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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)
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)
Markets Oddly Calm On Greece: Russia, China, Even USA And Saudis Still In Play
Mercenary Trader - Seeking Alpha - Thu Feb 12, 7:09AM CST
"What we want is a deal. But if there is no deal… and if we see that Germany is rigid and wants to blow apart Europe, then we have the obligation to go to Plan B… Plan B is to get another funding source. It could be the United...
SPY: 209.78 (+0.86), QQQ: 106.91 (+0.91), IEV: 44.50 (+0.15), GREK: 13.65 (+0.66), GLD: 117.98 (+0.64), DIA: 180.34 (+0.50), IWM: 121.53 (+0.72), FXE: 112.16 (-0.15)
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)
Greece Dependency Has Created Dangerous Illusions
John Browne - Seeking Alpha - Tue Feb 10, 2:15PM CST
Once again, the crisis in Greece is threatening the unity of the entire eurozone. Many analysts are asking what must be done to restore viability to the Union's weakest link. Lost in this discussion is that modern Greece, formed in 1830, has never...
IEV: 44.50 (+0.15), GREK: 13.65 (+0.66), FXE: 112.16 (-0.15)
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)
Varometer Rising?
Leo Kolivakis - Seeking Alpha - Mon Feb 09, 2:40PM CST
Gavin Jones of Reuters reports, Greek finance minister says euro will collapse if Greece exits : If Greece is forced out of the euro zone, other countries will inevitably follow and the currency bloc will collapse, Greek Finance Minister Yanis...
IEV: 44.50 (+0.15), GREK: 13.65 (+0.66), FXE: 112.16 (-0.15)
Why Is Giving Greece The Boot So Challenging?
Wall Street Daily - Seeking Alpha - Mon Feb 09, 7:11AM CST
By Karim Rahemtulla The European Union has a tough decision to make… Newly elected Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis are currently traipsing across Germany to meet with eurozone officials. ...
IEV: 44.50 (+0.15), GREK: 13.65 (+0.66), FXE: 112.16 (-0.15)
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)
Will Germany Push Greece Over The Edge?
Leo Kolivakis - Seeking Alpha - Thu Feb 05, 1:40PM CST
Lorcan Roche Kelly of Bloomberg reports, Greece: Here's What Happens Next : The ECB made it clear yesterday that the suspension of Greek sovereign debt as eligible collateral was due to it having become impossible to assume a successful...
IEV: 44.50 (+0.15), GREK: 13.65 (+0.66), FXE: 112.16 (-0.15)
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)
The Beauty Of Deflation
Pater Tenebrarum - Seeking Alpha - Wed Feb 04, 1:46PM CST
By Claudio Grass Deflation Paranoia The euro zone’s consumer price inflation rate declined below 1% in early 2014, getting closer to zero during 2014, nowhere near the ambitious 2% benchmark set by central banks. A further small...
SPY: 209.78 (+0.86), QQQ: 106.91 (+0.91), IEV: 44.50 (+0.15), DIA: 180.34 (+0.50), IWM: 121.53 (+0.72)
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)
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)
Markets Oddly Calm On Greece: Russia, China, Even USA And Saudis Still In Play
Mercenary Trader - Seeking Alpha - Thu Feb 12, 7:09AM CST
"What we want is a deal. But if there is no deal… and if we see that Germany is rigid and wants to blow apart Europe, then we have the obligation to go to Plan B… Plan B is to get another funding source. It could be the United...
SPY: 209.78 (+0.86), QQQ: 106.91 (+0.91), IEV: 44.50 (+0.15), GREK: 13.65 (+0.66), GLD: 117.98 (+0.64), DIA: 180.34 (+0.50), IWM: 121.53 (+0.72), FXE: 112.16 (-0.15)
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)
Greece Dependency Has Created Dangerous Illusions
John Browne - Seeking Alpha - Tue Feb 10, 2:15PM CST
Once again, the crisis in Greece is threatening the unity of the entire eurozone. Many analysts are asking what must be done to restore viability to the Union's weakest link. Lost in this discussion is that modern Greece, formed in 1830, has never...
IEV: 44.50 (+0.15), GREK: 13.65 (+0.66), FXE: 112.16 (-0.15)
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)
Varometer Rising?
Leo Kolivakis - Seeking Alpha - Mon Feb 09, 2:40PM CST
Gavin Jones of Reuters reports, Greek finance minister says euro will collapse if Greece exits : If Greece is forced out of the euro zone, other countries will inevitably follow and the currency bloc will collapse, Greek Finance Minister Yanis...
IEV: 44.50 (+0.15), GREK: 13.65 (+0.66), FXE: 112.16 (-0.15)
Why Is Giving Greece The Boot So Challenging?
Wall Street Daily - Seeking Alpha - Mon Feb 09, 7:11AM CST
By Karim Rahemtulla The European Union has a tough decision to make… Newly elected Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis are currently traipsing across Germany to meet with eurozone officials. ...
IEV: 44.50 (+0.15), GREK: 13.65 (+0.66), FXE: 112.16 (-0.15)
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)
Will Germany Push Greece Over The Edge?
Leo Kolivakis - Seeking Alpha - Thu Feb 05, 1:40PM CST
Lorcan Roche Kelly of Bloomberg reports, Greece: Here's What Happens Next : The ECB made it clear yesterday that the suspension of Greek sovereign debt as eligible collateral was due to it having become impossible to assume a successful...
IEV: 44.50 (+0.15), GREK: 13.65 (+0.66), FXE: 112.16 (-0.15)
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)
The Beauty Of Deflation
Pater Tenebrarum - Seeking Alpha - Wed Feb 04, 1:46PM CST
By Claudio Grass Deflation Paranoia The euro zone’s consumer price inflation rate declined below 1% in early 2014, getting closer to zero during 2014, nowhere near the ambitious 2% benchmark set by central banks. A further small...
SPY: 209.78 (+0.86), QQQ: 106.91 (+0.91), IEV: 44.50 (+0.15), DIA: 180.34 (+0.50), IWM: 121.53 (+0.72)
