ADRU News and Press, BLDRS Europe 100 ADR Index Fund From 11/04/19

The eurozone structure It's a simple truth that if we have a single currency area, then we must also have a single monetary policy zone. The two are of course the same thing. This poses something of a problem when we have both operating over an area too large to be an optimal currency area...

Introduction Sluggish global growth and dovish monetary policies, paired with trade tensions, uncertainty around Brexit, and other regional geopolitical tussles in the Middle East and Asia, have prompted many investors to pivot towards more defensive assets. Accelerating flows into gold and...

By Julien Manceaux, Senior Economist In France, GDP growth (0.26% quarter on quarter) was disappointing in 3Q19. The rebound in private consumption was not entirely on track, but business investments continued their upward trajectory. We maintain our growth forecast of 1.3% in 2019, ...

Since the financial crisis, yields have remained at historic lows around the globe, but no region has experienced this quite as dramatically as Europe. With an economy stuck in perennial weakness, the European Central Bank (ECB) has taken a variety of measures to keep interest rates as low as ...

As I stare across the Pond, I am troubled by what I see. In my opinion, the situation in the EU is deteriorating. The governments there, of course, will tell you that everything is just fine and it is all a case of some minor squabbles. I am not buying this concept and I am becoming increasing...

On the latest edition of Market Week in Review, Quantitative Investment Strategist Abraham Robison and Research Analyst Puneet Thiara discussed the health of the U.S. consumer, the latest global economic headlines, and preliminary results from third-quarter earnings season. U.S. housin...

The German export oriented problem Germany's manufacturing sector is roughly - at 25% rather than the more normal 12% - twice the size as a portion of the economy than other rich countries. That manufacturing sector is also more reliant upon exports than is usual in other countries. Thus, as...

By Jeremy Schwartz, CFA European stock markets are currently having their worst 10-year stretch for relative returns compared with the U.S. stock market in 40 to 50 years. 1 Despite continued Brexit uncertainty weighing on sentiment, investors might want to start paying attention to Europ...

(Source: YouTube , caption and editing by the Author) Stepping back from the action, one can discern a civil war breaking out in the Eurozone; as it marches on from a confederacy of nation states to one unified nation. The struggle is becoming much more bitter and impassioned. The ECB and M...

By Bill Witherell, Ph.D The exceptional Saturday session of the United Kingdom's Parliament, the first in 37 years, was expected to produce a decisive "yes" or "no" vote on the new Brexit deal Prime Minister Boris Johnson had negotiated with the European Union ((EU)). October 19 was the fi...