European Union

Last year, European stocks and the related exchange-traded funds dealt with the specter of a populist wave sweeping across the Eurozone. Election results in France and the Netherlands assuaged those concerns, but thanks to recent events in Italy, some global investors are concerned about a populist...

U.S. stocks were hit hard Tuesday, partly due to political turmoil in Italy as the country's President Sergio Mattarella rejected an economic ministry nominee who holds a "euroskeptic" stance. Cramer: Italy Needs A 'Transformation' Italy's economy and political system is...

Italian President Sergio Mattarella rejected an economic ministry nominee Sunday who would have laid groundwork for a euroskeptic government and struck at the stability of the euro. The threat of Italy’s withdrawal from the euro is not yet neutralized, though. Why It’s Important...

Puma Biotechnology Inc (NASDAQ: PBYI) could face a setback in the launch of its breast cancer drug neratinib, as the European Medicines Agency's Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use, or CHMP, relayed a "negative trend vote" after a meeting with the biotech company. ...

Europe's antitrust czar, the scourge of U.S. corporations, has a sculpture of a hand in her Brussels office, its middle finger extended out. On Wednesday, the bird was on the other hand. In the latest feud between U.S.-based corporations and overseas regulators, the European Union's top...

The euro has traded below $1.20 versus the U.S. dollar since January 2015 — that is, until Tuesday. The shared European currency has now gained more than 14 percent against the U.S. dollar since the start of 2017 but has many investors questioning where the strength is coming from. The...

Investors who are looking to diversify their portfolio across geographic regions aren't alone in their thinking, as many professionals think European stocks can offer a superior return. But there is one major wild card in international investing: currency fluctuations in the foreign exchange market...

Shares of Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) were trading lower by more than 1 percent early Tuesday morning after the company was slapped with a $2.7 billion fine from the European Union. The EU's antitrust body confirmed in a press release it has fined Google's parent company $2.7...

Priceline Group Inc (NASDAQ: PCLN) soared to all-time highs Monday on a 2.6-percent spike, coincidentally timed with — or perhaps on the tailwind of — the history-shaping French election. With National Front candidate Marine Le Pen advocating a Brexit-like break from the European Union...

Forty-two (42) percent of British people surveyed one month after the "Brexit" vote expressed feelings that the country's decision to leave the European Union was a bad one for the economy. But by March 2017, this figure gained more than 10 percentage points and totaled 53.0 percent. It may or may...