Europe

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A Sweet Spot from Across the Pond

In the midst of all the hand-wringing associated with the U.S. Federal Reserve contemplating the raising of short-term...

Why This May Be the Best Week of the Year to Pile into Stocks

What a week it has been… During the course of the past five sessions, the S&P 500 has...

What’s That Got to Do with the Price of a Big Mac in China?

One of the best ways to get your head around relative currency valuations is to look at what...

Does Greece Have One of the Most Incompetent Governments Ever?

Now that Greece officially has defaulted on its 1.6 billion euro ($1.1 billion) debt payment to the International...

[European Central Bank]

Will You Panic When the Next Crisis Hits?

The biggest threat to your portfolio is “fear” -- fear of the next bear market that might force...

The Four Horsemen of the Global Economy: U.S., China, Japan & Euro Zone

There have been a lot of questions raised about the direction and speed of the global economy. The...

[Greece]

Two Ways George Soros Could Profit from Greece

Master speculator George Soros’ most famous trade was the one that “broke the Bank of England.” That was when...

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Investing in the French ‘Socialist Paradise’

As I write this, I am on the Eurostar train whizzing back from Lyon, France’s “second city,” to...

How Some Euro-Zone Economies Are Gaining Momentum

During the last few months, I've grown increasingly bullish on the euro zone, and subscribers to my PowerOptions Trader service...

Big Gains Come in All Sorts of Packages

Investing is a harsh taskmaster. Each day, cold, hard numbers tell you what you got right and what...