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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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
Does QE Stand For Quixotic Expectations?
Kristina Hooper - Seeking Alpha - Mon Feb 02, 6:06AM CST
Originally published on January 26, 2015 The big news last week was the European Central Bank's decision to embark on quantitative easing. While the move was widely anticipated, the size of the asset purchases was bigger than the market expected....
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)
Research Charts: ECB And Commodities
Joseph Calhoun - Seeking Alpha - Sun Feb 01, 6:24AM CST
By Douglas R. Terry From strategic research partner MRB… with Alhambra's added commentary. QE is primarily a signaling device to demonstrate policymakers' commitment to fostering the recovery and sustaining a cohesive monetary union. The...
DJP: 29.74 (+0.44), FEZ: 38.50 (+0.17), VGK: 54.96 (+0.18), DBEU: 28.01 (+0.11), DEE: 58.48 (unch), CMDT: 42.09 (+0.57), DYY: 3.95 (+0.15), FIEU: 115.69 (+1.37), FEP: 31.22 (+0.12), FEUZ: 32.37 (+0.11), COMT: 41.61 (+0.43), CSCB: 13.91 (unch), IEUR: 45.70 (+0.01), UPV: 47.14 (+0.37), FEU: 35.83 (+0.27), CMD: 86.14 (-4.53), EPV: 56.50 (-0.44), HEDJ: 61.99 (+0.12), FTGC: 25.57 (+0.26), GSP: 20.69 (+0.45), UCI: 16.19 (+0.19), DBEZ: 27.78 (+0.08), ESTX: 46.67 (+1.43), PDBC: 20.92 (+0.30), UCD: 12.96 (+0.57), HEZU: 27.28 (+0.10), CSCR: 15.31 (unch), DPU: 11.22 (unch), ADRU: 23.27 (+0.13), DBC: 18.30 (+0.20), GSC: 30.23 (+0.46), USCI: 47.48 (+0.44), FEEU: 111.93 (+1.22), EURL: 33.01 (+0.29), RGRC: 18.39 (+0.01), RJI: 6.26 (+0.09), EZU: 38.29 (+0.09), GSG: 21.18 (+0.43), SBEU: 25.60 (+0.47), DJCI: 19.22 (+0.28), DDP: 41.94 (-2.87), SBV: 27.97 (+0.56), IEV: 44.50 (+0.15), LSC: 6.02 (+0.03), GCC: 22.46 (+0.23), BCM: 32.35 (+0.42)
Draghi's Golden Opportunity - Building The Perfect Firewall
Lars Christensen - at Seeking Alpha - Sun Feb 01, 4:05AM CST
The ECB’s large scale quantitative easing programme already has had some success – initially inflation expectations increased, European stock markets performed nicely and the euro has continued to weaken. Overall, it means that this...
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), 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), IEV: 44.50 (+0.15), DBEZ: 27.78 (+0.08), ESTX: 46.67 (+1.43), HEZU: 27.28 (+0.10)
The Next Act In The Greek Drama
Russ Koesterich, CFA - Seeking Alpha - Thu Jan 29, 8:43AM CST
Last weekend the ongoing drama of Greek politics and that nation's place in the eurozone entered the next act. The far-left Syriza party won a decisive victory in the early election, coming in just shy of an outright majority in the Greek parliament....
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), IEV: 44.50 (+0.15), DBEZ: 27.78 (+0.08), ESTX: 46.67 (+1.43), HEZU: 27.28 (+0.10)
What Now For Greece And The Eurozone? And Commodity Markets?
MetalMiner - Seeking Alpha - Thu Jan 29, 8:29AM CST
By Stuart Burns This is part two of an examination of the political and economic ramifications of the election of Greece's far-left Syriza party. Read part one if you missed it. Any failure to meet austerity commitments to the European...
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), IEV: 44.50 (+0.15), DBEZ: 27.78 (+0.08), ESTX: 46.67 (+1.43), HEZU: 27.28 (+0.10)
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)
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)
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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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; ...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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Greek official soothes markets
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Feb 05, 6:59AM CST
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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)
Does QE Stand For Quixotic Expectations?
Kristina Hooper - Seeking Alpha - Mon Feb 02, 6:06AM CST
Originally published on January 26, 2015 The big news last week was the European Central Bank's decision to embark on quantitative easing. While the move was widely anticipated, the size of the asset purchases was bigger than the market expected....
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Research Charts: ECB And Commodities
Joseph Calhoun - Seeking Alpha - Sun Feb 01, 6:24AM CST
By Douglas R. Terry From strategic research partner MRB… with Alhambra's added commentary. QE is primarily a signaling device to demonstrate policymakers' commitment to fostering the recovery and sustaining a cohesive monetary union. The...
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Draghi's Golden Opportunity - Building The Perfect Firewall
Lars Christensen - at Seeking Alpha - Sun Feb 01, 4:05AM CST
The ECB’s large scale quantitative easing programme already has had some success – initially inflation expectations increased, European stock markets performed nicely and the euro has continued to weaken. Overall, it means that this...
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The Next Act In The Greek Drama
Russ Koesterich, CFA - Seeking Alpha - Thu Jan 29, 8:43AM CST
Last weekend the ongoing drama of Greek politics and that nation's place in the eurozone entered the next act. The far-left Syriza party won a decisive victory in the early election, coming in just shy of an outright majority in the Greek parliament....
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What Now For Greece And The Eurozone? And Commodity Markets?
MetalMiner - Seeking Alpha - Thu Jan 29, 8:29AM CST
By Stuart Burns This is part two of an examination of the political and economic ramifications of the election of Greece's far-left Syriza party. Read part one if you missed it. Any failure to meet austerity commitments to the European...
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