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What Investors Should Know in Europe

  • Fed Tapering Talk Not Yet Spooking Market Thursday, 16 May 2013 | 4:07 PM ET
    Ben Bernanke, chairman of the Federal Reserve, and Janet Yellen, vice chair of the Federal Reserve

    Tapering—or a gradual reduction in the Fed's $85 billion a month in asset purchases—is expected to be months away, but the markets are beginning to chat about it more.

  • 'Profitless Rally': Stocks Heading for a Slowdown Thursday, 16 May 2013 | 11:57 AM ET

    Wall Street's stocks-are-cheap meme looks as if it will start coming under stress if what Citigroup calls a "profitless rally" continues.

  • No Love: Even Bargain Hunters Don't Like Gold Thursday, 16 May 2013 | 4:19 PM ET

    Beaten-down gold just can't find any love. The yellow metal sold off for a sixth day, plunging nearly $30 at one point.

  • YouTube Worth $20 Billion by 2020: Morgan Stanley Thursday, 16 May 2013 | 10:53 AM ET

    Google's YouTube could be a $20 billion business within seven years, according to a research note from Morgan Stanley.

  • S&P Won't Hit 2,500 Until 2017: Strategist Thursday, 16 May 2013 | 4:15 AM ET

    As the rally in global equity markets continues, with the S&P 500 closing at a fresh high on Wednesday, Rosenblatt Securities' Brian Reynolds warned that the index is still some way off the 2,500 level.

  • Toppy? Sellers Start to Emerge in the Bull Market Thursday, 16 May 2013 | 2:00 AM ET

    Some market watchers say they are starting to spot something that they haven't seen for a while: sellers moving back into stocks.

  • Billionaire Paulson's Big Housing Bet Thursday, 16 May 2013 | 1:21 AM ET

    The billionaire bet more heavily on mortgage insurers, suggesting he expects the housing recovery to continue.

  • Europe’s IPO Market Is Back on Track: LSE Wednesday, 15 May 2013 | 3:58 AM ET
    Xavier Rolet, the Chief Executive of the London Stock Exchange

    Activity in Europe's initial public offering market is picking up and will drive economic recovery across the region, the CEO of the London Stock Exchange told CNBC.

  • Is Australia the Next Euro Zone? Maybe Tuesday, 14 May 2013 | 10:28 PM ET

    Australia's higher-than-expected budget has raised concerns that the country could follow the same path as the highly-indebted euro zone.

  • Slovenia Bank Restructuring to Begin Next Month Tuesday, 14 May 2013 | 10:00 AM ET

    The bailouts of the weakest banks in Slovenia should begin next month, the country's finance minister told CNBC on Tuesday, but he insisted that he is not concerned with the timeframe of the process.

  • Yen to Weaken to 120 by Next Year: Economist Wednesday, 15 May 2013 | 12:00 AM ET

    The dollar-yen trade could reach 120 by the end of 2014, according to economists at Capital Economics, who said the yen's downward drive will persist throughout this year and next.

  • Central Banks Are Repeating Greenspan’s Mistake Wednesday, 15 May 2013 | 12:00 AM ET
    Alan Greenspan

    Central banks around the world are repeating the mistakes of former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan by flooding markets with cheap money, according to Brunel University's Moorad Choudhry.

  • Amid Rally, Market Flooded With Shares Tuesday, 14 May 2013 | 7:25 AM ET

    The strong rally this year is being met with a heightened level of supply, setting up a big bet that retail investors will keep buying what Wall Street is selling.

  • Short Story: Sterling Expected to Fall Further Tuesday, 14 May 2013 | 8:21 AM ET

    Despite recent positive data for the U.K. economy, analysts believe sterling will move even lower this week with the latest inflation report on Wednesday.

  • It's a 'My Cousin Vinny' Market: Tepper Tuesday, 14 May 2013 | 9:35 AM ET
    David Tepper, President and Founder of Appaloosa Management

    Hedge fund titan David Tepper said he's still bullish on stocks and investors shouldn't worry about the Fed tapering its massive bond-buying program.

  • Brimming Oil Stockpiles to Keep Prices in Check Wednesday, 15 May 2013 | 7:02 PM ET

    Well-supplied global oil markets are expected to keep a firm lid on prices this week, though upside surprises may come from better-than-expected U.S. data and continued unrest in the Middle East.

  • Why 'Boring, Dull, Passive' Investing Is Working Monday, 13 May 2013 | 2:05 AM ET

    The least lucrative strategy for the investment banks and stockbrokers is "buy and hold" and it's the "buy and hold" investors who have made most of the money so far since those 2012 lows. Steve Sedgwick, Anchor at CNBC Europe writes.

  • Soros: Italy Market Calm Will Be Short-Lived Sunday, 12 May 2013 | 7:19 AM ET
    George Soros

    The market recovery which has brought Italy's borrowing costs down over recent months is unlikely to be sustained for long, billionaire investor George Soros said.

  • New Range Emerges for Gold Monday, 13 May 2013 | 8:41 AM ET

    As gold faces pressure, Rich Ilczyszyn reveals the new levels that will matter to the market.

  • Click: Time to Change the Channel on Media Stocks Sunday, 12 May 2013 | 6:44 AM ET

    Some pros still see upside in these high-flying players, but it could also be time to pull back. Meanwhile, Warren Buffett prefers investing in ketchup.