FEU News and Press, SPDR DJ STOXX 50 Etf 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...

Overview: The approaching month/quarter-end and the G20 meeting dominate considerations. Although the S&P 500 closed on its lows for the third consecutive session yesterday, Asia Pacific equities liked the apparent increase in the prospect of a tariff freeze between the US and China and ...

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...

SPDR STOXX Europe 50 ETF (NYSEARCA: FEU ) declares quarterly distribution of $0.6356 . More news on: SPDR STOXX Europe 50 ETF, Dividend News, News on ETFs, Read more ...

Yesterday I said to Reuters: "The FOMC minutes were no surprise. I did not expect the Fed to cut today but they made a significant move indicating, strongly, that at least one rate cut was coming this year, if not more. I think they needed time to react to the ECB's new position that rates ...

Bloomberg states: "The European Commission could decide as soon as June 26 to trigger a disciplinary procedure against Italy in order to force the government in Rome to clean up its public finances. Here are the next steps: The commission has to propose opening a so-called Excessiv...