EEA News and Press, The European Equity Fund Inc. From 03/15/20

Investment thesis: The global equity markets - like their US counterparts - sold off sharply last week. Make no new moves into international markets. The Bank of England cut rates 50 basis points and provided additional stimulus (emphasis added): At its special meeting ending on 10 ...

The European Central Bank did not reduce its policy rate of interest, something that many investors and analysts expected them to do. The expected reduction was not great, only 10 basis points, but a reduction was expected, nonetheless. Jack Ewing writes in the New York Times, “T...

Italy  plunged 17%  yesterday and its bond market more or less crashed after ECB head Christine Lagarde disavowed  responsibility for the central bank to help that country out. More news on: iShares MSCI Italy Capped ETF, Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF, SPDR EURO STOXX 50 ETF, Gl...

The eurozone problem Okay, part of this is political but then the politics comes from the economic analysis that precedes it. I have been against the very idea of the euro since it was first announced in the 1990s. This has then bled through to my working for UKIP, campaigning in favour of B...

Europe has not been in good shape. Investors need to fully comprehend what is going on there, especially given recent events. In early February, things seemed dire . "Bottom line, Europe, to me, does not seem to be a very fertile ground for investment at this point in time. The euro...

The Stoxx 600 (NYSEARCA: FEZ ) German Dax (NYSEARCA: EWG ), and French CAC 40 (NYSEARCA: EWQ ) all posted record percentage losses today,  down 11.5% ,  12.25% , and  12.3% , respectively. More news on: SPDR EURO STOXX 50 ETF, iShares MSCI Germany ETF, iShares MSCI France ET...

By Bert Colijn, Senior Economist & Carsten Brzeski, Chief Economist & Timme Spakman, Economist As Covid-19 goes global, supply chain risks to the eurozone economy have increased materially. Our analysis finds risks to the eurozone mainly come from China and Italy ...

The European Central Bank (ECB) is expected to follow the U.S. Federal Reserve (Fed) and announce monetary easing measures on Thursday, if not before. With policy rates already at negative levels, we expect focus on targeted lending front asset purchases, and less emphasis on risk free intere...

The Stoxx 600 was up as much as 4% earlier in the session, but has been leaking oil for the last four hours. At current check, it's  higher by just 0.8% . More news on: Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF, SPDR EURO STOXX 50 ETF, WisdomTree Europe Hedged Equity ETF, Global news and forex, Stocks...

The worst-performing market is Italy with a  loss of 10.1% . Others are  down anywhere from 6.5%-7% . The Stoxx 500 is  off 6.5% . All reads are fairly close to session lows. More news on: Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF, SPDR EURO STOXX 50 ETF, WisdomTree Europe Hedged Equity ETF,...