HFXE News and Press, IQ 50 Percent Hedged FTSE Europe ETF IndexIQ ETF Trust From 06/08/20

With so many countries across the world facing difficulties, many people have yet to notice the Euro-Zone has become a place where hope goes to die. The last round of elections in the Euro-Zone should bring little comfort to those supporting a stronger Europe. Huge gains were made by forces se...

On the latest edition of Market Week in Review, Quantitative Investment Strategist Dr. Kara Ng and Julie Zhang, director, North America sales enablement, provided an update on the latest policy responses to the coronavirus pandemic. They also discussed the outlook for the U.S. labor marke...

By David Zahn, CFA, FRM, Head of European Fixed Income, Franklin Templeton Fixed Income The European Commission has unveiled a sweeping new €750 billion coronavirus fiscal rescue package, including the issuance of new bonds. David Zahn, our Head of European Fixed Income, calls it g...

The eurozone is experiencing great stress. Italian debt levels are rapidly becoming unsustainable. Without ECB bond buying, yields would ratchet up pretty quickly, setting in motion a host of self-reinforcing mechanisms. While the ECB has thrown out the rule book in order to prevent that, it...

David Beckworth: Martin, welcome to the show. Martin Hellwig: Well, thank you for having me. Beckworth: I'm glad to have you on. We are in two very different time zones. So I really appreciate you taking time in the evening to join me here in the morning. This is one of the beaut...

Original Post By Stuart Burns France, the heartbeat of the European social ideal, is facing an existential crisis caused by the impact of the lockdown of its economy. Nowhere is that more evident than in the Grand Est region of northeastern France, termed the heart of the country's aut...

By David Zahn, CFA, FRM, Head of European Fixed Income, Franklin Templeton Fixed Income As European economies slowly start to come out of coronavirus lockdowns, it could be some time before growth returns to pre-crisis levels, according to David Zahn, our Head of European Fixed Income. He...

Investment thesis: The international markets are still in a difficult situation but things are moving in the right direction. The China long ( FXI ) and Brazil short ( EWZ ) trades are still attractive. Chinese data is improving and tensions with the US are giving way to a bilateral pragmatism...

The constitutional problem In the US what the Federal government says goes is what goes. State constitutions can say whatever they like but not in conflict with that from the level above. See state level restrictions on abortion, etc., they must all be within the rules of Roe v Wade and so o...

The sharp drop in euro area gross domestic product ((GDP)) in the first quarter and the likelihood of a much more dramatic plunge in the second quarter are consistent with our forecast that the euro area economy will contract by around 10% this year, with risks skewed towards a larger contra...