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Investors Looking For Exposure To Europe Need To Be Mindful Of The Euro
Monday, August 28, 2017 - 9:38am | 287Read More...Investors who are looking to diversify their portfolio across geographic regions aren't alone in their thinking, as many professionals think European stocks can offer a superior return. But there is one major wild card in international investing: currency fluctuations in the foreign exchange market...
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Dollar ETF Looks To Shed Its Bearish Ways
Monday, August 7, 2017 - 8:28am | 513Read More...Vexing currency market observers, the PowerShares DB US Dollar Index Bullish Fund (NYSE: UUP) is down 8.4 percent year to date. That is an arguably stunning decline when considering the Federal Reserve has boosted interest rates twice this year. UUP, the exchange-traded fund proxy for the U.S....
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Despite A Strong Euro, Investors Are Still Worried About European Stocks
Friday, July 21, 2017 - 8:24am | 303Read More...A weaker U.S. dollar and stronger euro aren't compelling enough to reassure European investors, even at a time when the European Central Bank's Mario Draghi is touting the region's "robust recovery," Bloomberg reported. The euro is trading near its highest levels seen since January 2015, yet at the...
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MultiBank Daily Market Report: GBP/USD Losing Altitude, July 11, 2017
Tuesday, July 11, 2017 - 1:49pm | 680Read More...GBP/USD – Slips Lower The currency pair is trading in the red right now and most likely will resume the minor retreat after the failure to climb above the 1.3047 previous high. Looks exhausted on the short term and could come down to test and retest some important support level. The...
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Dollar ETF Keeps Looking To The Fed
Friday, June 16, 2017 - 10:34am | 468Read More...The Federal Reserve raised interest rates earlier this week, marking the second time this year that the U.S. central bank has boosted borrowing costs. That move by the Fed has helped the PowerShares DB US Dollar Index Bullish Fund (NYSE: UUP), widely viewed as a dud this year among developed market...
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An ETF Prescription For Post-Election France
Tuesday, May 9, 2017 - 9:05am | 649Read More...The outcome was already baked into French assets and the euro, but allegedly liberal France did an allegedly liberal thing by electing male socialist Emmanuel Macron over a female candidate as the next president of the eurozone's second-largest economy. Macron's Victory Over Le Pen The euro...
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Guten Morgen! Good Times For Germany ETFs
Thursday, April 13, 2017 - 8:37am | 564Read More...Germany is the eurozone's largest economy, and amid concerns about the upcoming election in France, the possibility of elections in Italy and Germany's own national election slated for later this year, German stocks are performing admirably in 2017. Even with the euro trading slightly...
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EUR/USD Little Changed, Italian CPI Edges Up
Wednesday, March 15, 2017 - 6:33am | 75Read More...EUR/USD is trading at 1.0619, up 0.0008. Italy's National Institute of Statistics (ISTAT) reported that Italy's February CPI (Consumer Price Index) rose 0.4 percent versus a rise of 0.4 percent in January. On the year Italian CPI rose 1.6 percent during February versus a 1 percent rise in January...
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EUR/USD Little Higher, Euro Area Employment Edges Up
Wednesday, March 15, 2017 - 6:28am | 42Read More...EUR/USD is trading at 1.0621, up 0.0010. Eurostat reported that employed persons in the Euro area rose 0.3 percent during the fourth quarter versus a rise of 0.2 percent in the third quarter. Year over year Euro area employment rose 1.1 percent during the fourth quarter.
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EUR/USD Little Higher, Italian Retail Sales Improve
Wednesday, March 15, 2017 - 6:24am | 42Read More...EUR/USD is trading at 1.0622, up 0.0011. Italy's National Institute of Statistics (ISTAT) reported that retail sales rose 1.4 percent in January versus a 0.5 percent fall in December. Year over year Italian retail sales fell 0.1 percent during January versus a 0.2 percent decline in December.
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EUR/USD Little Higher, France CPI Edges Up
Wednesday, March 15, 2017 - 6:15am | 79Read More...EUR/USD is trading at 1.0621, up 0.0010. INSEE ( France's National Statistics Institute of Statistics and Economic studies) reported that French February CPI (Consumer Price Index) rose 0.1 percent versus a decline of 0.2 percent in January. On the year French CPI rose 1.2 percent during February...
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EUR/USD Little Lower Ahead of Data
Tuesday, March 14, 2017 - 10:47am | 99Read More...EUR/USD is trading at 1.0639, down 0.0011. The pair is trading a little lower on the session as overseas forex traders wind down trading for the day. Chatter about European economic data due out Wednesday is starting to show up. The French National Statistics Institute of Statistics and Economic...
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EUR/USD Trading Lower, Euro Area Industrial Production Edges Up
Tuesday, March 14, 2017 - 6:49am | 42Read More...EUR/USD is trading at 1.0638, down 0.0012. Eurostat reported that Euro area industrial production edged up 0.9 percent during January versus a 1.2 percent decline in December. Year over year, Euro area industrial production rose 0.6 percent during January versus a rise of 2.5 percent in December.
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EUR/USD Trading Lower, Spain's CPI Steady
Tuesday, March 14, 2017 - 6:46am | 78Read More...EUR/USD is trading at 1.0639, down 0.0011. Spain's National Statistics Institute (INE) reported that February CPI (Consumer Price Index) fell 0.4 percent versus a decline of 0.5 percent in January. On the year Spanish CPI was steady showing a rise of 3 percent during February versus a 3 percent...
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EUR/USD Little Lower, German CPI Edges Up
Tuesday, March 14, 2017 - 6:41am | 74Read More...EUR/USD is trading at 1.0642, down 0.0006. Germany's Federal Statistical Office reported that February CPI (Consumer Price Index) rose 0.6 percent versus a fall of 0.6 percent in January. On the year German CPI rose 2.2 percent in February versus a 1.9 percent rise in January. Germany's Harmonized...
