Ireland Enters The Fray
The struggle to resolve Greece’s financial instability has involved so many parties and so many conflicting interests that it is almost impossible to understand how the hope for a bailout is still a...
View ArticleEuro Zone Woes Continue
Compared to a few weeks ago, the euro zone debt crisis has taken on an eerie quiet. Don’t be misled. At least one and possibly as many as five euro zone nations are on the brink of financial ruin....
View ArticleSpain – A Heavier Greece
The question is no longer whether Spain can avoid default. Rather, the question is when will Spain default or be forced to pursue a bailout package that will make Greece look like a toddler cousin....
View ArticleEuro Leaps Higher
For followers of market driven data, the news from the euro zone presents puzzling trends. The European Union and the euro zone are struggling with high unemployment, low manufacturing, low consumer...
View ArticleDoes The Euro Zone Need Germany
For its leadership role in the region, Germany has received much criticism from other euro zone members and the international investment community. At the same time, Chancellor Angela Merkel is...
View ArticleDraghi: The Formidable Strategist
Mario Draghi has taken full advantage of the World Economic Forum in Davos to promote the euro zone and his strategic deployment of European Central Bank (ECB) funding. The euro zone has risen to...
View ArticleCurrency Manipulation Questioned At G-7
As an anxious world awaits President Obama’s State of The Union address, a bitter game of cat and mouse seems to be circulating global currency markets. At the center of the controversy is Japan’s yen...
View ArticleEuro Slides, Dollar Rises, Italy Plays With Fire
On Friday, the euro fell to its lowest rate against the USD since January 10 and to its lowest point against the yen in three weeks. A number of factors came together to keep the euro in a steady slide...
View ArticleTroubling Data Across The Board
Politics continued to plague the euro zone and US economies and China’s rising housing crisis added fuel to the fire as currency markets trembled under the weight. European and Asian equity markets...
View ArticleGrowth In Euro Zone?
May Day was an emotional day throughout Europe as virtually every major city entertained protestors declaring their outrage at the crippling austerity programs that have done nothing to create jobs and...
View ArticleGreece, Portugal, Spain Wavering
Greece, Portugal and Spain headline separate financial woes in the euro zone’s southern tier but there are other stress points that the Troika (EU-IMF-ECB) will need to put to rest to keep the bailouts...
View ArticleInvestors Shift To Peripheries
Emerging markets have borne the weight of punitive flight strategies as investors ahead of the game shift away from core euro zone bonds to euro zone periphery countries that struggled mightily at the...
View ArticleUkraine Tensions To Persist
On Tuesday, major equity markets rallied while currencies appeared distracted by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine but Wednesday showed signs of tenuous stability. Economic factors began to take hold in...
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