Dassault Systèmes is a global leader in 3D design, simulation, and product lifecycle management software. Based in Vélizy-Villacoublay, France, this tech giant has been at the forefront of digital innovation for over four decades. Whether it's designing a new aircraft, a sustainable city, or a...
On Monday, Germany’s GDP print for the final quarter of 2022 came out below expectations of 0.0% by -0.2%. This negative (rather than stagnant) figure makes the -0.5% print forecast for Q1 2023 a more foreboding prediction for Germany’s economy. France’s expected GDP for Q4 was...
We got consumer price reports for many European countries this week. The main story for the Eurozone is still one of sticky inflation driven by elevated food and fuel prices, though there are some differences emerging among the major European economies. In this analysis we...
With France’s polls closing yesterday Emmanuel Macron will now serve a second consecutive term as the president of France, the first to do so since Jacques Chirac in 2002. Heading into the vote, Macron had an 80-90% chance of victory according to analysts, representing a...
Sanofi is one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world. Headquartered in Paris, France, this Knowledge Leader’s roots go back to the 1800s, to French chemist Louis Pasteur’s early vaccine discoveries, leading to the founding of the Pasteur Institute for research, eventually becoming part...
The front-end of the yield curve has flattened in many bond markets this year. The German and French bond markets closed last week with their 10-year bond yield minus 2-year bond yield spread at it’s smallest level since January 2009. The German spread fell to...
Spain was the big winner in today’s release of PMI Manufacturing data, while France (and Greece) were more disappointing: The divergence between Spain and France– and the implications for each country’s industrial production, based on past correlations– is quite striking:...
European markets were generally unfazed by seemingly ho-hum economic data released today....
French business sentiment followed in the footsteps of the disappointing German Ifo survey from yesterday (see here): Are this indicator’s relationships with employment, industrial production, and GDP cause for concern?...
Most investors are familiar with the surge in bond yields in Europe’s ’peripheral’ countries....
Important survey data out of Europe today points to a growing disparity between the region’s two largest economies....
Payroll employment fell by over 15,000 jobs in Q3, an improvement (of sorts) following the nearly 38,000 job losses in the previous quarter: While employment in Industry and Construction continued to decline, Services posted a small increase in jobs due to more that 10,000 positions...
In contrast to a predicted deterioration, France’s survey of confidence among manufacturers managed to remain unchanged in November: And this is perhaps not surprising, given that Industrial companies in MSCI France have led all other sectors in performance over the last four years: But is...
Today’s release of October producer price data by Spain revealed a dip into negative territory: Germany’ producer price data has been fluctuating around zero for much of the year so far, making a more definitive move downward beginning in August: Meanwhile, France and Italy are...
In addition to looking at individual companies in the relative strength point-and-figure methodology, we also have the ability to look at aggregates such as the MSCI World country indices.A quick look at the European countries reveals a disparate bunch.Some are in significant downtrends that will...
