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BOE's Intention To Rise Rates Under Conditions Of Deflation
FX Analyst - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Feb 13, 2:25PM CST
DXPS: 26.48 (+0.18), FKU: 41.59 (-0.16), EWU: 18.91 (+0.09), FXB: 151.21 (+0.01), DBUK: 25.22 (+0.01), QGBR: 56.81 (+0.24), GBB: 40.88 (-0.07)
Bank of England suggests earlier start to rate hikes
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Feb 12, 6:29AM CST
DXPS: 26.48 (+0.18), FKU: 41.59 (-0.16), EWU: 18.91 (+0.09), FXB: 151.21 (+0.01), DBUK: 25.22 (+0.01), FXE: 112.16 (-0.15), QGBR: 56.81 (+0.24), EWUS: 38.93 (-0.11), GBB: 40.88 (-0.07)
U.K. Manufacturing Output Barely Rises At Year-End
Markit - Seeking Alpha - Tue Feb 10, 1:41PM CST
UK factories fared better than expected at the end of last year, but weakening growth of the industrial sector over the course of last year was clearly a contributor to a slowing of the wider economy. The outlook is mixed, with clouds from Russia and...
DXPS: 26.48 (+0.18), FKU: 41.59 (-0.16), EWU: 18.91 (+0.09), DBUK: 25.22 (+0.01), QGBR: 56.81 (+0.24)
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...
EWG: 29.19 (-0.01), FKU: 41.59 (-0.16), QESP: 49.40 (unch), DBGR: 26.56 (+0.02), EWP: 34.41 (+0.42), YINN: 38.57 (+0.69), CHXF: 53.10 (+0.30), EWJ: 11.93 (+0.14), DXPS: 26.48 (+0.18), DXJ: 51.69 (+0.57), NKY: 17.98 (+0.14), DAX: 27.55 (+0.02), ITF: 51.12 (+0.79), FXP: 38.91 (-0.47), DBJP: 38.86 (+0.50), FGM: 38.07 (-0.20), PGJ: 28.89 (+0.28), DBUK: 25.22 (+0.01), JPP: 44.14 (unch), FCA: 23.21 (+0.38), YAO: 28.18 (+0.30), EZJ: 86.49 (+2.11), QGBR: 56.81 (+0.24), GXC: 81.15 (+0.54), FXI: 42.98 (+0.27), XPP: 73.36 (+0.86), JPNL: 47.02 (+1.91), DXGE: 29.14 (+0.01), QDEU: 56.04 (+1.47), MCHI: 52.12 (+0.31), HEWG: 26.41 (+0.01), EWV: 57.41 (-1.86), YANG: 9.94 (-0.17), HEWJ: 28.57 (+0.39), EWU: 18.91 (+0.09), FJP: 47.44 (+0.59), YXI: 27.30 (unch), CN: 34.87 (+0.34)
U.K. 'All-Sector' PMI Shows Economy Picking Up Speed Again At Start Of The Year
Markit - Seeking Alpha - Wed Feb 04, 9:00AM CST
PMI™ survey data signalled a reassuringly robust start to the year for the UK economy, leaving open the possibility of interest rates starting to rise in late 2015. The three PMI surveys collectively indicated an acceleration of output...
DXPS: 26.48 (+0.18), FKU: 41.59 (-0.16), EWU: 18.91 (+0.09), DBUK: 25.22 (+0.01), QGBR: 56.81 (+0.24)
Manufacturing Upturn Adds To Resurgent Optimism On U.K. Economic Outlook
Markit - Seeking Alpha - Tue Feb 03, 6:00AM CST
UK manufacturing PMI data for January had something for everyone, whether your cup is half full or half empty. Investors are certainly taking a positive view on the UK economy, with exchange-traded funds seeing record monthly net inflows in January. ...
DXPS: 26.48 (+0.18), FKU: 41.59 (-0.16), EWU: 18.91 (+0.09), DBUK: 25.22 (+0.01), QGBR: 56.81 (+0.24)
Discrepancy Between U.K. Equity Market And Economy With Regard To Falling Oil Prices
Hamung Patel - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Feb 02, 11:06AM CST
DXPS: 26.48 (+0.18), FKU: 41.59 (-0.16), EWU: 18.91 (+0.09), DBUK: 25.22 (+0.01), QGBR: 56.81 (+0.24)
U.K. Economic Growth Slows At Year-End
Markit - Seeking Alpha - Wed Jan 28, 7:30AM CST
The pace of economic growth slowed at the end of 2014, but remained encouragingly robust. There are lots of reasons to believe that growth could pick up again in a favourable environment of rising wages, low inflation and low interest rates, meaning...
DXPS: 26.48 (+0.18), FKU: 41.59 (-0.16), EWU: 18.91 (+0.09), DBUK: 25.22 (+0.01), QGBR: 56.81 (+0.24)
June Outlook: Cheap Gold In The Mush Of 1H15
Enzio von Pfeil - Seeking Alpha - Mon Jan 26, 4:06PM CST
Structurally bearish on Europe . Readers know of my distaste for European politicians : they won't reform their economies, and can get away with it on account of cheap money. Intensified Economic Time®. Despite my structural bearishness, we...
