FEEU News and Press, Barclays ETN FI Enhanced Europe 50 ETN From 06/29/19

By Erik Norland The eurozone's economic expansion has hit a soft patch. Manufacturing has been shrinking for four months - but not at an alarming pace that would indicate a recession. The services sector continues to expand but at a much slower pace than in 2017 and 2018. Except for France...

By Ansh Chaudhary Ten years ago, following the Great Recession and financial crisis, Pacific Management Investment Corporation announced at its annual forum that we were entering a period of below-average growth the company called "the new normal," reports MarketWatch . "Their forecast wa...

Overview: The S&P 500 fell nearly one percent yesterday, its steepest fall this month and this was a weight on Asia-Pacific and European activity. Most markets have eased, though not as much as the US did. Hong Kong, India, and Singapore were notable exceptions in Asia, where the MSCI be...

The big news last week was the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) statement on Wednesday, which removed the word "patient" and set the Fed up for potential 0.25% key interest rate cuts at its July and/or September FOMC meetings. Interestingly, the FOMC statement also acknowledged that there ...

A clear message from ECB President Mario Draghi last week kicked off a dovish shift by major central banks - from patience to inching toward more stimulus. We see the ECB and the Fed likely to ease soon. Yet, while market expectations for ECB easing appear reasonable, expectations for the Fed ...

Negative-yielding government debt (the case where investors pay the sovereign lenders for the privilege of lending them funds) has hit an all-time record (based on the Bloomberg database) last week at $13 trillion. Chart Source: The World Now Has $13 Trillion of Debt With Below-Zero Yields...

Overview: The Trump-Xi meeting at the G20 this coming weekend and heightened tensions in the Gulf, with the US set to impose new sanctions on Iran's crippled economy are keeping investors on edge. News the opposition won the re-do of the Istanbul mayoral election has lifted the Turkish lira....

Central banks are prepared to take fresh measures to strengthen and extend the business cycle primarily because price pressures are below what their predecessors thought would be acceptable levels. Draghi, speaking for the ECB, the Federal Reserve, and the Bank of Japan ratcheted up their conc...

Overview: The global capital markets are trading quietly ahead of the weekend. Equity markets are mostly narrowly mixed. Chinese shares extended their run, and the major benchmarks were up 4%+ on the week. Japan, Australia, South Korea, and India saw gains pared. European equities were edgin...

On June 18th, 2019, ECB's vice president said another large bond-buying program could be an option if inflation in the region doesn't reach its intended target. As you can see in the following chart from Trading Economics , the inflation rate is dropping in the Eurozone and is currently b...