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In the final weeks of the decade, equities around the globe have broken out to at least 52-week highs if not record highs as is the case for the S&P 500, and now the Eurozone Stoxx 600. As shown in the first chart below, the Eurozone Stoxx 600 - priced in local currency (euros) - has f...

European monetary policy The one grand policy variable that we've got for the eurozone - thus the bulk of Europe - is monetary policy. Fiscal policy is still with the nation-states and thus just doesn't apply at that supranational level. This is an offshoot of the simple existence of the e...

Three eurozone economic numbers No one's all that surprised that growth isn't wondrous and roaring in the eurozone. It hasn't been for years, and no one can think of any reason why it should suddenly have become so. However, it's running worse than we'd generally expected, and there's nothin...

European manufacturing is definitely in the doldrums We have the PMIs for various European manufacturing sectors and, barring Greece and France, they're all in contractionary territory. Of course, the one that matters is Germany, and that's been in at least technical recession for months now...

Draghi has not saved the European system with his announcement of QE Eternity; in fact, the move is just another short-term potential gain for Europe, Andreas Steno Larsen, joint head of macro strategy at Nordea Markets, told Real Vision’s The Interview. He does not believe tha...

We have a lack of growth in Europe, in eurozone, and in France, and we are struggling hard to recover and restore this growth. – Emmanuel Macron France’s President perfectly summarizes the current situation in Europe. Anemic domestic growth and global uncertainties weigh on t...

By Bert Colijn Senior Economist, Eurozone The Eurozone economy weakened further in November as services become more affected by the slowdown, and that's sparking more growth concerns Eurozone PMI decreased slightly in November, from 50.6 to 50.3. As a reading below 50 indicates con...

Mutual funds have historically offered safety and diversification. And they spare you the responsibility of picking individual stocks. - Ron Chernow Less than one-and-a-half months are left until the end of the trading year, and US stocks keep making new all-time highs. The exuberance cont...

Originally published November 14, 2019 By Nicholas Davidson European stocks have outperformed the US equity markets in recent months, after several years of underperformance. Is this the start of a longer trend? It's too soon to say, but some unfolding developments could signal a rever...

The latest European Deloitte CFO survey found that this increase in pessimism has caused the risk appetite to fall further. Over a third (36%) of Europe's CFOs feel more pessimistic about their companies' financial prospects, according to the latest edition of the Deloitte European CFO Sur...