DXPS: 26.48 (+0.18), FKU: 41.59 (-0.16), FEZ: 38.50 (+0.17), VGK: 54.96 (+0.18), IEV: 44.50 (+0.15), EWU: 18.91 (+0.09), DBUK: 25.22 (+0.01), EU: 20.54 (-0.08), QGBR: 56.81 (+0.24), FXF: 104.56 (-0.56), FSZ: 39.72 (unch), EWL: 32.82 (+0.02)
Will The United Kingdom Experience Deflation Like The Eurozone?
Michael Grogan - at Seeking Alpha - Sun Jan 25, 6:58AM CST
DXPS: 26.48 (+0.18), FKU: 41.59 (-0.16), EWU: 18.91 (+0.09), DBUK: 25.22 (+0.01), QGBR: 56.81 (+0.24)
The Prospects For The U.K. In 2015 - Stocks, Gilts And Sterling
Colin Lloyd - at Seeking Alpha - Sat Jan 24, 12:17PM CST
Last year, the UK stock market trod water, while other markets, often with weaker fundamentals, trended higher. Meanwhile, UK Gilts headed back towards the multi-year low yields last seen during the euro crisis in July 2012. UK growth still appears...
DXPS: 26.48 (+0.18), FKU: 41.59 (-0.16), EWU: 18.91 (+0.09), FXB: 151.21 (+0.01), DBUK: 25.22 (+0.01), QGBR: 56.81 (+0.24), GBB: 40.88 (-0.07)
Peak What? The Quadruple D - The End
The Nattering Naybob - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Jan 22, 7:16AM CST
EWI: 14.44 (+0.05), EWG: 29.19 (-0.01), DFE: 55.11 (+0.16), EFNL: 34.38 (+0.12), EMES: 55.25 (+1.80), DBEU: 28.01 (+0.11), EWD: 33.52 (+0.29), EUDG: 23.31 (+0.09), EWQ: 26.18 (+0.03), EWP: 34.41 (+0.42), EWO: 16.04 (+0.08), EWN: 24.91 (+0.08), EWL: 32.82 (+0.02), EWK: 17.15 (unch), DXPS: 26.48 (+0.18), EIRL: 36.76 (+0.06), DAX: 27.55 (+0.02), DBEZ: 27.78 (+0.08), DBUK: 25.22 (+0.01), ASHR: 35.67 (+0.29), ASHS: 37.81 (+0.51), BKF: 36.77 (+0.31), ADRU: 23.27 (+0.13), EOX: 1.15 (unch), CLB: 112.18 (+3.65), CPE: 7.37 (+0.27), EDEN: 47.97 (+0.09), ENOR: 24.49 (+0.44),
72.91 (-0.81), E: 36.31 (+0.69), BPZ: 0.25 (unch), BZQ: 84.80 (-2.79), DBGR: 26.56 (+0.02), EPV: 56.50 (-0.44), ECA: 14.07 (+0.37), EPS: 72.96 (+0.21), CHK: 21.08 (+0.58), DIA: 180.34 (+0.50), APA: 67.05 (+2.47), ESTX: 46.67 (+1.43), CRZO: 52.60 (+1.17), EMB: 111.75 (+0.27), ERUS: 13.75 (+0.28), EUMV: 23.86 (unch), BHI: 64.31 (+1.93), BRZU: 7.37 (+0.36), EURL: 33.01 (+0.29), DXGE: 29.14 (+0.01), CHIX: 15.66 (+0.09), CHIM: 14.70 (unch), CHIQ: 12.98 (+0.17), CORP: 103.79 (-0.25), CHIE: 13.11 (+0.02), CHII: 13.51 (+0.49), EPOL: 23.61 (-0.07)
Peak What? The Quadruple D - Part 2
The Nattering Naybob - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Jan 21, 10:22AM CST
EWI: 14.44 (+0.05), EWG: 29.19 (-0.01), DFE: 55.11 (+0.16), EFNL: 34.38 (+0.12), EMES: 55.25 (+1.80), DBEU: 28.01 (+0.11), EWD: 33.52 (+0.29), EUDG: 23.31 (+0.09), EWP: 34.41 (+0.42), EWO: 16.04 (+0.08), EWN: 24.91 (+0.08), EWL: 32.82 (+0.02), EWK: 17.15 (unch), DXPS: 26.48 (+0.18), EIRL: 36.76 (+0.06), DAX: 27.55 (+0.02), DBEZ: 27.78 (+0.08), DBUK: 25.22 (+0.01), ASHR: 35.67 (+0.29), ASHS: 37.81 (+0.51), BKF: 36.77 (+0.31), ADRU: 23.27 (+0.13), EOX: 1.15 (unch), CLB: 112.18 (+3.65), CPE: 7.37 (+0.27), EWGS: 39.75 (-0.04), EDEN: 47.97 (+0.09), ENOR: 24.49 (+0.44), 72.91 (-0.81), BPZ: 0.25 (unch), BZQ: 84.80 (-2.79), DBGR: 26.56 (+0.02), EPV: 56.50 (-0.44), ECA: 14.07 (+0.37), EPS: 72.96 (+0.21), CHK: 21.08 (+0.58), DIA: 180.34 (+0.50), APA: 67.05 (+2.47), ESTX: 46.67 (+1.43), CRZO: 52.60 (+1.17), EMB: 111.75 (+0.27), ERUS: 13.75 (+0.28), EUMV: 23.86 (unch), BHI: 64.31 (+1.93), BRZU: 7.37 (+0.36), EURL: 33.01 (+0.29), DXGE: 29.14 (+0.01), CHIX: 15.66 (+0.09), CHIM: 14.70 (unch), CHIQ: 12.98 (+0.17), CORP: 103.79 (-0.25), CHIE: 13.11 (+0.02), CHII: 13.51 (+0.49), EPOL: 23.61 (-0.07)
Bank of England pulls back from rate hikes
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Jan 21, 9:33AM CST
DXPS: 26.48 (+0.18), FKU: 41.59 (-0.16), EWU: 18.91 (+0.09), FXB: 151.21 (+0.01), DBUK: 25.22 (+0.01), QGBR: 56.81 (+0.24), EWUS: 38.93 (-0.11)
U.K. Inflation Falls To 14½ Year Low
Markit - Seeking Alpha - Fri Jan 16, 5:00AM CST
UK inflation fell to its lowest since May 2000 at the end of last year. Consumer prices were only 0.5% higher than a year ago in December, down from a 1.0% rise in November and lower than economists' expectations of a 0.7% increase. The biggest...
