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European Central Bank (ECB) could topple Spain’s financial sector

August 26, 2008 · Filed Under International Investing · Comments 
"There’s a bombshell being delivered here - the European Central Bank is about to stop bailing out eurozone commercial banks. And that could mean another big lender going ‘bust’." — David Stevenson Blogger’s note: Just like in the U.S. and UK, the European Union’s state bank has been extending easy credit to prevent "temporary" illiquidity in [...]

Buy Vallourec (VK), Fresenius (FME) & Syngenta (SYNN) for the European recession

August 25, 2008 · Filed Under International Investing · Comments 
“With economic growth likely to slow, investors will take a greater interest in firms with clearly visible profitability, operating in strongly growing markets. Here are three examples.” — Cedric de Fonclare Blogger’s note: Each week our friends over at MoneyWeek in London ask a professional investor where he or she is investing [...]

Recession Watch: Is the Euro Headed for a Crash?

August 7, 2008 · Filed Under International Investing · Comments 
“But while there seems to have been more or less a straight fight between the States and us (the UK) as to who actually plunges into a recession first, within the last few weeks another strong contender for this dubious prize has emerged. The eurozone now looks like it [...]

Why the Euro Won’t Replace the Dollar

July 25, 2008 · Filed Under International Investing · Comments 
“A more immediate concern is the growing divergence of European economies. Two big European economies, Italy and Spain, are perceived as more risky than the two core members of the Eurozone, Germany and France.” — Lord William Rees-Mogg by Lord William Rees-Mogg Baltimore and London — (TFN):  In the last year, the euro [...]

Low dollar is starting to hurt

American financial gurus consider an overvalued currency the end-all be-all of national monetary policy. European manufacturers and exporters are disagreeing. Click here to view the show… Read more    Standard Podcast: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Foreign Investing: The Euro is fixed

April 8, 2008 · Filed Under International Investing · Comments 
“The range of euro bonds is quite wide, though they are all an expression of the same currency. The most expensive euro bond is the German, which yields 3.96 percent; the cheapest is the Greek, which yields 4.46 percent.” — Lord William Rees-Mogg by Lord William Rees-Mogg Baltimore – [...]