PTEU News and Press, Pacer TrendpilotTM European Index From 05/06/19

The euro area's manufacturing sector remained deep in decline at the start of the second quarter. Although the headline PMI rose for the first time in nine months, up from 47.5 to 47.9, the April reading was the second-lowest seen over the past six years, signalling a deterioration of overall ...

By David Zahn, CFA, FRM, Head of European Fixed Income, Senior Vice President, Franklin Templeton Fixed Income Group When investing in sovereign debt, there is a level of trust involved - faith a government will return an investor's principal plus interest without fail. But Franklin Temple...

Elga explains the reasons we see a European economic recovery in the second half of the year - including an easing of financial conditions, Chinese stimulus and solid domestic demand. Europe is still holding back global growth, having been a key support in prior years. Yet much of the euro...

Posted by Kristina Hooper, Chief Global Market Strategist on Apr 29, 2019, in Market & Economic Weekly Market Compass: Polarization is expected to increase, prompting new alliances and coalitions It is spring and elections are in the air - along with expectations for incr...

After the October through December downfall, the world is looking brighter with all of the major American equity indexes up significantly. In the last three months the DJIA is up 7.99% while the S&P 500 has risen 11.36% and the NASDAQ is up 15.91%. For the last year, the DJIA is up 9.18% w...

By Seema Shah, Global Investment Strategist, Principal Global Investors Surprise, surprise. European data is underwhelming. The German Ifo index is close to four-year lows, the European composite PMI remains sluggish, and industrial production is trailing. All this against a backdrop of re...

Welcome to the Tortoise QuickTake podcast . Thank you for joining us. Today, Tortoise provides a timely update on trending topics in the market. Hello, I’m Graham Allen Senior Portfolio Manager at Tortoise Credit. If you keep kicking the can down the road, eventually you run out of...

By Patrick Barbe, Head of European Fixed Income Today’s CIO Weekly Perspectives comes from guest contributor Patrick Barbe . The eurozone has for some time faced a lot of economic, regulatory and political uncertainties and challenges. The European Central Bank has done muc...

Germany's ZEW survey became the latest to pick up a pick up in sentiment. This particular appraisal had been one of the first early on last year to suggest a beginning slide toward downturn. In its latest reading for forward expectations, the index registered +3.1 this week. It was both the hi...

Overview: The veracity of Chinese data will be questioned by economists, but today's upbeat reports round out a picture that began with stronger exports and a surge in lending. Chinese officials, we argue, had a "Draghi moment" and decided to do "whatever it takes" to strengthen the economy ...