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Sunday news from Germany about Free Democrats breaking off Merkel's coalition was meet with a 75 pip decline after the open. Late shorts were squeezed in European trading, to just above 1.18, where new round of selling began. 1.17 may not yield easily.
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Merkel under pressure as SPD look to drive a hard
Three days after the election and the gloss is rapidly coming off Angela Merkel’s return to power.
With the SPD seizing their opportunity to dictate terms for a coalition Merkel is faced with a real dilemma with limited options
1) Form a coalition with the SPD but concede that her hard line on austerity and the euro will be have to be diluted
2) Form a coalition with the Greens/A N Other but face the fact that it would be a fragile majority
3) Return to the polling booths for another election in…
With the SPD seizing their opportunity to dictate terms for a coalition Merkel is faced with a real dilemma with limited options
1) Form a coalition with the SPD but concede that her hard line on austerity and the euro will be have to be diluted
2) Form a coalition with the Greens/A N Other but face the fact that it would be a fragile majority
3) Return to the polling booths for another election in…
The Recent Period of Real......
The recent period of real and perceived strength in the Euro since mid July has been a feature of
a broadly event dominated market. There is a re-appraisal of the prospects for the Euro going on, and a related flow of real money moving into Euro equity markets. The re-weighting process now in tow seems to be predominately at the expense of EM countries.
The search for undervalued `gems` offering potential investors capital appreciation prospects, has been a quest that we are used to seeing in …
a broadly event dominated market. There is a re-appraisal of the prospects for the Euro going on, and a related flow of real money moving into Euro equity markets. The re-weighting process now in tow seems to be predominately at the expense of EM countries.
The search for undervalued `gems` offering potential investors capital appreciation prospects, has been a quest that we are used to seeing in …
"Merkel Celebrates Biggest Election Win"
Happy Monday, Dear Community Members!
We are excited to start the new trading week highlighting some of very important news!
First of all, Merkel has been re-elected as German's Chancellor by the voters with impressive 42%.
Secondly, China's PMI reached a 6-month high indicating that the world's second largest economy is gaining momentum.
Do these topics sound interesting?
Then join our 12:00 GMT webinar where we will be discussing these latest news as well as talk about the EUR and present a Tr…
We are excited to start the new trading week highlighting some of very important news!
First of all, Merkel has been re-elected as German's Chancellor by the voters with impressive 42%.
Secondly, China's PMI reached a 6-month high indicating that the world's second largest economy is gaining momentum.
Do these topics sound interesting?
Then join our 12:00 GMT webinar where we will be discussing these latest news as well as talk about the EUR and present a Tr…