EEA News and Press, The European Equity Fund Inc. From 07/04/20

JPMorgan says while the trade-off between virus-containment and near-term growth is present everywhere, the tension is diminished across much of Europe due to the success in reducing the outbreak and limiting its reemergence. More news on: Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF, iShares MSCI Germany ETF...

IMF published updated forecasts this week, and here is the summary: IMF has stopped doing 5-year forecasts this April, due to uncertainty induced by the COVID-19 pandemic. Looking at the longer run effects of the pandemic, based on October 2019 (pre-COVID-19 trends), and earlier growth tre...

The European Equity Fund, Inc. (NYSE: EEA) (the “Fund”) announced today the results of its Annual Meeting of Stockholders held on June 25, 2020. Each of the three Class III Directors nominated by the Board of Directors, Dr. Kenneth C. Froewiss, Dr. Wolfgang Leoni and Mr. C...

Overview: China's new pledge to meet its trade commitments under the Phase 1 agreement with the US coupled with signs that the virus flare-up in Beijing may have been brought under control is helping underpin risk appetites today. Led by Chinese shares, equities in the region rose, giving th...

By Timothy Rahill , Jeroen van den Broek and Oleksiy Soroka, CFA Spreads currently price in the lower end of our expected default rates. In the midst of substantial recent tightening, we feel that current pricing is not realistic with respect to the expected volume of downgrades and ...

By Darren Williams and John Taylor COVID-19 is catapulting the world into a new era of central banking - helping governments finance growing debt by capping bond yields near zero. Despite some hurdles, we're confident that this will play out just as powerfully in the euro area as elsewhe...

By Daniel Lacalle The €750 billion stimulus plan announced by the European Commission has been greeted by many macroeconomic analysts and investment banks with euphoria. However, we must be cautious. Why? Many would argue that a swift and decisive response to the crisis with an inje...

Author's note: This article was released to CEF/ETF Income Laboratory members on June 8, 2020. Please check latest data before investing. The Weekly Closed-End Fund Roundup will be put out at the start of each week to summarize recent price movements in closed-end fund [CEF] sectors in t...

Rick Rieder, Russ Brownback and Navin Saigal contend that if a negative monetary policy endgame is to be avoided, particularly in the face of recent economic declines, it will likely be technological advances of a profound kind that get us there. Last year, at the beginning of September, w...

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...