DXPS: 26.48 (+0.18), FKU: 41.59 (-0.16), EWU: 18.91 (+0.09), DBUK: 25.22 (+0.01), QGBR: 56.81 (+0.24)
Peak What? Christmastime In Hell? Part 6
The Nattering Naybob - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Jan 13, 3:35AM CST
EWI: 14.44 (+0.05), EFNL: 34.38 (+0.12), DFE: 55.11 (+0.16), EWG: 29.19 (-0.01), EMES: 55.25 (+1.80), DBEU: 28.01 (+0.11), EWD: 33.52 (+0.29), EUDG: 23.31 (+0.09), EWQ: 26.18 (+0.03), FEP: 31.22 (+0.12), EWP: 34.41 (+0.42), EWO: 16.04 (+0.08), EWN: 24.91 (+0.08), EWL: 32.82 (+0.02), FEU: 35.83 (+0.27), EWK: 17.15 (unch), DXPS: 26.48 (+0.18), EIRL: 36.76 (+0.06), DAX: 27.55 (+0.02), DBEZ: 27.78 (+0.08), DBUK: 25.22 (+0.01), ASHR: 35.67 (+0.29), ASHS: 37.81 (+0.51), BKF: 36.77 (+0.31), ADRU: 23.27 (+0.13), EZU: 38.29 (+0.09), EWU: 18.91 (+0.09), EWGS: 39.75 (-0.04), EDEN: 47.97 (+0.09), FDD: 13.80 (+0.03), ENOR: 24.49 (+0.44), BZQ: 84.80 (-2.79), DBGR: 26.56 (+0.02), FEUZ: 32.37 (+0.11), EWUS: 38.93 (-0.11), EPV: 56.50 (-0.44), EPS: 72.96 (+0.21), FCG: 11.71 (+0.36), DIA: 180.34 (+0.50), ESTX: 46.67 (+1.43), BP: 41.93 (+0.59), EMB: 111.75 (+0.27), ERUS: 13.75 (+0.28), EUMV: 23.86 (unch), BRZU: 7.37 (+0.36), FEEU: 111.93 (+1.22), EURL: 33.01 (+0.29), DXGE: 29.14 (+0.01), CHIX: 15.66 (+0.09), CHIM: 14.70 (unch), CHIQ: 12.98 (+0.17), CORP: 103.79 (-0.25), CHIE: 13.11 (+0.02), CHII: 13.51 (+0.49), EPOL: 23.61 (-0.07)
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,...
