Greece re-enters bond market after three years
Greece has returned to the bond market for the first time in three years after issuing its first five-year euro-denominated bond at a yield of around 4.75%.
Greece has returned to the bond market for the first time in three years after issuing its first five-year euro-denominated bond at a yield of around 4.75%.
European markets have signalled their approval for an eleventh-hour EU and IMF deal to provide Greece with another giant loan.
Europe is dividing opinions after softer economic sentiment data failed to live up to forecasters’ optimistic predictions on Tuesday (30 May).
Rowan Dartington technical investment director Guy Stephens said the US, UK and eurozone tick two of the three boxes that point to a stagflationary resurgence.
Adversity is best tackled face on, and so the big call this year has been to overweight Europe, despite the uncertain geopolitical picture.
Remembered as England’s “largest and bloodiest” encounter, the Battle of Towton of 29 March 1461 gave the country a new monarch and deepened divisions that would not be healed for decades.
Today’s eurozone data certainly gives investors something to think about. Should the action that follows this thinking be a raising of your European equities weighting?
Eurozone inflation jumped to its highest level since 2013 between November and December 2016, bolstered by strong growth in energy and oil prices.
Eurozone inflation followed analysts’ predictions and continued its steady rise to hit 0.6% in November.
While EU leaders unveiled plans for a new €321m state-of-the-art ‘Europa’ Brussels HQ, over in Frankfurt the ECB was building its own foundations for change.
A bullish mood towards equities is “beyond irresponsible” according to Andrews Gwynne, which also claims investors are burying their heads in the sand over economic woes.
Eurozone investment grade and government bonds continued to see outflows as inflation expectations rose, according to Bank of America Merrill Lynch research.