EZU News and Press, iShares MSCI EMU ETF From 05/13/19

I have had the good fortune to be around here for 45 years now. I think I must be approaching some sort of record. It has been a wonderful adventure. Sure, there have been some tough moments, and some mistakes, but then Wall Street is a "learn as you go" enterprise. There is nothing, and I mea...

By Mark Cliffe , Chief Economist and Head of Global Research of the ING Group Trade tensions return Just as pockets of optimism had begun to emerge in the global economy, trade tensions are back. President Trump has taken the trade war a step further with the imposition of fresh tariffs...

In only a few weeks, European leaders will have to decide on a new ECB President to replace the incumbent Mario Draghi, whose term expires in October. Draghi has been a radical ECB president, deftly playing a difficult political hand to win support for a EUR 2.5trn ECB balance sheet expansion....

How do you like me now? How do you like me now, Now that I'm on my way? Do you still think I'm crazy Standin' here today? - Toby Keith We are but three weeks out from a defining moment for the world. I remain convinced that most people, and financial institutions, do not un...

Sectoral balances can tell us so much about what is going on in an economy. Especially when they are expressed as a time series, as in this remarkable chart from the ECB : Although it is a time series, this is not a rate of change chart. The y axis is in billions of euros, not in percenta...

By David Zahn, CFA, Head of European Fixed Income, Senior Vice President, Franklin Templeton Fixed Income Group® Many observers are predicting that European elections later this month will usher a wave of populist representatives into the European Parliament. David Zahn, Head of Euro...

The Good 2019, thus far (Friday, May 3rd), is the best start to a year for stocks since 1987. Not only that the S&P 500 ( SPY ) index set another new all-time high this week, but we haven't experienced a drawdown greater than 2.48%. Furthermore, 103 consecutive months of job gr...

The euro area's manufacturing sector remained deep in decline at the start of the second quarter. Although the headline PMI rose for the first time in nine months, up from 47.5 to 47.9, the April reading was the second-lowest seen over the past six years, signalling a deterioration of overall ...

The Wall Street Journal states, Negotiators made headway on thorny issues in the U.S.-China trade dispute, including access to key markets and how to roll back punitive tariffs, though Chinese subsidies and other sticking points remain as both sides prepare for talks they hope will clinch a...

In today's episode of Market Week in Review, Research Analyst Brian Yadao and Senior Investment Strategist Paul Eitelman unpack so much economic data, it's a wonder we could fit it into a single video. China/U.S. trade détente? How close are we? On the topic of the China/U.S. tra...