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Recent Asset Class PerformanceBespoke Investment Group • Sun, May 12
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World Ex-U.S. Mostly OversoldBespoke Investment Group • Tue, Mar 26
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France ETF Falls 5% In European RoutTom Lydon • Fri, Sep 9, 2011 -
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France ETF Tumbles Along With Country's Banking SectorTom Lydon • Wed, Aug 10, 2011
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Will Foreign Investment in France Go Direct to the ETF?Tom Lydon • Wed, Mar 30, 2011
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What's Killing the France ETF?Eric Dutram • Mon, May 17, 2010 -
France ETF: Positives Don't Outweigh NegativesTom Lydon • Sun, May 9, 2010
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France ETF: The Small Step That Could Yield Big ResultsTom Lydon • Tue, Mar 9, 2010
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France ETF in Focus After Disappointing Unemployment NumbersEric Dutram • Thu, Mar 4, 2010
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Beyond the Consensus on European Bank CreditEdward Hugh • Tue, Oct 27, 2009 -
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Predicting France's Real GDPIvan Kitov • Wed, Jul 1, 2009 -
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Has France Joined the Pro-market Revolution?Nicholas Vardy • Wed, May 9, 2007 -
French Elections Could Impact Country ETFTom Lydon • Mon, Apr 23, 2007
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Recent Asset Class PerformanceBespoke Investment Group • Sun, May 12
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World Ex-U.S. Mostly OversoldBespoke Investment Group • Tue, Mar 26
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- Wednesday, May 15, 4:37 AM France slid into recession during Q1 as the French economy contracts 0.2% Q/Q after shrinking by the same amount in Q4. With unemployment at record levels and President François Hollande's popularity at all-time lows, the country faces an uphill battle to right the ship as it struggles to bring its deficit in line with the EU-mandated 3%, while simultaneously restoring growth. Economists see the French economy contracting by 0.2% for the full year and a survey of French citizens shows just 11% believe Hollande can bring down the jobless rate by year's end. The CAC 40 (EWQ) is little changed. 2 Comments [Global & FX]
- Thursday, April 18, 10:50 AM Contributing to a big reversal from early gains in Europe and in U.S. futures is a rumor Societe Generale (SCGLY.PK -4%) is in trouble. The CAC-40 (EWQ) is flat after being up about 1%. 4 Comments [Financials, Global & FX, Top Stories]
- Tuesday, April 2, 3:58 AM French PMI inches up to 44 in March (flash 43.9) from 43.9 in February, with the average Q1 reading coming in at 43.6, the the lowest since a print of 43.1 in Q2 2009. March's "very slight improvement...does little to disguise an ongoing sharp deterioration," says Markit, with output, new orders and employment falling further. (PR) Comment! [Global & FX, Breaking News, Top Stories]
- Thursday, March 21, 4:24 AM Flash French manufacturing PMI unchanged in March at 43.9; manufacturing output rises to 42.8 from 41.8 in February; services drops to 49-month low of 41.9 from 43.7; composite output drops to four-year low of 42.1 from 43.1. "It's difficult to find any crumbs of comfort among the data, with new orders and backlogs both declining at sharper rates and employment cuts continuing." (PR) Comment! [Global & FX, Top Stories]
- Thursday, March 7, 3:21 AM French unemployment rose to a 13-year high of 10.6% in Q4 from 10.2% in Q3, due to companies laying off workers amidst an economy that appears to be sinking into recession. Excluding France's overseas territories, the jobless rate was 10.2% vs consensus of 10.1%. (PR) 2 Comments [Global & FX]
- Friday, March 1, 4:09 AM French manufacturing PMI climbs to 43.9 (flash 43.6) in February from 42.9 in January, but is still in deep contraction. "Manufacturers cut employment, purchasing and stocks further," says Markit. "It's hard to see what might break this downward cycle in the coming months amid such weak confidence and heightened levels of uncertainty." (PR) Comment! [Global & FX, Top Stories, Breaking News]
- Wednesday, February 27, 7:49 AM Blackstone (BX) is busy in Europe, but France not so much. "It's very difficult to be excited on France these days," says European P-E head Lionel Assant. "The country is effectively denying the inevitable." At a meeting with other P-E honchos last week, he reports them being "incredibly optimistic" about Ireland, "starting to be optimistic about Spain, "absolutely negative about France." French stocks (EWQ) vs. the rest of Europe. Comment! [Global & FX]
- Friday, February 22, 6:08 AM The euro loses its Ifo-induced bounce after the European Commission cuts its 2013 eurozone growth forecasts and is now -0.1% vs the dollar. The EC also predicts that the recession will cause Spain, France and Portugal to miss their deficit targets, with Spain's shortfall to widen to 6.7% from 6.3% in 2012 rather than drop to the country's goal of 4.5%. (Map of country forecasts) 4 Comments [Global & FX, Top Stories]
- Thursday, February 21, 8:13 AM "That PMI from France looks downright peripheral," writes Reuters' Eric Burroughs. It's no wonder Hollande has been griping about the euro (or maybe something else is at work). A longer-term chart shows the French composite PMI (to 42.3 today from 42.7 in January) has fallen beneath the gasping level of Spain and Italy. French 10-year paper yields 2.26%. EWQ -1.9% premarket. 1 Comment [Global & FX]
- Tuesday, February 19, 4:58 PM A key pledge of the Hollande government, France will miss its goal of a budget deficit of 3% of GDP this year, the PM tells lawmakers as massive tax increases are offset by slowing growth. Who could have predicted that? Credibility or no, markets continue to lend 2-year money to the country at 0.24%, 10-year at 2.26%. EWQ +2.7% YTD. 1 Comment [Global & FX]
- Tuesday, February 19, 11:56 AM Europe closes with sharp gains, with a big, unexpected jump in German investor sentiment looking like the catalyst. Stoxx 50 (FEZ) +1.8%, led by France (EWQ) +1.9% and Germany (EWG) +1.6%. The euro (FXE) +0.3% to $1.3392. 1 Comment [Global & FX]
- Thursday, February 7, 4:02 PM A look beneath the hood of Schwab's (SCHW) recently unveiled lineup of 105 commission-free ETFs shows an impressive breadth of asset class coverage, including currency, physical metals and equal-weight sector ETFs not previously available for commission-free trading. Notably absent: iShares single country funds, 10 of which are available among the 101 ETFs TD Ameritrade (AMTD) offers commission-free. Comment!
