FEEU News and Press, Barclays ETN FI Enhanced Europe 50 ETN From 07/29/19

By Peter Vanden Houte , Chief Economist Belgium, Eurozone Although the eurozone economy is rapidly losing momentum, growth in 2020 might be supported by a higher number of working days. While insufficient to reverse the slowdown, extra working days are likely to add 0.2 percentage po...

By Andrew Mulliner, CFA The July 25 European Central Bank ((ECB)) meeting was billed as the most important ECB meeting of the last few years. Today's statement and press conference, read in isolation, mark a significant statement of intent regarding the ECB's willingness and ability to "do...

As noted in these pages on Wednesday, objects in motion tend to stay in motion , and so it was for US equities during a week that saw investors easily navigate earnings and cast a dismissive eye towards fraught domestic politics. US stocks managed a solid gain, rising for the sixth week in ...

It is ironic that the setting for his speech was London . The UK, of course, never gave up the pound in favor of adopting the euro. Still, as the years drag on the biggest menace to Europe's common currency isn't a profligate Greek government nor the unfavorable productivity of Club Med. The ...

By Seema Shah, Chief Strategist, Principal Global Investors In the aftermath of Thursday's abysmal German Ifo Business Climate Index survey, markets had slightly raised their expectations for a European Central Bank ((ECB)) rate cut Thursday. While the ECB President Mario Draghi failed to ...

By Ansh Chaudhary Boris Johnson was confirmed as the next prime minister of the U.K. Wednesday. His win makes a "no-deal" Brexit more likely, which could lead to tariffs, trade disruptions, and even a deep recession for Britain, according to the Associated Press . The International Mone...

By Kara Marciscano, CFA European equities had a strong start in the first half of 2019 (+16%). 1 WisdomTree views the recently announced slate of European Union ((EU)) leaders as a further positive catalyst for markets. Additionally, we believe the European Central Bank (ECB) is likely to...

We have closed our underweight in European equities and credit, and upgraded government bonds to overweight. The impetus? We see the European Central Bank ((ECB)) delivering fresh stimulus over coming months, against a backdrop of a stabilizing growth outlook and persistent inflation undershoo...

Some of the euro area's junk-rated corporate debt is now trading at negative yields, and over 15% of near-junk debt is also charging the lenders to provide cash to financially weaker companies: Source: WSJ While the overall stock of negative-yielding debt (sovereign and corporate) is now...

The Basic British Problem The basic problem with the British economy at the moment in Brexit. When is the country going to leave the European Union? On what terms? Will it, actually, really leave? All of these lead to uncertainty and uncertainty can be a right killer for economic growth. So,...