Contrarian: Is this the best eurozone opportunity?

clock

A couple of weeks ago, I came across a new genre of internet TV called the 'Top Ten list' programme.

This kind of programming idea has made it onto mainstream television – top ten favourite rock bands and such like – but on the web there is a top ten list film for virtually everything, including 'ten most likely countries to break up and ten most groovy cities in the world'. While perusing the list of ten countries most doomed to fail, I was curious to come across Spain. The logic of this particular 'film' was that a) Spain was threatened by violent separatists in the Basque country and Catalonia, b) was bankrupt with massive unemployment, and c) likely to produce a Syriza-style revo...

To continue reading this article...

Join Investment Week for free

  • Unlimited access to real-time news, analysis and opinion from the investment industry, including the Sustainable Hub covering fund news from the ESG space
  • Get ahead of regulatory and technological changes affecting fund management
  • Important and breaking news stories selected by the editors delivered straight to your inbox each day
  • Weekly members-only newsletter with exclusive opinion pieces from leading industry experts
  • Be the first to hear about our extensive events schedule and awards programmes

Join now

 

Already an Investment Week
member?

Login

More on Europe

MainStreet Partners' Daniele Cat Berro: Europe's good intentions and poor execution

MainStreet Partners' Daniele Cat Berro: Europe's good intentions and poor execution

'Chronic slowness' undermining efforts

Daniele Cat Berro
clock 03 July 2025 • 4 min read
Eurozone inflation rises to 2% in June

Eurozone inflation rises to 2% in June

Up from 1.9% in May

Sorin Dojan
clock 01 July 2025 • 2 min read
Disinflation drives ECB rate cut but investors warn of limited space for further trims

Disinflation drives ECB rate cut but investors warn of limited space for further trims

25bps cut

Sorin Dojan
clock 05 June 2025 • 2 min read
Trustpilot