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Among developed market currencies, the euro is disappointing investors. Disappointing because many investors were betting various monetary stimulus efforts by the European Central Bank (ECB) would serve to weaken the common currency, but nearly eight months into 2016, the Guggenheim CurrencyShares...

The concept of helicopter money was originated by renowned economist Milton Friedman as an exaggerated means of describing the Federal Reserve Bank's ability to "print money." Friedman suggested that, in a pinch, central banks could simply print off a bunch of paper money, load it...

Now that Britain has officially voted to leave the eurozone, central banks are left to decide what (if anything) they will need to do to stabilize global markets. Several Wall Street analysts have already given their takes on the issue. Capital Economics believes the rhetoric about the dangers of a...

Germany's 10-year government bond dipped below zero for the first time ever. The powerhouse country now joins other notable countries such as Japan and Switzerland, which boast a 10-year bond yield of less than zero. Bloomberg noted the plunge in Germany's 10-year bond is attributed to the European...

Deutsche Bank's German Economic team put the European Central Bank on blast. Like any good subordinate, the German-based bank began their report by saying, "the Bundesbank and Federal Reserve are respected for achieving monetary stability." That view remains debatable, but one...

The eurozone economic recovery is ongoing. That is a statement some investors may be tired of hearing because they've been hearing it for four or five years now, but data indicate even peripheral eurozone economies are farming though lingering pockets of concern. Although the euro is...

With the euro stronger against the dollar and the European Central Bank (ECB) dispatching a series of disappointing monetary easing efforts to global investors this year, it is not surprising that eurozone stocks and the corresponding U.S.-listed exchange-traded funds are scuffling. What's Going On...

The European Central Bank left key interest rates and other stimulus programs unchanged. The ECB decided the interest rate on the main refinancing operations and the interest rates on the marginal lending facility and the deposit facility will remain unchanged at 0.00 percent, 0.25 percent and -0...

Year-to-date, emerging markets exchange-traded funds are displaying superiority over their Europe counterparts. For example, the Vanguard Emerging Markets Stock Index Fd (NYSE: VWO) and the iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Indx (ETF) (NYSE: EEM) (the two largest emerging markets ETFs) are both up 2.8...

There is no dearth of exchange-traded funds that have “benchmark” status, and plenty of those are believed to be sound gauges of risk appetite. One of the more overlooked ETFs in terms of gauging market sentiment and risk appetite might just be the Ishares MSCI Europe Fincls Sctr Indx...

Germany, the eurozone's largest economy, is often seen as a beacon of stability, particularly at times when volatility is high for the region's equity markets. This year, however, exchange-traded funds tracking German stocks have betrayed that stable reputation as the euro strengthened amid...

Peter Praet, a member of the Executive Board of the European Central Bank delivered a speech on Monday in Rome, Italy. Praet's speech focused not so much on what tools the central bank will utilize to bring inflation "below, but close to, 2 percent", rather why the central bank is "so determined"...

Thursday marks the end of the first quarter of 2016, and it has certainly been eventful. The S&P 500 index is higher by around 1 percent since the start of the new year, while the Dow Jones index is higher by more than 1.50 percent. However, the NASDAQ Composite index is lower by nearly 3...

Investing in European equities and exchange-traded funds has been tricky this year. The European Central Bank (ECB) has yet to give demanding investors something to really cheer about, and with the Federal Reserve still sounding dovish tones, the dollar's upside against the euro is seen as...