EWI: 14.44 (+0.05), EWG: 29.19 (-0.01), DFE: 55.11 (+0.16), EFNL: 34.38 (+0.12), FKU: 41.59 (-0.16), VGK: 54.96 (+0.18), FEZ: 38.50 (+0.17), DBEU: 28.01 (+0.11), EWD: 33.52 (+0.29), EUDG: 23.31 (+0.09), EWQ: 26.18 (+0.03), FIEU: 115.69 (+1.37), EWP: 34.41 (+0.42), FEP: 31.22 (+0.12), EWO: 16.04 (+0.08), PLND: 17.86 (+0.09), EWN: 24.91 (+0.08), IEUR: 45.70 (+0.01), FSZ: 39.72 (unch), EWL: 32.82 (+0.02), UPV: 47.14 (+0.37), FEU: 35.83 (+0.27), EWK: 17.15 (unch), IEUS: 43.75 (-0.14), DXPS: 26.48 (+0.18), HEDJ: 61.99 (+0.12), EIRL: 36.76 (+0.06), DAX: 27.55 (+0.02), DBEZ: 27.78 (+0.08), GXF: 23.01 (+0.24), DBUK: 25.22 (+0.01), QGBR: 56.81 (+0.24), NORW: 12.62 (+0.18), ADRU: 23.27 (+0.13), RSXJ: 21.52 (+0.46), EZU: 38.29 (+0.09), EU: 20.54 (-0.08), HEWG: 26.41 (+0.01), IEV: 44.50 (+0.15), EWU: 18.91 (+0.09), RBL: 17.44 (+0.30), EWGS: 39.75 (-0.04), RSX: 18.05 (+0.39), EDEN: 47.97 (+0.09), FDD: 13.80 (+0.03), ENOR: 24.49 (+0.44), SMEZ: 51.33 (+0.18), QESP: 49.40 (unch), GREK: 13.65 (+0.66), DBGR: 26.56 (+0.02), FEUZ: 32.37 (+0.11), RUSS: 11.59 (-0.81), EWUS: 38.93 (-0.11), EPV: 56.50 (-0.44), FGM: 38.07 (-0.20), ESTX: 46.67 (+1.43), EUMV: 23.86 (unch), ERUS: 13.75 (+0.28), HEZU: 27.28 (+0.10), EURL: 33.01 (+0.29), FEEU: 111.93 (+1.22), DXGE: 29.14 (+0.01), QDEU: 56.04 (+1.47), PGAL: 10.97 (+0.18), RUSL: 27.31 (+1.68), EPOL: 23.61 (-0.07)
Europe Outside The Eurozone - The U.K.
David Kotok - at Seeking Alpha - Sun Jan 11, 4:18AM CST
by Bill Witherell, Chief Global Economist While the market is focusing on the prospects for full-scale quantitative easing in the Eurozone and the continued decline of the euro, there are major European equity markets that do not have the euro as...
DXPS: 26.48 (+0.18), FKU: 41.59 (-0.16), EWU: 18.91 (+0.09), DBUK: 25.22 (+0.01), QGBR: 56.81 (+0.24)
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,...
EWI: 14.44 (+0.05), EFNL: 34.38 (+0.12), DFE: 55.11 (+0.16), EWG: 29.19 (-0.01), FKU: 41.59 (-0.16), FEZ: 38.50 (+0.17), VGK: 54.96 (+0.18), DBEU: 28.01 (+0.11), EWD: 33.52 (+0.29), EUDG: 23.31 (+0.09), EWQ: 26.18 (+0.03), FIEU: 115.69 (+1.37), EWP: 34.41 (+0.42), FEP: 31.22 (+0.12), SPUU: 145.43 (+1.18), EWO: 16.04 (+0.08), PLND: 17.86 (+0.09), EWN: 24.91 (+0.08), IEUR: 45.70 (+0.01), FSZ: 39.72 (unch), SPLX: 32.00 (+0.46), EWL: 32.82 (+0.02), UPV: 47.14 (+0.37), FEU: 35.83 (+0.27), EWK: 17.15 (unch), IEUS: 43.75 (-0.14), DXPS: 26.48 (+0.18), SPXU: 35.12 (-0.46), HEDJ: 61.99 (+0.12), EIRL: 36.76 (+0.06), DAX: 27.55 (+0.02), SPY: 209.78 (+0.86), DBEZ: 27.78 (+0.08), GXF: 23.01 (+0.24), DBUK: 25.22 (+0.01), SPXL: 92.33 (+1.23), QGBR: 56.81 (+0.24), NORW: 12.62 (+0.18), ADRU: 23.27 (+0.13), RWL: 41.80 (+0.18), RSP: 81.91 (+0.32), RSXJ: 21.52 (+0.46), EZU: 38.29 (+0.09), IVV: 211.28 (+0.95), HEWG: 26.41 (+0.01), IEV: 44.50 (+0.15), SDS: 20.96 (-0.18), EWU: 18.91 (+0.09), RBL: 17.44 (+0.30), EWGS: 39.75 (-0.04), RSX: 18.05 (+0.39), EDEN: 47.97 (+0.09), FDD: 13.80 (+0.03), ENOR: 24.49 (+0.44), SMEZ: 51.33 (+0.18), QESP: 49.40 (unch), GREK: 13.65 (+0.66), DBGR: 26.56 (+0.02), FEUZ: 32.37 (+0.11), RUSS: 11.59 (-0.81), EWUS: 38.93 (-0.11), EPV: 56.50 (-0.44), UPRO: 139.44 (+1.78), EPS: 72.96 (+0.21), FGM: 38.07 (-0.20), ESTX: 46.67 (+1.43), EUMV: 23.86 (unch), ERUS: 13.75 (+0.28), HEZU: 27.28 (+0.10), SFLA: 180.57 (+2.20), SH: 21.27 (-0.10), FEEU: 111.93 (+1.22), EURL: 33.01 (+0.29), SSO: 132.99 (+1.08), DXGE: 29.14 (+0.01), QDEU: 56.04 (+1.47), BXUC: 299.86 (unch), PGAL: 10.97 (+0.18), VOO: 192.39 (+0.84), RUSL: 27.31 (+1.68), BXUB: 201.74 (unch), EPOL: 23.61 (-0.07)
BOE's Intention To Rise Rates Under Conditions Of Deflation
FX Analyst - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Feb 13, 2:25PM CST
DXPS: 26.48 (+0.18), FKU: 41.59 (-0.16), EWU: 18.91 (+0.09), FXB: 151.21 (+0.01), DBUK: 25.22 (+0.01), QGBR: 56.81 (+0.24), GBB: 40.88 (-0.07)
Bank of England suggests earlier start to rate hikes
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Feb 12, 6:29AM CST
DXPS: 26.48 (+0.18), FKU: 41.59 (-0.16), EWU: 18.91 (+0.09), FXB: 151.21 (+0.01), DBUK: 25.22 (+0.01), FXE: 112.16 (-0.15), QGBR: 56.81 (+0.24), EWUS: 38.93 (-0.11), GBB: 40.88 (-0.07)
U.K. Manufacturing Output Barely Rises At Year-End
Markit - Seeking Alpha - Tue Feb 10, 1:41PM CST
UK factories fared better than expected at the end of last year, but weakening growth of the industrial sector over the course of last year was clearly a contributor to a slowing of the wider economy. The outlook is mixed, with clouds from Russia and...
