Europe heads higher after GDP data
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Feb 13, 2:59AM CST
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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...
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Europe's Greek Showdown: The Sum Of All Statist Errors
David Stockman - Seeking Alpha - Tue Feb 10, 9:13AM CST
The politicians of Europe are plunging into a form of ideological fratricide as they battle over Greece. And "fratricide" is precisely the right descriptor because in this battle there are no white hats or black hits--just statists. ...
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Global Economy Expands At A Modestly Faster Pace In January
James Picerno - Seeking Alpha - Thu Feb 05, 10:23AM CST
Growth picked up a bit at the start of the new year for the global economy, according to business survey data for January. The JPMorgan Global All-Industry Output Index ticked higher last month, rising to 52.8 from December's 14-month low of 52.4. (A...
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German 'All-Sector' PMI Signals Positive Start To New Year
Markit - Seeking Alpha - Thu Feb 05, 6:47AM CST
Germany's all-sector PMI (a GDP-weighted average of the three surveys' output measures) rose from December's 51.9 to 53.3 in January, thereby signalling an acceleration in output growth in the country's private sector. The data point was a welcome...
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German factory orders top forecasts
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Feb 05, 3:50AM CST
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Eurozone prices fall at record pace
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Jan 30, 4:41AM CST
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The (European) Parents Fight And The Kids Hear Everything
Cam Hui, CFA - Seeking Alpha - Tue Jan 27, 12:27AM CST
I have used this analogy before to describe Europe and it remains true again: The parents fight and the kids hear everything. The younger, more naive ones, think that the parents are on the verge of a divorce, but nothing could be further from the...
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Why Greece Won't Leave The Euro
Cullen Roche - Seeking Alpha - Tue Jan 27, 12:21AM CST
Earlier this year, Yanis Varoukafis, the incoming Finance Minister of Greece, stated his position on Greece's euro membership clearly: "If it is in my power to determine... Greece will neither want to leave the euro nor threaten to do so. We...
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Why 'Whatever It Takes' Won't Be Enough
Lawrence Fuller - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Jan 26, 12:28PM CST
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Grexit: It Is Not The Debt, It Is The Future
Antonio Fatas - Seeking Alpha - Mon Jan 26, 1:16AM CST
A follow up to my previous post now that we know that the Syriza party has won the election. What comes next will not be easy. And it is not because the policies proposed by Syriza are that radical or unreasonable and certainly they are not worse...
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Peak What? The Quadruple D - The End
The Nattering Naybob - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Jan 22, 7:16AM CST
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Peak What? The Quadruple D - Part 2
The Nattering Naybob - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Jan 21, 10:22AM CST
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Peak What? Christmastime In Hell? Part 6
The Nattering Naybob - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Jan 13, 3:35AM CST
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Catch-22
Ben Hunt - Seeking Alpha - Mon Jan 12, 2:40PM CST
Four times during the first six days they were assembled and briefed and then sent back. Once, they took off and were flying in formation when the control tower summoned them down. The more it rained, the worse they suffered. The worse they suffered,...
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German Industrial Production Falls, But Q4 GDP Growth Still On The Cards
Markit - Seeking Alpha - Mon Jan 12, 3:00AM CST
Official data showed industrial output, factory orders and exports all falling in November, while the PMI remains at low levels, but it is likely that the eurozone's largest economy managed to expand in the final quarter of 2014. Production down...
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Germany Caves On Greek Debt; Italy Takes Note
John Rubino - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Jan 12, 1:45AM CST
Editor's note: Originally published on January 7, 2015 Global financial markets breathed a sigh of relief today on news that Germany might cut Greece some slack after the latter elects an anti-austerity government: Greek Debt-Relief Talks...
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The Stimulus Monkeys Are Screeching And The Central Banks Are Pushing On A String
David Stockman - Seeking Alpha - Fri Jan 09, 11:51AM CST
Have you been at the zoo when the monkeys start rattling their cages and screeching in unison? That about sums up the last 24 hours since the euro zone’s December CPI printed at negative 0.2% versus prior year. Within minutes of the release,...
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Germany's AAA rating affirmed at S&P
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Jan 09, 11:29AM CST
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