EZU News and Press, iShares MSCI EMU ETF From 05/30/19

By Bert Colijn , Senior Economist, Eurozone Economic sentiment in the eurozone rises from 103.9 to 105.1 in May and lending picked up in April. While still in line with weaker growth for Q2, it does put the growth outlook in a somewhat better light This bounceback in eurozone sentiment co...

Posted by Kristina Hooper, Chief Global Market Strategist on May 28, 2019, in Market & Economic Weekly Market Compass: Also, Theresa May resigns, and US-China trade talks break down All eyes were on Europe this past week. First, UK Prime Minister Theresa May announced her...

By Paolo Pizzoli , Senior Economist, EMU, Italy, Greece Despite reassuring comments from Matteo Salvini, the extremely polarised result of the European election in principle increases political uncertainty, in our view. The chances that the League could eventually decide to cash in and g...

The European Central Bank continues to disproportionately inflate the debt bubble of the Eurozone, while the economic slowdown of the main European economies worsens. What was designed as a tool for governments to buy time in order to carry out structural reforms and reduce imbalances, has bec...

Election results Maybe the outcome of the EU election could be summarized in two words: No result. ( Picture courtesy of George Becker ) Kicking the can down the road is a strategy EU observers have gotten used to see for some time now and probably it will remain the bloc's major occup...

European parliamentary elections don't typically generate international headlines, but with Brexit still unsettled, this time they are front and center. Our Head of European Fixed Income David Zahn says voters are clearly venting their frustrations, but what is really needed to restore greater...

While everyone is focused on the Chinese "Game of Thrones," with the United States, I am not. The tariff wars could go on for months, if not years. While it is true that China has the second largest economy, it is 41% smaller than the United States. We can withstand the heat much better and fo...

There are no bullets, but plenty of verbal projectiles being fired. "More Europe" has dwindled to a pipe-dream shared by Mr. Macron and Ms. Merkel and few others. The notion of a European Parliament having sway over each of the 27 nations in the European Union is about to be dismantled, in my ...

Elga suggests a few investment options that may benefit from a pick-up in European growth and any decline in geopolitical concerns. We continue to prefer a "barbell" approach to risk-taking in the late-cycle stage: quality stocks, income-generating bonds and emerging markets. And there a...

There are many here among us who feel that life is but a joke But you and I, we've been through that, and this is not our fate So let us not talk falsely now, the hour is getting late - Bob Dylan I am standing on the Watchtower now. I am peering intently at the European election, w...