Europe

This research note is provided by Fathom Consulting. All of the charts below and many many more, covering a range of topics and countries on both the macroeconomy and financial markets are available in the Chartbook to Datastream users at www.datastream.com. Alternatively you can access Fathom’s Chartbook at www.fathom-consulting.com/TR. An otherwise calm week in financial [...]

Record net inflows of $83 billion through the end of April helped to push assets invested globally in Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) and Exchange Traded Products (ETPs) to a new all-time high of US$2.13 trillion, according to figures from ETFGI’s Global ETF and ETP industry insights report for April 2013. ETF and ETP assets have [...]

Sky Deutschland, which offers pay-TV subscription programming in Germany, has lots of viewers – and lots of debt. It’s paying top dollar for must-see events and its debt/equity ratio shows it is highly levered. The StarMine SmartRatios Credit Risk Model implied rating of CCC indicates that the company’s balance sheet may need strengthening. Media companies [...]

Fresh labour market data from Athens offered a sombre reminder of the painful impact of five years of recession amidst harsh austerity measures. Refresh Chart   Edit Chart The Greek youth unemployment rate jumped from 59.3% in January to 64.2% in February. And that number has risen by more than thirty percentage points over the [...]

April proved to be a somewhat volatile and uncertain month for investors in many asset classes, as traders proved ready to take profits on the first sign of trouble and as the economic overview remains murky at best. The second quarter of 2013 got off to a bumpy and uncertain start in April. On the [...]

In its March budget, the UK government unveiled a programme to aid potential homeowners. The scheme, dubbed ‘Help-to-Buy’, will allow purchasers to secure a mortgage with just a 5% deposit. In order to achieve this, the government will underwrite 14.25% of the value of the property, with the lender required to guarantee a further 0.75%. [...]

Europe’s economic woes continue to affect the market as investors are noticing that three of every five large-cap stocks have missed quarterly sales forecasts. For the week ended Wednesday, May 1, the S&P 500 index squeaked out a gain of 0.26% and investors scraped together $1.9 billion of net inflows for equity mutual funds. Equity [...]

This research note is provided by Fathom Consulting. All of the charts below and many many more, covering a range of topics and countries on both the macroeconomy and financial markets are available in the Chartbook to Datastream users at www.datastream.com. Alternatively you can access Fathom’s Chartbook at www.fathom-consulting.com/TR. Expectations of an interest rate cut [...]

Europe’s sputtering economy and a competitive market in China are stalling earnings and revenues at car and truck manufacturer Daimler AG. Furthermore, weak cash flows and falling margins are contributing to poor earnings quality. The European economic slowdown slashed demand for cars and trucks. Germany’s Daimler AG (DAIGn.DE) — maker of Mercedes Benz luxury cars [...]

Bank deposits data offer one of the best signs of stress in the Euro Area: deposits tend to flee peripheral economies when the financial system appears fragile, and only return once confidence is restored. The ECB recently published figures relating to the end of March – just one working day after Cypriot banks re-opened their [...]