- Tuesday, January 15, 9:14 AM More on the BAML fund manager survey: To the question of which EU country is most likely to pose a "tail risk" in 2013, the answer is France at nearly 35% of respondents. Spain is next at just below 30%. Previous (I, II) on the survey. BofA press release containing a summary of the report. Comment! [Global & FX]
- Tuesday, January 8, 4:32 PM Gundlach: Weighing in on one of the world's more hated asset classes, he says Treasurys aren't terribly overvalued on a relative basis. If you've got to short government paper, make it that of France, he says, where the 2-year note yields 0.13% and the 10-year 2.11%. 6 Comments
- Wednesday, January 2, 7:13 AM European markets soar as they catch up to Monday afternoon's big rally in the States and react to last night's fiscal cliff deal. Stoxx 50 +3.6%, led by Spain +3.1%. The euro +0.5% to $1.3256. 1 Comment [Global & FX]
- Monday, December 31, 2012, 11:56 AM More details on iShares' ETF fee hikes: Going to 0.53% from 0.52% (a 1.9% hike) are its Ireland Capped Investable Market Fund (EIRL), Australia Fund (EWA), Canada Fund (EWC), Hong Kong Fund (EWH), Belgium Capped Fund (EWK), Switzerland Fund (EWL), Malaysia Fund (EWM), Netherlands Investable Market Fund (EWN), Spain Fund (EWP), France Fund (EWQ), Singapore Fund (EWS), United Kingdom Fund (EWU), Mexico Investable Market Fund (EWW) and EMU Fund (EZU). 2 Comments [Global & FX]
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Wall Street Sector Selector
Euro Zone Recession Takes Toll On Stocks, (VGK) (EWP) (EWI) (EWQ) (GLD) (GDX) (SPY) http://bit.ly/WbUmGa - View all 0 replies
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Wall Street Sector Selector
Europe, US Stocks Sink As Euro Zone Returns To Recession (VGK) (EWQ) (EWP) (FXI) (SPY) (GPD) http://bit.ly/RFiVvC - View all 0 replies
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(EWQ) (ewp) (EWI) (FXE) (USO) (GLD) European Day Of Action And Solidarity Tank Major European Indexes, http://bit.ly/UDtXpn - View all 0 replies
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Nicholas Pardini
Short France through $EWQ due to likelihood of Hollande replacing Sarkozy and wreaking havoc on France's economy. - View all 0 replies
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Jacob Wolinsky
Top Euro HF MaxQ: Long Greek Debt, Short UK and German Sovereigns http://stks.co/2PL0 $GREK $EWU $EWQ $SPY $FXI $VWO $ERO - View all 0 replies
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Jacob Wolinsky
Yes he said it! Bill Gross "European Financing of Greece's Debt is Ponzi Scheme" http://bit.ly/znWdgm $ERO $EWQ - View all 7 replies
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Jacob Wolinsky: The only wait out of this is for ECB to print and print recap banks and buy sov debt on secondary with explicit yield cap
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John Hathaway, PM of #Tocqueville Asset Management (Top Value Firm in France) http://bit.ly/zdvYJl $nem $gld $gg $gold $EWQ - View all 0 replies
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Jacob Wolinsky
Yes he said it! Bill Gross "European Financing of Greece's Debt is Ponzi Scheme" http://bit.ly/znWdgm $ERO $EWQ - View all 7 replies
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humahuaca: It does make you think that long term only Precious Metals can be trusted
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Jacob Wolinsky: The only wait out of this is for ECB to print and print recap banks and buy sov debt on secondary with explicit yield cap
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jason2788: i duno, its the "in" thing to do to call you out. I figured I'd give it a try. Didn't make me warm and fuzzy inside. Bleh.
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