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)
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)
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...
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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...
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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...
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7 Quick Points On Europe
Ben Hunt - Seeking Alpha - Wed Jan 28, 1:32PM CST
#1) Here are the most relevant recent notes for an Epsilon Theory perspective on the underlying political and market risks in Europe: " The Red King " (July 14, 2014) and " Now There's Something You Don't See Every Day, Chauncey "...
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After The 'Syriza Shock', Now Comes The Hard Choice Of Escape Or Merely Resetting The Terms Of Greece's EU Servitude
David Stockman - Seeking Alpha - Wed Jan 28, 9:06AM CST
We can heartily praise Alexis Tsirpras for calling bull on the destructive puzzle palace economics thrust on his country by the hypocrites and liars who rule from Brussels. And his finance minister designate, economist Yanis Varoufakis, is surely on...
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What Does Russia's Junk Rating Mean?
Mohamed El-Erian - Seeking Alpha - Wed Jan 28, 8:47AM CST
This post originally appeared on Bloomberg View Standard & Poor's announced Monday that it downgraded Russia's sovereign debt to junk status. Here is a Q&A on the significance of the move. QUESTION: What is the immediate impact of...
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Buy Euro: EU Currency Appears Set for Multi-month Rally
at The Street - Tue Jan 27, 12:50PM CST
Iconic multinational blue chip companies are worried about a rising dollar and the European Central Bank just announced its euro devaluation scheme. Yet, now may be the time to buy.
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Swiss Deal - November Gold Referendum Failed: Was There A Deal?
Andrew Hecht - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Jan 27, 5:35AM CST
ULE: 17.62 (-0.02), URR: 19.48 (+0.08), FXE: 112.16 (-0.15), FXF: 104.56 (-0.56), EUO: 24.16 (+0.03), EUFX: 42.41 (+0.07), ERO: 43.16 (unch), DRR: 55.92 (-0.18)
ECB QE And Commodities: ECB Action Sets The Stage For 2015
Andrew Hecht - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Jan 27, 5:18AM CST
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