Mario Draghi

Over the weekend, Greek voters elected the radical leftist Syriza party into power. The outcome wreaked havoc on European markets, causing the euro to dip below $1.11 and sending 10-year government bond yields across the bloc tumbling. Many worry that the party’s bold demands will...

Scoreboard It was a green week on Wall Street but it ended on a somewhat sour note. On Thursday, the ECB fired the bazooka they've been promising for two years and it was a whopper topping expectations. The eurozone will benefit from bond buying for an opened ended period of time. This...

The European Central Bank announced its anticipated €1 trillion quantitative easing program Thursday. The ECB will make monthly asset purchases of €60 billion through September 2016, and possibly beyond, in an effort to fulfill its “price stability mandate” and achieve 2...

Investors are eager for more clues about the European Central Bank’s plans for next week’s policy meeting. The bank has been hinting at the possibility of a large-scale quantitative easing program for months, saying that the governing council is willing and ready to intervene if need...

Although there were a few emerging markets that performed better than America in 2014, among developed economies, no one came close to the performance of U.S. equities. Ron Insana, CNBC contributor and Marketfy Maven, recently discussed why the U.S. is still among the best places to invest...

There are many sayings that are used to describe movements in the financial markets. For example, “Sell in May and go away” and the “January Effect” are two of the most common ones. One that is applicable to the current time period is the “Santa Claus rally....

The euro slumped even lower on Wednesday with just a day to go before the European Central Bank was set to meet and discuss the region’s monetary policies. The common currency traded at $1.2329 at 9:00 GMT as poor data from the region raised speculation that the ECB could decide to make a...

The euro began the week below $1.24 on speculation that the European Central Bank will ease further at its December meeting. The common currency traded at $1.2378 at 7:00 GMT on Monday morning as investors analyzed comments made on Friday by ECB President Mario Draghi. The Wall Street Journal...

U.S. stocks ended the week higher as investors were encouraged by announcements in Europe and China. The European Central Bank outlined plans to expand its asset purchase programs by "altering the size, pace and composition of our purchases" if inflation shows signs that it could stay...

The euro was steady above $1.25 on Wednesday as investors waited for the U.S. Federal Reserve to release its meeting minutes later in the day. The common currency traded at $1.2528 as investors continued to speculate that the European Central Bank would move in the opposite direction of the Fed...

Perhaps the biggest surprise of the day Monday wasn't the fact that Japan suddenly finds itself back in a recession. Nor the fact that the Bank of England's Mark Carney began to publicly fret about deflation. Or that Super Mario started talking about QE again. Or even that David...

The euro was steady at $1.25 at 7:00 GMT on Tuesday morning despite comments from the ECB’s Mario Draghi on Monday. The common currency has been under pressure recently as the region’s financials indicate that the region will need more stimulus from its central bank in order to stay...