DXPS: 26.48 (+0.18), FKU: 41.59 (-0.16), EWU: 18.91 (+0.09), DBUK: 25.22 (+0.01), QGBR: 56.81 (+0.24)
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...
EWG: 29.19 (-0.01), FKU: 41.59 (-0.16), QESP: 49.40 (unch), DBGR: 26.56 (+0.02), EWP: 34.41 (+0.42), YINN: 38.57 (+0.69), CHXF: 53.10 (+0.30), EWJ: 11.93 (+0.14), DXPS: 26.48 (+0.18), DXJ: 51.69 (+0.57), NKY: 17.98 (+0.14), DAX: 27.55 (+0.02), ITF: 51.12 (+0.79), FXP: 38.91 (-0.47), DBJP: 38.86 (+0.50), FGM: 38.07 (-0.20), PGJ: 28.89 (+0.28), DBUK: 25.22 (+0.01), JPP: 44.14 (unch), FCA: 23.21 (+0.38), YAO: 28.18 (+0.30), EZJ: 86.49 (+2.11), QGBR: 56.81 (+0.24), GXC: 81.15 (+0.54), FXI: 42.98 (+0.27), XPP: 73.36 (+0.86), JPNL: 47.02 (+1.91), DXGE: 29.14 (+0.01), QDEU: 56.04 (+1.47), MCHI: 52.12 (+0.31), HEWG: 26.41 (+0.01), EWV: 57.41 (-1.86), YANG: 9.94 (-0.17), HEWJ: 28.57 (+0.39), EWU: 18.91 (+0.09), FJP: 47.44 (+0.59), YXI: 27.30 (unch), CN: 34.87 (+0.34)
U.K. 'All-Sector' PMI Shows Economy Picking Up Speed Again At Start Of The Year
Markit - Seeking Alpha - Wed Feb 04, 9:00AM CST
PMI™ survey data signalled a reassuringly robust start to the year for the UK economy, leaving open the possibility of interest rates starting to rise in late 2015. The three PMI surveys collectively indicated an acceleration of output...
DXPS: 26.48 (+0.18), FKU: 41.59 (-0.16), EWU: 18.91 (+0.09), DBUK: 25.22 (+0.01), QGBR: 56.81 (+0.24)
Manufacturing Upturn Adds To Resurgent Optimism On U.K. Economic Outlook
Markit - Seeking Alpha - Tue Feb 03, 6:00AM CST
UK manufacturing PMI data for January had something for everyone, whether your cup is half full or half empty. Investors are certainly taking a positive view on the UK economy, with exchange-traded funds seeing record monthly net inflows in January. ...
DXPS: 26.48 (+0.18), FKU: 41.59 (-0.16), EWU: 18.91 (+0.09), DBUK: 25.22 (+0.01), QGBR: 56.81 (+0.24)
Discrepancy Between U.K. Equity Market And Economy With Regard To Falling Oil Prices
Hamung Patel - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Feb 02, 11:06AM CST
DXPS: 26.48 (+0.18), FKU: 41.59 (-0.16), EWU: 18.91 (+0.09), DBUK: 25.22 (+0.01), QGBR: 56.81 (+0.24)
U.K. Economic Growth Slows At Year-End
Markit - Seeking Alpha - Wed Jan 28, 7:30AM CST
The pace of economic growth slowed at the end of 2014, but remained encouragingly robust. There are lots of reasons to believe that growth could pick up again in a favourable environment of rising wages, low inflation and low interest rates, meaning...
DXPS: 26.48 (+0.18), FKU: 41.59 (-0.16), EWU: 18.91 (+0.09), DBUK: 25.22 (+0.01), QGBR: 56.81 (+0.24)
June Outlook: Cheap Gold In The Mush Of 1H15
Enzio von Pfeil - Seeking Alpha - Mon Jan 26, 4:06PM CST
Structurally bearish on Europe . Readers know of my distaste for European politicians : they won't reform their economies, and can get away with it on account of cheap money. Intensified Economic Time®. Despite my structural bearishness, we...
