UPV News and Press, ProShares Ultra FTSE Europe From 08/31/21

The US front end maintains a magnetic hold, pulling short rates down. A non-committal Fed puts the focus squarely on Friday’s jobs report. September tapering may yet happen, but US Treasuries were allowed a pause in their sell-off. We expect supply to be a more potent drive...

Surging U.S. inflation has outpaced inflation in Europe, China and elsewhere, as the rate hit a 13-year high of 5.4% in June and July. Rising U.S. inflation may be the result of divergent employment benefits or a consumer spending boom fueled by the government’s fiscal response...

Equities wobbled a bit midway through August, but they have since regained their mojo, all but confirming that the bull market in equities remains strong and unchallenged. A reduction in the pace of QE is coming, in both the US and Europe. Indeed, the pace of asset purchases already h...

The preliminary PMI estimates have already been released for many countries and are often good enough for investors. China's PMI is an exception. While Beijing continues to press with its regulatory and social reforms, economic policymakers are eschewing large-scale fiscal or monetary...

Eurozone nominal GDP is even lower than it was before the Lehman crisis. The Eurozone’s largest banks are over-leveraged, and their share prices question their survival. We should consider the political and economic consequences of a collapse of the Eurosystem. The fina...

Now that Jackson Hole is over, the focus shifts back onto the economic recovery. The euro area economy is ticking along nicely. Data from the UK this week showed that, despite all restrictions being lifted, the economy continues to face headwinds because of supply and labour short...

Global real GDP reached a new high in the second quarter of 2021, completing a year-long recovery from the COVID-19 recession. The resilience of the global economy amid a lingering pandemic suggests that the world is learning to live with the COVID-19 virus. Western Europe's consu...

A softening of sentiment indicators comes as rates already sit close to the bottom of their recent range. Positioning might push them lower still, but EUR rates, in particular, are already consistent with more central bank support next year. The belly of the US curve trades cheap,...

Eurozone business activity continued to grow at one of the strongest rates seen over the past two decades in August, the rate of expansion cooling only slightly despite widespread supply chain delays. The eurozone's economic recovery retained impressive momentum in August, with the fl...

There are two highlights in the last full week of August that will draw the attention of investors: the Federal Reserve's symposium (Jackson Hole) and the preliminary August PMI reports. Two G7 members, Germany and Canada, hold national elections in September. The Fed's Jackson Ho...