (+0.11), EURL: 33.01 (+0.29), FEEU: 111.93 (+1.22), 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), UPV: 47.14 (+0.37), FEU: 35.83 (+0.27), HEDJ: 61.99 (+0.12), EPV: 56.50 (-0.44), SBEU: 25.60 (+0.47), IEV: 44.50 (+0.15), DBEZ: 27.78 (+0.08), ESTX: 46.67 (+1.43), HEZU: 27.28 (+0.10)
QE Will Make Everything Worse
Fabian Knigge - at Seeking Alpha - Sun Feb 08, 4:47AM CST
It is finally here. Everyone had been waiting for it for a long time and now its size is far beyond what people had expected. The ECB will implement a quantitative easing (QE) program and start buying €60bn ($68bn) worth of assets every month...
ADRU: 23.27 (+0.13), VGK: 54.96 (+0.18), FEZ: 38.50 (+0.17), DBEU: 28.01 (+0.11), EURL: 33.01 (+0.29), FEEU: 111.93 (+1.22), 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), UPV: 47.14 (+0.37), FEU: 35.83 (+0.27), HEDJ: 61.99 (+0.12), EPV: 56.50 (-0.44), SBEU: 25.60 (+0.47), IEV: 44.50 (+0.15), DBEZ: 27.78 (+0.08), ESTX: 46.67 (+1.43), HEZU: 27.28 (+0.10)
Beware Of Greeks Bearing Bonds
John Cochrane - at Seeking Alpha - Sat Feb 07, 1:12PM CST
Once again, the news is full of opinions that Greece might be forced to leave the Euro. Once again, it makes little sense to me. U.S. corporations, municipalities, and even states default, and do not have to leave the dollar zone as a result. Most...
ADRU: 23.27 (+0.13), 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), GREK: 13.65 (+0.66), 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), UPV: 47.14 (+0.37), FEU: 35.83 (+0.27), HEDJ: 61.99 (+0.12), EPV: 56.50 (-0.44), SBEU: 25.60 (+0.47), IEV: 44.50 (+0.15), DBEZ: 27.78 (+0.08), ESTX: 46.67 (+1.43), HEZU: 27.28 (+0.10)
Top-Ranked ETF Wealth-Builders Now
Peter F. Way, CFA - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Feb 06, 1:31PM CST
QLD: 145.98 (+2.45), VGK: 54.96 (+0.18), ERX: 65.07 (+3.92), DIG: 57.30 (+2.23), TNA: 83.54 (+1.47), SCHB: 50.97 (+0.24), TQQQ: 106.86 (+2.63), SPLX: 32.00 (+0.46), IWV: 125.09 (+0.58), XLV: 70.72 (+0.28)
ETFs For An Ongoing Stimulus Bubble
Gary Gordon - Seeking Alpha - Thu Feb 05, 3:46PM CST
Canada, India, Turkey, Australia, China and Denmark. What do all of these countries have in common? The central bank of each nation has eased monetary policy to stimulate respective economies in 2015. What's more, none of these actions had been...
HEDJ: 61.99 (+0.12), TLH: 136.86 (-0.66), EWG: 29.19 (-0.01), VGK: 54.96 (+0.18), FXA: 77.69 (+0.23), FXB: 151.21 (+0.01), FXY: 81.87 (+0.09), FXC: 79.78 (+0.19), FXE: 112.16 (-0.15), FXF: 104.56 (-0.56), EWL: 32.82 (+0.02), UUP: 24.91 (-0.01), DBAP: 27.23 (-0.20), HEWG: 26.41 (+0.01)
