Tag: european crisis
Euro In Focus: Without The News, Without The Noise
The Greek deadline is focusing a lot of eyes on the Euro, or at least it should be, as the FX market tends to...
Greek Financial Crisis: Why Traders Should Tread Lightly On Opinions
The situation in Greece has once again come to the forefront of our attention as the Greek government, the EU, and the IMF try...
3 Reasons For Recent Stock Market Volatility
The stock market has gotten off to a poor start in 2015 as volatility continues to pester stocks. As Chris Kimble noted yesterday, the...
3 Reasons Investors Are Eating US Equities for Breakfast
The US financial markets flexed their collective muscle yet again, capitulating several more bears, and sending US equities to new all-time highs. The sheer...
EUR/USD: Anatomy of the Next Euro Crisis
By Andrew Kassen Pop quiz: When did the European debt crisis begin?
May 8, 1945: Germany unconditionally surrenders during World War II (VE Day)
Late 1989:...
Brexit: What a British Exit from the EU Looks Like
By Alex Salomon   Are you familiar with Brixit? Not yet? It might become the next catchy buzzword for yet another European Union drama. Brexit,...
Political Tensions Rise as Euro Crisis Continues
By Andrew Nyquist   The Euro was never given a fighting chance. Figuratively, and quite possibly literally. From conception, economists and investors questioned the Euro's...
European Youth Unemployment: Risking a Lost Generation
By Joshua Schroeder   Once again Europe's leaders spoiled a chance to take coordinated action to effectively address the bailout in Cyprus. This failure has...
Cyprus Bailout News: A Contrarian’s Contrarian View
By Alex Salomon   Since Saturday morning early tweets, then blogs, then news reports on the Cyprus bailout, lots has been written. Early on, I...
The Systematic Significance of the Cyprus Bailout
By Andrew Kassen    News of a Troika-orchestrated bailout of the Mediterranean island nation of Cyprus spilled from European newswires early this past Saturday morning...