Europe’s Strange State Enterprise Striations
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An IMF working paper divides state-owned firms into the “good, bad and ugly” in a dozen European countries with financial, ...
Russia’s Revolutionary Sentiment Turn
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On the centenary of the Bolshevik revolution overthrowing the czars Russian stocks stayed down less than 5% on the MSCI ...
The Czech Republic’s Missing Mate Mooring
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Czech Republic stocks, after a 20 percent MSCI index advance through September, rocketed on the sweeping election win of former ...
Ukraine’s Backward Leaning Liability Lull
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After a Moody’s ratings upgrade from the low junk category, Ukraine bonds rallied on a post-default market return as $3 ...
Russia’s Singeing Sanctions Stretch
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Russian stocks continued outlier double-digit losses despite a pickup in Q2 GDP growth to the 4 percent range as US ...
Greece’s Aging Tour Act
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Greek stocks were up almost 30% through mid-year as Euro area finance ministers approved the rescue program’s EUR 8.5 billion ...
Central Europe’s Bypassed Boorish Behavior
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Central Europe stock markets, with Poland’s 32 percent gain the core universe leader, were strong through the first half as ...
The Balkans’ Suppressed Agrokor Agony
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Croatia, Slovenia and Serbia held on to single-digit MSCI Frontier index gains through April following passage of a law to ...
The Western Balkans’ Balky Bloc Formation
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EU officials, marking the 60th anniversary of the single market and still at odds over issues from Brexit to bank rescue, ...
Russia’s Crossed Wire Winnowing
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Russian shares languished at the bottom of the MSCI Europe pack into March as President Trump’s wiretapping allegations against his ...