EEA News and Press, The European Equity Fund Inc. From 05/27/20

The eurozone is experiencing great stress. Italian debt levels are rapidly becoming unsustainable. Without ECB bond buying, yields would ratchet up pretty quickly, setting in motion a host of self-reinforcing mechanisms. While the ECB has thrown out the rule book in order to prevent that, it...

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Original Post By Stuart Burns France, the heartbeat of the European social ideal, is facing an existential crisis caused by the impact of the lockdown of its economy. Nowhere is that more evident than in the Grand Est region of northeastern France, termed the heart of the country's aut...

By David Zahn, CFA, FRM, Head of European Fixed Income, Franklin Templeton Fixed Income As European economies slowly start to come out of coronavirus lockdowns, it could be some time before growth returns to pre-crisis levels, according to David Zahn, our Head of European Fixed Income. He...

Overview: The S&P 500 staged an impressive recovery yesterday, a sell-off that took it to its lowest level since April 21, to close more than 1% higher on the day, and helped set the tone in the Far East and Europe today. Gains in most Asia Pacific markets, but Hong Kong, Shanghai, and I...

Investment thesis: The international markets are still in a difficult situation but things are moving in the right direction. The China long ( FXI ) and Brazil short ( EWZ ) trades are still attractive. Chinese data is improving and tensions with the US are giving way to a bilateral pragmatism...

European Equity Fund (NYSE: EEA ) declares $0.1238/share semi-annual dividend . Forward yield 3.23% Payable June 26; for shareholders of record May 18; ex-div May 15. See EEA Dividend Scorecard, Yield Chart, & Dividend Growth. More news on: European Equity Fund, Dividend Ne...

The constitutional problem In the US what the Federal government says goes is what goes. State constitutions can say whatever they like but not in conflict with that from the level above. See state level restrictions on abortion, etc., they must all be within the rules of Roe v Wade and so o...

The sharp drop in euro area gross domestic product ((GDP)) in the first quarter and the likelihood of a much more dramatic plunge in the second quarter are consistent with our forecast that the euro area economy will contract by around 10% this year, with risks skewed towards a larger contra...

Investment thesis: Most of the markets are still far too speculative to make any kind of investment. We're starting to get the economic reports about the severity of the damage and its severe. However, the China and Brazil trades from last week are still attractive for now. The latest Mark...