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Fog in the Channel - Europe isolated So goes an English BBC radio news statement in the 1930s - during the fading days of the British Empire - that showed the disdain the grand elites of Britain towards the minor beings living on the European mainland who had never enjoyed the superior way...
I have had the good fortune to be around here for 45 years now. I think I must be approaching some sort of record. It has been a wonderful adventure. Sure, there have been some tough moments, and some mistakes, but then Wall Street is a "learn as you go" enterprise. There is nothing, and I mea...
In only a few weeks, European leaders will have to decide on a new ECB President to replace the incumbent Mario Draghi, whose term expires in October. Draghi has been a radical ECB president, deftly playing a difficult political hand to win support for a EUR 2.5trn ECB balance sheet expansion....
How do you like me now? How do you like me now, Now that I'm on my way? Do you still think I'm crazy Standin' here today? - Toby Keith We are but three weeks out from a defining moment for the world. I remain convinced that most people, and financial institutions, do not un...
Sectoral balances can tell us so much about what is going on in an economy. Especially when they are expressed as a time series, as in this remarkable chart from the ECB : Although it is a time series, this is not a rate of change chart. The y axis is in billions of euros, not in percenta...
By David Zahn, CFA, Head of European Fixed Income, Senior Vice President, Franklin Templeton Fixed Income Group® Many observers are predicting that European elections later this month will usher a wave of populist representatives into the European Parliament. David Zahn, Head of Euro...
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 ...
Musings More than any single topic, I get a LOT of comments on my articles about ideal portfolio size (the age old ‘concentration vs. diversification’ debate). This is especially true of my extensive ETF holdings (about 50% of my total assets) where I own small pieces of ...
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...
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