A broadly positive outlook for 2014 doesn’t necessarily mean investors exit the fixed-income market as Friday’s data (a sharp drop in Spanish unemployment claims in December) showed Spanish government bonds could do relatively well compared to the core countries, said Georg Grodzki, Head of Credit Research at UK’s Legal & General Investment Management. The peripheral government bonds should offer some …
One Man’s Opinion: How Many European Banks May Fail ECB’s Stress Test?
Germany will lead the recovery within the core eurozone in 2014 while Spain will lead the recovery in the periphery, said Alberto Gallo, head of macro credit research at the Royal Bank of Scotland. The Eurozone faces deflation risk today because there has been too much austerity (government spending cuts) and bank deleveraging. Germany has already provided extra support to …
Positive Headlines Help Stocks Surge To New Record
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Equity markets celebrated yet another record date as the European Central Bank (ECB) cut its key interest rate, domestic jobless claims unexpectedly fell to a five year low, and the technology sector reported strong earnings. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 130 points (0.9%) to 14,830, the S&P 500 Index added 15 points (0.9%) to …
ETF/No Load Fund Tracker Newsletter For Friday, March 22, 2013
ETF/No Load Fund Tracker StatSheet ————————————————————- THE LINK TO OUR CURRENT ETF/MUTUAL FUND STATSHEET IS: https://theetfbully.com/2013/03/weekly-statsheet-for-the-etfno-load-fund-tracker-newsletter-updated-through-03212013/ ———————————————————— Market Commentary Friday, March 22, 2013 INDEX ETFs ADVANCE ON EARNINGS AND CYPRUS DEAL HOPES; EUROPE SLIPS ON UNCERTAINTY Equities rose Friday, trimming the second weekly drop of the year for the S&P 500 Index as corporate earnings beat street estimates and on …
ETF/No Load Fund Tracker Newsletter For Friday, January 25, 2013
ETF/No Load Fund Tracker StatSheet ————————————————————- THE LINK TO OUR CURRENT ETF/MUTUAL FUND STATSHEET IS: https://theetfbully.com/2013/01/weekly-statsheet-for-the-etfno-load-fund-tracker-newsletter-updated-through-01242013/ ———————————————————— Market Commentary Friday, January 25, 2013 US EQUITY ETFs FINISH WEEK ON A HIGH; EUROPE RISES ON GERMAN CONFIDENCE US equities rose Friday, lifting the S&P 500 index above the 1,500 mark for the first time since late 2007, as investors welcomed a …
Chinese Export Data Lifts Equities; Europe Falters As ECB Keeps Rates On Hold
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] US stocks advanced for a second straight day, sending the S&P 500 to a fresh five-year closing high after exports data from China bolstered the view the global economy is on the mend. China’s December exports surged 14.1 percent from a year earlier, almost triple the 5 percent growth projected by analysts and well ahead of …