DXPS: 26.48 (+0.18), FKU: 41.59 (-0.16), FEZ: 38.50 (+0.17), VGK: 54.96 (+0.18), IEV: 44.50 (+0.15), EWU: 18.91 (+0.09), DBUK: 25.22 (+0.01), EU: 20.54 (-0.08), QGBR: 56.81 (+0.24), FXF: 104.56 (-0.56), FSZ: 39.72 (unch), EWL: 32.82 (+0.02)
Will The United Kingdom Experience Deflation Like The Eurozone?
Michael Grogan - at Seeking Alpha - Sun Jan 25, 6:58AM CST
DXPS: 26.48 (+0.18), FKU: 41.59 (-0.16), EWU: 18.91 (+0.09), DBUK: 25.22 (+0.01), QGBR: 56.81 (+0.24)
The Prospects For The U.K. In 2015 - Stocks, Gilts And Sterling
Colin Lloyd - at Seeking Alpha - Sat Jan 24, 12:17PM CST
Last year, the UK stock market trod water, while other markets, often with weaker fundamentals, trended higher. Meanwhile, UK Gilts headed back towards the multi-year low yields last seen during the euro crisis in July 2012. UK growth still appears...
DXPS: 26.48 (+0.18), FKU: 41.59 (-0.16), EWU: 18.91 (+0.09), FXB: 151.21 (+0.01), DBUK: 25.22 (+0.01), QGBR: 56.81 (+0.24), GBB: 40.88 (-0.07)
Peak What? The Quadruple D - The End
The Nattering Naybob - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Jan 22, 7:16AM CST
EWI: 14.44 (+0.05), EWG: 29.19 (-0.01), DFE: 55.11 (+0.16), EFNL: 34.38 (+0.12), EMES: 55.25 (+1.80), DBEU: 28.01 (+0.11), EWD: 33.52 (+0.29), EUDG: 23.31 (+0.09), EWQ: 26.18 (+0.03), EWP: 34.41 (+0.42), EWO: 16.04 (+0.08), EWN: 24.91 (+0.08), EWL: 32.82 (+0.02), EWK: 17.15 (unch), DXPS: 26.48 (+0.18), EIRL: 36.76 (+0.06), DAX: 27.55 (+0.02), DBEZ: 27.78 (+0.08), DBUK: 25.22 (+0.01), ASHR: 35.67 (+0.29), ASHS: 37.81 (+0.51), BKF: 36.77 (+0.31), ADRU: 23.27 (+0.13), EOX: 1.15 (unch), CLB: 112.18 (+3.65), CPE: 7.37 (+0.27), EDEN: 47.97 (+0.09), ENOR: 24.49 (+0.44),
72.91 (-0.81), E: 36.31 (+0.69), BPZ: 0.25 (unch), BZQ: 84.80 (-2.79), DBGR: 26.56 (+0.02), EPV: 56.50 (-0.44), ECA: 14.07 (+0.37), EPS: 72.96 (+0.21), CHK: 21.08 (+0.58), DIA: 180.34 (+0.50), APA: 67.05 (+2.47), ESTX: 46.67 (+1.43), CRZO: 52.60 (+1.17), EMB: 111.75 (+0.27), ERUS: 13.75 (+0.28), EUMV: 23.86 (unch), BHI: 64.31 (+1.93), BRZU: 7.37 (+0.36), EURL: 33.01 (+0.29), DXGE: 29.14 (+0.01), CHIX: 15.66 (+0.09), CHIM: 14.70 (unch), CHIQ: 12.98 (+0.17), CORP: 103.79 (-0.25), CHIE: 13.11 (+0.02), CHII: 13.51 (+0.49), EPOL: 23.61 (-0.07) Peak What? The Quadruple D - Part 2
The Nattering Naybob - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Jan 21, 10:22AM CST
EWI: 14.44 (+0.05), EWG: 29.19 (-0.01), DFE: 55.11 (+0.16), EFNL: 34.38 (+0.12), EMES: 55.25 (+1.80), DBEU: 28.01 (+0.11), EWD: 33.52 (+0.29), EUDG: 23.31 (+0.09), EWP: 34.41 (+0.42), EWO: 16.04 (+0.08), EWN: 24.91 (+0.08), EWL: 32.82 (+0.02), EWK: 17.15 (unch), DXPS: 26.48 (+0.18), EIRL: 36.76 (+0.06), DAX: 27.55 (+0.02), DBEZ: 27.78 (+0.08), DBUK: 25.22 (+0.01), ASHR: 35.67 (+0.29), ASHS: 37.81 (+0.51), BKF: 36.77 (+0.31), ADRU: 23.27 (+0.13), EOX: 1.15 (unch), CLB: 112.18 (+3.65), CPE: 7.37 (+0.27), EWGS: 39.75 (-0.04), EDEN: 47.97 (+0.09), ENOR: 24.49 (+0.44),
72.91 (-0.81), BPZ: 0.25 (unch), BZQ: 84.80 (-2.79), DBGR: 26.56 (+0.02), EPV: 56.50 (-0.44), ECA: 14.07 (+0.37), EPS: 72.96 (+0.21), CHK: 21.08 (+0.58), DIA: 180.34 (+0.50), APA: 67.05 (+2.47), ESTX: 46.67 (+1.43), CRZO: 52.60 (+1.17), EMB: 111.75 (+0.27), ERUS: 13.75 (+0.28), EUMV: 23.86 (unch), BHI: 64.31 (+1.93), BRZU: 7.37 (+0.36), EURL: 33.01 (+0.29), DXGE: 29.14 (+0.01), CHIX: 15.66 (+0.09), CHIM: 14.70 (unch), CHIQ: 12.98 (+0.17), CORP: 103.79 (-0.25), CHIE: 13.11 (+0.02), CHII: 13.51 (+0.49), EPOL: 23.61 (-0.07) Bank of England pulls back from rate hikes
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Jan 21, 9:33AM CST
DXPS: 26.48 (+0.18), FKU: 41.59 (-0.16), EWU: 18.91 (+0.09), FXB: 151.21 (+0.01), DBUK: 25.22 (+0.01), QGBR: 56.81 (+0.24), EWUS: 38.93 (-0.11)
U.K. Inflation Falls To 14½ Year Low
Markit - Seeking Alpha - Fri Jan 16, 5:00AM CST
UK inflation fell to its lowest since May 2000 at the end of last year. Consumer prices were only 0.5% higher than a year ago in December, down from a 1.0% rise in November and lower than economists' expectations of a 0.7% increase. The biggest...
