FEU News and Press, SPDR DJ STOXX 50 Etf From 04/10/19

Posted by Kristina Hooper, Chief Global Market Strategist on April 8, 2019, in Market & Economic Weekly Market Compass: Brexit, the ECB and the eurozone economy were the main topics of conversation Last week, I had the pleasure of traveling in Europe, meeting with colleag...

Of all of the troubles, the problems, the "Risks" that abound in the markets, the global dangers, the biggest, by far, are now in Europe. You can talk about China, the raucous behavior between the Democrats and the Republicans in the United States, the backflip of the Fed, pick any subject tha...

As German 10-year bunds were headed towards their first dive into negative territory in 2016, courtesy of the epic Brexit disaster and the overall deflationary environment in the eurozone, the stock of the largest bank in Germany - and one of the largest in the world - was trading with a tru...

(I am in Mexico at the World Trade Center General Assembly, participating on a panel about USMCA--NAFTA2.0--for which approval remains elusive. It is possible that the US threatens to pull out of NAFTA 1.0 to force action by the US Congress. Mexico is due to pass legislation this week that ma...

It seems to be well appreciated by policymakers and investors that the system is ill-prepared to cope with another financial crisis. It is understandable that so many are concerned that the end of the business cycle could trigger a financial crisis. In practice, it seems like it has worked t...

The global financial markets had a very strong week with expectations rising that the U.S. and China would reach a trade deal reigniting global growth. While all the comments from Trump and Xi support an optimistic view, we are not yet there and won't be for another 4 weeks or so. Growth in th...

Overview: Comments by Chinese President Xi, recognizing substantial progress in trade, helped boost sentiment after the US-China negotiators failed to set a date for the meeting between the two presidents. Although we have argued that the German economy may be past the worst, the sharp drop ...

By Johannes Eugster, Economist, Multilateral Surveillance Division, IMF Research Department; Florence Jaumotte, Deputy Division Chief, IMF's Research Department; Margaux MacDonald, Economist, Research Department of the IMF; and Roberto Piazza, Economist, Multilateral Surveillance Division, IM...

Overview: Japan announced the name of the new era that begins May 1 and a new emperor. The connotation is of beautiful harmony. And investors have taken the bit and run with it. Amid optimism that the US and China are near reaching an agreement on trade, China and Europe have reported better...

By Jeremy Schwartz, CFA Last week on the "Behind the Markets" podcast, Professor Jeremy Siegel from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and I had the pleasure of speaking with Dr. Diego Rodriguez-Palenzuela, who heads the European Central Bank's (ECB) business analysis div...