Low Growth And High Unemployment: Is Italy The Next Greece? (EWI, EZU)
Eric Dutram: With the Spanish economy seemingly sinking back into the abyss, many investors have stayed focused on the nation as a barometer for broad euro zone troubles. However, issues are also...
View ArticleThursday’s ETF Chart To Watch: MSCI EMU Index Fund (EZU)
Stoyan Bojinov: Major equity indexes tracked sideways with an upward bias for yet another trading session this week, helping to keep bullish sentiment levels elevated. Markets had little reason to move...
View ArticleWednesday’s ETF Chart To Watch: MSCI EMU Index Fund (EZU)
Stoyan Bojinov: Major equity indexes oscillated throughout most of the day and ended up in mixed territory as Spain’s debt woes collided with positive economic data on the home ront. Spanish lawmakers...
View ArticleThe Ultimate Guide To Vanguard MSCI Europe ETF
Ryan Fuhrmann: The Vanguard MSCI Europe ETF (NYSEARCA:VGK) tracks the MSCI Europe Index and is one of the most cost effective ways to gain exposure to the leading companies based in Europe. Overall,...
View ArticleThursday’s ETF Chart To Watch: MSCI EMU Index Fund (EZU)
Stoyan Bojinov: With the presidential election in the rear-view mirror, equity markets took a nose dive lower as the reality of the looming fiscal cliff at home set in. All major benchmarks on Wall...
View Article10 ETFs To Consider As The End of Quantitative Easing Nears
Diane Alter: If investors needed a reminder that global stock market rallies have been goosed by the Fed’s lose monetary measures, they got it. On Wednesday, U.S. equities went on roller-coaster ride....
View Article3 European ETFs To Avoid This Summer
The Euro zone has seen weak GDP growth for yet another quarter, dropping 0.2% in Q1. Though this marks an improvement from the previous quarter’s decline of -0.6%, it is yet another major blow for the...
View ArticleEurope Is Stabilizing But Still Too Early to Buy
With August officially here and the entire European continent essentially on vacation for the next month, it would be easy to understand why we Western office slaves might be a touch jealous of their...
View ArticleInvestor Guide To Investing In Europe ETFs
After being stressed for a couple of years by sovereign debt issues, high unemployment and stagnant growth, the European economy is now on the verge of recovery. The economy consisting of 27 countries...
View ArticleEuropean ETFs See Huge Inflows
August was a rough month for global equities as concerns over higher rates and geopolitical worries kept stocks in check across the board. In fact, during August, SPY lost a bit over 4% in the time...
View ArticleIs Europe Making A Comeback?
A battered Eurozone seems to be on a slow road to recovery. Spain finally emerged from its two-year recession in the third quarter, and this summer marked the first time in three years that the...
View ArticleThree ETFs To Play On A European Rebound
Thanks to reduced debt worries, strong growth in some of the key members and solid data, the European economy has nicely rebounded over the past couple of months. Though the Euro zone emerged from a...
View ArticleTime To Bet On The Ireland ETF For The Long Term
The Irish economy is now at the center of the Eurozone headlines, as it is the first Euro area nation to have been able to come out of the bailout program last week. The economy was granted 85 billion...
View Article3 ETFs To Play The European Recovery
The European Union (EU) lost its top credit rating from one of the major credit rating agencies – Standard & Poor’s – on Friday on falling creditworthiness, rising tension on budget negotiations...
View ArticleShould Investors Consider The Spain ETF?
Spain, as one of the largest of the so-called PIIGS members, has been an in-focus economy for quite some time. This is especially true given the country’s extreme level of unemployment, and troubles in...
View Article3 Reasons Why Europe ETFs Deserve A Look
As we enter into the fifth consecutive year of a bull market, my colleague Russ Koesterich encourages investors to maintain their emphasis on stocks. But with volatility in emerging markets and a sense...
View ArticleHow To Profit As Europe Fires Up The Printing Presses
Peter Krauth: When Gutenberg introduced the printing press to Europe, he never could have imagined this. Like so many revolutionary inventions, it’s proven a doubled-edged sword. The U.S. Fed has begun...
View ArticleHot Euro Zone ETFs For Summer
Sweta Killa: The Euro zone is showing speedy recovery in the second quarter despite escalating tension between the European Union and Russia over the latter’s annexation of Ukraine’s Crimea peninsula....
View ArticleIs Europe Losing the Battle Against Deflation?
This is a 10-year chart of the euro verses the U.S. dollar. Since the global credit crisis in 2008, the euro/dollar has had big advances and big declines with lower highs and lower lows. This action...
View ArticleNegative Interest Rates Put These European ETFs In Focus
In the European Central Bank’s latest meeting, they delivered another bout of firepower in their ongoing attempt to get Europe out of its malaise and prevent deflation from creeping back into the...
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