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By Landon Whaley European Central Bank ((ECB)) President Mario Draghi's Dilemma was one of our most profitable macro themes during 2018. The combo platter of a continued deterioration in growth data alongside a massive policy mistake by the ECB is providing us with even more opportunity ...

By Antonio (Tony) Docal, CFA, Director of Portfolio Management, Templeton Global Equity Group® and Heather Arnold, CFA, Director of Research, Portfolio Manager, Templeton Global Equity Group® The market environment for value investors over the past few years has been less than id...

Weekly Market Compass: Several critical deadlines are fast approaching By Kristina Hooper, Chief Global Market Strategist in Market & Economic In Greek mythology, the "sword of Damocles" is a powerful morality tale. King Dionysius is a leader who grows weary of a young sy...

Overview: The Dollar Index's eight-day advance is in jeopardy. Although the greenback recorded new highs against some major currencies, the momentum appears to be stalling. The news stream is constructive as a compromise seems to have been reached to avoid another US government shutdown, and...

Editor's note: Originally published at tsi-blog.com on February 4, 2019 [This blog post is an excerpt from a commentary posted at TSI about three weeks ago.] TARGET2 is the system set up in the eurozone to clear inter-bank payments. The Bundesbank (Germany's central bank) describes i...

Here is the latest economic news from Great Britain , and it is not that “great.” “The Office for National Statistics said Monday that the U.K.’s gross domestic product—the broadest measure of goods and services produced in the economy—was 1.4% hig...

Overview: Lifted by the re-opening of Chinese markets after the week-long Lunar New Year holiday, global equities are trading firmer. Outside of Japanese markets that were closed, the large markets in Asia - China, Taiwan, South Korea, and Hong Kong advanced. European bourses are following s...

Back down with a bump Driven initially by a slowdown in exports, eurozone growth weakened markedly through 2018, culminating in a 1.2% y/y increase in GDP in Q4, the weakest pace of expansion in almost five years. IHS Markit's composite PMI suggests the underlying weakness will continue. T...

According to legend, the person who unraveled the Gordian Knot would rule the world. No one succeeded until Alexander the Great took his mighty sword and sliced the knot in half. A young boy saw him afterward, crying on the steps of the Temple of Apollo. "Why are you crying?" the boy asked, "y...

By Christopher Gannatti, CFA Lately, it has seemed easy to find reasons to avoid investing in European assets: There have been many important dates in the Brexit process. The dates seem to come and go, and no one has any clarity on exactly what will happen. Last year, a populist go...