FEU News and Press, SPDR DJ STOXX 50 Etf From 05/31/19

The S&P 500 is down about 4% so far in May (through last Friday) mostly due to trade tensions with China, but those tensions were loosened somewhat on Friday after U.S. officials eased some of the trade restrictions on China's 5G giant, Huawei, granting them a 90-day temporary extension to...

Overview: The US announcement to lay a 5% tariff on all goods coming from Mexico (starting June 10) until it stops the flow of "illegal migrants" spurred sharp losses in the Mexican peso and general risk-off move that strengthened the yen. The tariffs are set to rise every month until reachi...

By Sonal Desai, Ph.D., Executive Vice President, Chief Investment Officer, Franklin Templeton Fixed Income What's the investment lesson in Europe's recent parliamentary elections? Our Fixed Income CIO Sonal Desai says it's differentiation. Read more of what's on her mind about this topic....

The Trump administration would be making a grave mistake to gloss over the major political setbacks for the United Kingdom, Italy and Germany in last Sunday's European parliamentary elections. This is especially true given that the world economic recovery is threatened by worsening U.S.-Chin...

By Bethany Payne The European Parliament elections on May 23 produced damaging results in varying degrees for both the European Parliament and the main parties in the UK. Bethany Payne, a Global Bond Portfolio Manager, explains the main points and provides a brief assessment of the impact...

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...