DXPS: 26.48 (+0.18), FKU: 41.59 (-0.16), EWU: 18.91 (+0.09), DBUK: 25.22 (+0.01), QGBR: 56.81 (+0.24)
Peak What? Christmastime In Hell? Part 6
The Nattering Naybob - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Jan 13, 3:35AM CST
EWI: 14.44 (+0.05), EFNL: 34.38 (+0.12), DFE: 55.11 (+0.16), EWG: 29.19 (-0.01), EMES: 55.25 (+1.80), DBEU: 28.01 (+0.11), EWD: 33.52 (+0.29), EUDG: 23.31 (+0.09), EWQ: 26.18 (+0.03), FEP: 31.22 (+0.12), EWP: 34.41 (+0.42), EWO: 16.04 (+0.08), EWN: 24.91 (+0.08), EWL: 32.82 (+0.02), FEU: 35.83 (+0.27), EWK: 17.15 (unch), DXPS: 26.48 (+0.18), EIRL: 36.76 (+0.06), DAX: 27.55 (+0.02), DBEZ: 27.78 (+0.08), DBUK: 25.22 (+0.01), ASHR: 35.67 (+0.29), ASHS: 37.81 (+0.51), BKF: 36.77 (+0.31), ADRU: 23.27 (+0.13), EZU: 38.29 (+0.09), EWU: 18.91 (+0.09), EWGS: 39.75 (-0.04), EDEN: 47.97 (+0.09), FDD: 13.80 (+0.03), ENOR: 24.49 (+0.44), BZQ: 84.80 (-2.79), DBGR: 26.56 (+0.02), FEUZ: 32.37 (+0.11), EWUS: 38.93 (-0.11), EPV: 56.50 (-0.44), EPS: 72.96 (+0.21), FCG: 11.71 (+0.36), DIA: 180.34 (+0.50), ESTX: 46.67 (+1.43), BP: 41.93 (+0.59), EMB: 111.75 (+0.27), ERUS: 13.75 (+0.28), EUMV: 23.86 (unch), BRZU: 7.37 (+0.36), FEEU: 111.93 (+1.22), EURL: 33.01 (+0.29), DXGE: 29.14 (+0.01), CHIX: 15.66 (+0.09), CHIM: 14.70 (unch), CHIQ: 12.98 (+0.17), CORP: 103.79 (-0.25), CHIE: 13.11 (+0.02), CHII: 13.51 (+0.49), EPOL: 23.61 (-0.07)
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,...
