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A French Connection For This ETF
Thursday, April 27, 2017 - 8:21am | 517As is now widely known, the May 7 French runoff election will pit centrist Emmanuel Macron against far right candidate Marie Le Pen. Apparently, European assets and financial markets not only like this matchup, but are pricing in a Macron victory because French stocks and the related exchange...
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Analysts Are Now Offering Their Take On France's Election
Monday, April 24, 2017 - 2:42pm | 600The first round of France's national election is over to the delight of investors. Centrist Emmanuel Macron and far-right nationalist Marine Le Pen will move on to the second round of voting in early May. Here is a summary of what analysts are saying about the election results and the surge in...
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Meet The Candidates In The French Election That's Rattling Markets
Sunday, April 23, 2017 - 1:59pm | 1127The polls open for the first round of voting in France’s presidential election Sunday, and depending on who ultimately wins, the country could undergo as seismic a political shift as the U.S. did with the election of President Donald Trump. The leading candidates — Emmanuel Macron,...
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From Grexit To Frexit: Financial Media Stretches To Find Catchy, Derivative Nicknames For Countries Leaving The EU
Wednesday, July 13, 2016 - 10:00am | 484Before "Brexit," there was "Grexit." The term "Grexit" — a combination of the words "Greek" and "exit" — is believed to have originated by Citigroup's economist Ebrahim Rahbari in 2012. Supporters of "Grexit" believe Greece's economic future is better served apart from the European...