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Will Oswald, Global Head of FICC Research at Standard Chartered bank on monetary policy direction from ECB and deeper structural fiscal issues facing the region. more...

Like a cyclone, speculation that Europe's banks are beginning to suffer from exposure to the sovereign debt crisis ripped across global markets, taking bank shares and other stocks lower. more...

The strongest case for stocks is a lack of alternatives but investors should be prepared for setbacks and get into defensive shares like consumer staples and healthcare as global growth has peaked, according to Philipp E. Baertschi, the chief strategist at Sarasin in Zurich. more...