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So-called hedged ETFs take all or most of the currency risk out of the equation. They simply trade in dollars and track the raw underlying equity market indexes on which they are based.
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If there is one thing that central bankers and politicians have proven over and over since the Great Recession, it is that they will do almost whatever they can get away with to steer the economy and...
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Deutsche Bank has decided to take massive financial charges, what will seem like the proverbial "kitchen sink" in financial terms.
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Echoing others before it, a fresh report from Fitch Ratings has lowered its global economic outlook for 2015.
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The European Central Bank says that the recovery of housing prices in the eurozone has not been particularly robust so far, but prices are moving up across several of the region's members.
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The Conference Board has released its Leading Economic Index for the euro area in July.
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24/7 Wall St. has reviewed which nations are the largest holders of gold. These are counted by how much gold is owned by each central bank.
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Really only the five nations added handily to their gold reserves in the first half of 2015, according to the latest data from the World Gold Council.
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Source: ThinkstockInvestors have had years and years now to prepare for a Federal Reserve interest rate hike cycle in the United States. There remains much debate on the magnitude of how much...
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Greece has systemic problems that go very deep, and its fate inside the European Union and inside of the euro currency remains up for debate.
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The European Central Bank has decided to leave its short-term interest rates unchanged. The move may sound surprising considering the situation in Greece.
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The financial media might have the public tricked into believing that Greece's "no" vote is the end of the euro, but 2015 is a far different year than say 2010.
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The financial markets are in turmoil, after somehow actually having been tricked into thinking the Greeks would strike a bargain.
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Banks did not open in Greece, although probably every Greek citizen would have taken his money and run.
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The only way to describe the situation around Greece's ongoing negotiations with creditors would be to call it a Greek tragedy.
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