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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 ...
In today's episode of Market Week in Review, Research Analyst Brian Yadao and Senior Investment Strategist Paul Eitelman unpack so much economic data, it's a wonder we could fit it into a single video. China/U.S. trade détente? How close are we? On the topic of the China/U.S. tra...
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...
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...
Posted by Kristina Hooper, Chief Global Market Strategist on April 22, 2019, in Market & Economic The view of future growth remains blurry for the world - including the US, China and Europe. In the past several months, we have seen central banks make an abrupt turn toward...
Paix et Prospérité's success has been our ability to anticipate and react to change while keeping an eye towards the future. We structure our portfolios after in-depth top down and bottom up research and being patient enough to profit as it all unfolds. We tend to buy early, anticipa...
Overview Many financial centers are closed today. These include Australia, India, most European markets, and the US. In Asia, equity markets that were open moved higher. The Nikkei, which gapped higher on Monday, rose 0.5% today for a 1.5% gain on the week. China's Shanghai Composite rose 0....
Overview: A bout of profit-taking in equities began in the US yesterday and has carried through Asia and Europe today. The MSCI Asia Pacific Index fell for the first time in five days, while the Dow Jones Stoxx 600 is snapping a six-day advance. The Nikkei gapped higher to start the week and...
(Original Photo: Eastwings , caption by Author) With surprising objectivity and clarity, the IMF has politely suggested that the Eurozone may wish to prepare to deal with the next economic slowdown. This classic understatement belies the fact that this slowdown has already been gestating ...
By Erik Knutzen, Chief Investment Officer - Multi-Asset Class Our geopolitical risk focus turns to Europe - and trade conflict with the U.S. looms largest. When I talk with clients I get asked a lot about the key political or geopolitical risks that asset allocators should look out for...