Eurozone

Three terrible lessons from the Greek crisis

The Greek government has been given a final chance to avoid default and an exit from the euro as eurozone creditors have urged new finance minister Euclid Tsakalotos to present new proposals.

Contained or contagion?

Three very different ways to gain exposure

Simon Cordery, head of investor relations and business development, investment trusts at F&C Investments, explores the extent to which market sentiment can affect trusts.

As the Greek government once again fails to make a breakthrough in its negotiations with the IMF and EU, Barry Norris, founding partner at Argonaut Capital, argues it is time to let Greece go, especially as a 'Grexit' is much more manageable now

Preparing for two scenarios

Equity markets have begun to recover after an early slump driven by a plunge in German sovereign debt prices.

Global economic growth could be described as modest at best, so the implications of Greece defaulting on its debt and potentially exiting the EU do not bear thinking about, says Investment Quorum's Peter Lowman.

Economists have been emphasising the need for eurozone economies to start behaving more like those of the UK and US, but in reality the region is becoming more correlated with Japan than ever before, explains Chris Bailey, European strategist at Raymond...