EWI: 14.44 (+0.05), EWG: 29.19 (-0.01), DFE: 55.11 (+0.16), EFNL: 34.38 (+0.12), FKU: 41.59 (-0.16), VGK: 54.96 (+0.18), FEZ: 38.50 (+0.17), DBEU: 28.01 (+0.11), EWD: 33.52 (+0.29), EUDG: 23.31 (+0.09), EWQ: 26.18 (+0.03), FIEU: 115.69 (+1.37), EWP: 34.41 (+0.42), FEP: 31.22 (+0.12), EWO: 16.04 (+0.08), PLND: 17.86 (+0.09), EWN: 24.91 (+0.08), IEUR: 45.70 (+0.01), FSZ: 39.72 (unch), EWL: 32.82 (+0.02), UPV: 47.14 (+0.37), FEU: 35.83 (+0.27), EWK: 17.15 (unch), IEUS: 43.75 (-0.14), DXPS: 26.48 (+0.18), HEDJ: 61.99 (+0.12), EIRL: 36.76 (+0.06), DAX: 27.55 (+0.02), DBEZ: 27.78 (+0.08), GXF: 23.01 (+0.24), DBUK: 25.22 (+0.01), QGBR: 56.81 (+0.24), NORW: 12.62 (+0.18), ADRU: 23.27 (+0.13), RSXJ: 21.52 (+0.46), EZU: 38.29 (+0.09), EU: 20.54 (-0.08), HEWG: 26.41 (+0.01), IEV: 44.50 (+0.15), EWU: 18.91 (+0.09), RBL: 17.44 (+0.30), EWGS: 39.75 (-0.04), RSX: 18.05 (+0.39), EDEN: 47.97 (+0.09), FDD: 13.80 (+0.03), ENOR: 24.49 (+0.44), SMEZ: 51.33 (+0.18), QESP: 49.40 (unch), GREK: 13.65 (+0.66), DBGR: 26.56 (+0.02), FEUZ: 32.37 (+0.11), RUSS: 11.59 (-0.81), EWUS: 38.93 (-0.11), EPV: 56.50 (-0.44), FGM: 38.07 (-0.20), ESTX: 46.67 (+1.43), EUMV: 23.86 (unch), ERUS: 13.75 (+0.28), HEZU: 27.28 (+0.10), EURL: 33.01 (+0.29), FEEU: 111.93 (+1.22), DXGE: 29.14 (+0.01), QDEU: 56.04 (+1.47), PGAL: 10.97 (+0.18), RUSL: 27.31 (+1.68), EPOL: 23.61 (-0.07)
Europe Outside The Eurozone - The U.K.
David Kotok - at Seeking Alpha - Sun Jan 11, 4:18AM CST
by Bill Witherell, Chief Global Economist While the market is focusing on the prospects for full-scale quantitative easing in the Eurozone and the continued decline of the euro, there are major European equity markets that do not have the euro as...
DXPS: 26.48 (+0.18), FKU: 41.59 (-0.16), EWU: 18.91 (+0.09), DBUK: 25.22 (+0.01), QGBR: 56.81 (+0.24)
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,...
EWI: 14.44 (+0.05), EFNL: 34.38 (+0.12), DFE: 55.11 (+0.16), EWG: 29.19 (-0.01), FKU: 41.59 (-0.16), FEZ: 38.50 (+0.17), VGK: 54.96 (+0.18), DBEU: 28.01 (+0.11), EWD: 33.52 (+0.29), EUDG: 23.31 (+0.09), EWQ: 26.18 (+0.03), FIEU: 115.69 (+1.37), EWP: 34.41 (+0.42), FEP: 31.22 (+0.12), SPUU: 145.43 (+1.18), EWO: 16.04 (+0.08), PLND: 17.86 (+0.09), EWN: 24.91 (+0.08), IEUR: 45.70 (+0.01), FSZ: 39.72 (unch), SPLX: 32.00 (+0.46), EWL: 32.82 (+0.02), UPV: 47.14 (+0.37), FEU: 35.83 (+0.27), EWK: 17.15 (unch), IEUS: 43.75 (-0.14), DXPS: 26.48 (+0.18), SPXU: 35.12 (-0.46), HEDJ: 61.99 (+0.12), EIRL: 36.76 (+0.06), DAX: 27.55 (+0.02), SPY: 209.78 (+0.86), DBEZ: 27.78 (+0.08), GXF: 23.01 (+0.24), DBUK: 25.22 (+0.01), SPXL: 92.33 (+1.23), QGBR: 56.81 (+0.24), NORW: 12.62 (+0.18), ADRU: 23.27 (+0.13), RWL: 41.80 (+0.18), RSP: 81.91 (+0.32), RSXJ: 21.52 (+0.46), EZU: 38.29 (+0.09), IVV: 211.28 (+0.95), HEWG: 26.41 (+0.01), IEV: 44.50 (+0.15), SDS: 20.96 (-0.18), EWU: 18.91 (+0.09), RBL: 17.44 (+0.30), EWGS: 39.75 (-0.04), RSX: 18.05 (+0.39), EDEN: 47.97 (+0.09), FDD: 13.80 (+0.03), ENOR: 24.49 (+0.44), SMEZ: 51.33 (+0.18), QESP: 49.40 (unch), GREK: 13.65 (+0.66), DBGR: 26.56 (+0.02), FEUZ: 32.37 (+0.11), RUSS: 11.59 (-0.81), EWUS: 38.93 (-0.11), EPV: 56.50 (-0.44), UPRO: 139.44 (+1.78), EPS: 72.96 (+0.21), FGM: 38.07 (-0.20), ESTX: 46.67 (+1.43), EUMV: 23.86 (unch), ERUS: 13.75 (+0.28), HEZU: 27.28 (+0.10), SFLA: 180.57 (+2.20), SH: 21.27 (-0.10), FEEU: 111.93 (+1.22), EURL: 33.01 (+0.29), SSO: 132.99 (+1.08), DXGE: 29.14 (+0.01), QDEU: 56.04 (+1.47), BXUC: 299.86 (unch), PGAL: 10.97 (+0.18), VOO: 192.39 (+0.84), RUSL: 27.31 (+1.68), BXUB: 201.74 (unch), EPOL: 23.61 (-0.07)
