EEA News and Press, The European Equity Fund Inc. From 06/11/20

Original Post By Stuart Burns President Donald Trump had scant regard, nor interest, in the impact his decision in 2018 to impose 25% import duties on steel products would have on other markets around the world - his focus was, reasonably enough, purely on the U.S. But when a marke...

The Fed has proven that it will do whatever it takes to support a recovery, and that recovery is already well underway, Jay Pelosky, CIO and co-founder of TPW Investment Management, told Real Vision during today’s Daily Briefing. Pelosky argued that although there’s nega...

With so many countries across the world facing difficulties, many people have yet to notice the Euro-Zone has become a place where hope goes to die. The last round of elections in the Euro-Zone should bring little comfort to those supporting a stronger Europe. Huge gains were made by forces se...

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All central banks face the same situation: domestic economies, which were shut down to stop the spread of the coronavirus, are now in a deep recession. Central banks are steadying credit markets, lowering rates, and taking extraordinary action to support economic growth. The possibility of sho...

Overview: The modest loss in the S&P 500 and NASDAQ yesterday did not signal the end of the bull run. All the markets in the Asia-Pacific region rallied, with the Hang Seng among the strongest with a 1.6% advance that brought the week's gain to around 7.8%. South Korea's Kospi was not fa...

The ECB roughly one hour ago announced a near-doubling in the size of its QE program to €1.35T, and extended it to June 2021. More news on: Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF, SPDR EURO STOXX 50 ETF, WisdomTree Europe Hedged Equity ETF, Global news and forex, , Stocks on the move, Top stock...

On the latest edition of Market Week in Review, Quantitative Investment Strategist Dr. Kara Ng and Julie Zhang, director, North America sales enablement, provided an update on the latest policy responses to the coronavirus pandemic. They also discussed the outlook for the U.S. labor marke...

By David Zahn, CFA, FRM, Head of European Fixed Income, Franklin Templeton Fixed Income The European Commission has unveiled a sweeping new €750 billion coronavirus fiscal rescue package, including the issuance of new bonds. David Zahn, our Head of European Fixed Income, calls it g...

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...