Monday, July 18, 2016

Bonddad's Monday Linkfest

Sector Performance For the Last Week




6-Month Charts of the Major Sector ETF




Seven sectors have broken through resistance.


“It’s the most serious, difficult issue facing the country for 50 years,” said John Bruton, 69, who was Irish prime minister between 1994 and 1997 and later served as the EU’s ambassador to the U.S.

Exporters have warned the plummeting pound will erode earnings and economic growth, just as a recovery had taken hold after the 2010 international bailout that followed the banking meltdown. Irish shares have declined, not least because the U.K. is the top destination for the country’s exports after the U.S. and the biggest for its services.

Meantime, Prime Minister Enda Kenny is fending off demands by Northern Irish nationalists for a reunification poll as he comes to terms with the loss of a key EU ally and plotters from his own party try to topple him. Then there’s the future of the U.K.’s only land border with the EU.




Ireland's Annual GDP Growth



Ireland's Total Trade




1-Year Chart of Ireland ETF