You are here

European Union

World Stocks At All Time Highs After Nikkei's Record Winning Streak; Euro Slides With Spain On Edge

World Stocks At All Time Highs After Nikkei's Record Winning Streak; Euro Slides With Spain On Edge

In an otherwise quiet session, Sunday's convincing election victory for Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s ruling coalition, which gave it another constitution-changing supermajority, pushed the Nikkei to the highest level since 1996, after a record 15 consecutive days of gains - the longest winning streak on record - and sent world stocks to new all-time highs on Monday.

"We Can't Welcome All The World's Poor" - Macron Unveils Crackdown On Criminal Illegal Aliens

"We Can't Welcome All The World's Poor" - Macron Unveils Crackdown On Criminal Illegal Aliens

Two years after the European Commission carried out the bidding of German Chancellor Angela Merkel by approving a plan to distribute migrants entering the Schengen area through Greece and Italy evenly across the European Union, the people of Europe have made their displeasure with Merkel’s “open door” policy abundantly clear.

Global Markets Shaken By Sudden Equity Sell-Off: Hong Kong Crashes, VIX Surges

Global Markets Shaken By Sudden Equity Sell-Off: Hong Kong Crashes, VIX Surges

Has the market's "melt-up" levitation finally ended? Of course, it could be much worse: as Bloomberg's Paul Jarvis recalls, thirty years ago on this day traders around the globe were staring at their screens in disbelief as stock markets turned to a sea of red: the Dow, S&P 500, FTSE, DAX and CAC fell -23%, -20%, -10%, -9% and -10% respectively.

Ray Dalio Is Shorting The Entire EU

Ray Dalio Is Shorting The Entire EU

Authored by Raul Ilargi Meijer via The Automatic Earth blog,

A point BOE Governor Mark Carney made recently may be the biggest cog in the European Union’s wheel (or is it second biggest? Read on). That is, derivatives clearing. It’s one of the few areas where Brussels stands to lose much more than London, but it’s a big one. And Carney puts a giant question mark behind the EU’s preparedness.

Carney Reveals Europe’s Potential Achilles Heel in Brexit Talks

Pages