My quote of the day last Thursday spoke to an improving Euro Zone economy. Looks like earnings support the narrative, as do investment flows:
Europe Starts Earnings Season With a Bang, Leaving U.S. Behind(Bloomberg) — No false dawn this time. After years of disappointments, European companies are finally living up to market expectations, enjoying their best season in almost seven years as earnings per share grow at more than twice the pace of their U.S. counterparts. About a third into Europe’s first-quarter earnings season, companies listed on the Stoxx Europe 600 Index have so far reported a 24 percent jump in EPS year over year …
Investors Are Pouring Money Into European Stocks Like It’s 2015{Bloomberg) — The evaporation of political risk in Europe is seeing money managers rush into the region’s stocks at a clip not seen since the year the equities last surged to an all-time high. Buoyed by relief over the outcome of the French first-round vote, investors poured $2.4 billion into European equity funds in the week through April 26, the most since December 2015 …