It’s all about Europe. With earnings season largely over and the United States distracted by the upcoming presidential election, the only news likely to move the markets over the next month will be coming out of Europe. Late this week, the European Central Bank will be having a press conference that many market watchers hope...Read More

Charles Sizemore gives his thoughts on how to invest in Europe to Bloomberg’s Guy Johnson, live in London.  To watch the interview, see “Emerging Market Exposure via Europe“Read More

Listen to Charles Sizemore discuss European Central Bank President Mario Draghi’s market-moving comments, the impact on America of the aging of the Baby Boomers, and the best areas for investment for the remainder of 2012 on Mike Robertson’s Straight Talk About Money.Read More

The negotiations between Spain and her Eurozone partners continue. Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy agreed to new austerity measures, released on Wednesday, as a means of avoiding a full state bailout and the loss of control to the EU’s supervisory institutions that this would entail.  In total, the moves would cut Spain’s budget deficit by €65...Read More

Lest I be labeled a doom monger, I want to be clear on a few things. I do not believe that the Eurozone will break up. Greece could—and probably will—be asked to leave sometime this summer, but most would agree that this would be addition by subtraction. The other problem countries—most notably Spain—have shown the...Read More