Europe

Northern Trust Entrusts its Funds in Global Markets

Asset manager Northern Trust Corp. manages more than $800 billion and is making its biggest bet on equities...

Europe Welcomes Yellen with Five-Year Highs

European markets hit record highs after weekend news, including Larry Summers’s withdrawal from Fed chair candidacy and a...

Which Global Markets Soared By Double-Digit Percentages Last Week?

September has a reputation as the worst month of the year for stock markets. Throw in the uncertainty...

ETF Talk: Investing in Germany, Europe’s Economic Engine

It was only in recent weeks that Europe pulled out of its longest recession since World War II...

The World’s ‘Stealth’ Bull Markets

If you've been investing only in U.S. stock markets this year, you probably haven't noticed that 2013 has...

U.S. Stocks Rise on Jobs Data Despite Trading Delay; Dollar Improves in Reaction to Fed Minutes; Europe Bouncing Back from Bad Week

Even though a computer error halted Nasdaq trading for three hours, stocks pushed higher today, thanks in part...

ETF Talk: Betting on the Iron Chancellor

With the European Union considering a third bailout of Greece and most of its member nations struggling with...

European Union Showing Signs of Recovery; Water Wars: Florida to Sue Georgia Over Usage; New Chinese Pharma Investigation to Cast Wider Net

Europe’s two largest economies, Germany and France, both grew in the second quarter this year, sending a hopeful...

Which of Europe’s PIIGS is the #1 Stock Market of 2013?

Even as the U.S. stock market struggled to find its footing during the past two weeks after a...

When Less Is More for Italy’s Economy; Facebook Not Alone Showing Profit in Social Media; Newspapers: Darkest Before the Dawn?

The Italian economy shrank for the eighth straight quarter yesterday, according to statistics agency ISTAT.