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Criteo SA (ADR) (NASDAQ: CRTO), a French digital performance marketing company, saw its stock soar higher by nearly 30 percent on Wednesday in reaction to its fourth-quarter results and prompted an equity analyst to upgrade the stock. The Analyst KeyBanc Capital Markets' Andy Hargreaves...

Experienced dividend investors know not to confine their search for consistent, growing payouts to U.S. stocks. After all, about half of the world's dividend-paying stocks are tied to companies based outside the U.S. Fortunately, many of the premier sources of ex-US dividend growth and yield...

The eyes of the world will be turned toward Paris on Thursday when President Donald Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron square off for The Handshake: Part Deux. The two leaders engaged in a white-knuckle, teeth-gritting “death grip” instigated mainly by Macron during a May 25...

A clear victory for the centrists in France and the stunning loss of a legislative majority by the right in Britain begs the question: Is there a backlash to the populism that put President Donald Trump in power and influences politics through much of the democratic world? In a word, maybe. It does...

With political risk muted, at least for the moment, and European stocks looking attractively valued relative to their U.S. counterparts, investors have multiple reasons to consider the region's equities and exchange traded funds such as the SPDR EURO STOXX 50 ETF (NYSE: FEZ). The Importance Of...

With all the attention being paid the recent election in France, it is somewhat understandable that South Korea's own national election went overlooked by U.S. investors. What shouldn't be overlooked is the fact that South Korean stocks are on a scorching pace and the iShares MSCI South Korea...

The outcome was already baked into French assets and the euro, but allegedly liberal France did an allegedly liberal thing by electing male socialist Emmanuel Macron over a female candidate as the next president of the eurozone's second-largest economy. Macron's Victory Over Le Pen The euro...

As is now widely known, the May 7 French runoff election will pit centrist Emmanuel Macron against far right candidate Marie Le Pen. Apparently, European assets and financial markets not only like this matchup, but are pricing in a Macron victory because French stocks and the related exchange...

Priceline Group Inc (NASDAQ: PCLN) soared to all-time highs Monday on a 2.6-percent spike, coincidentally timed with — or perhaps on the tailwind of — the history-shaping French election. With National Front candidate Marine Le Pen advocating a Brexit-like break from the European Union...

The first round of France's national election is over to the delight of investors. Centrist Emmanuel Macron and far-right nationalist Marine Le Pen will move on to the second round of voting in early May. Here is a summary of what analysts are saying about the election results and the surge in...

European equities moved notably higher Monday morning while U.S. equity future indices were similarly pointing to a stronger open following the results from the first round of national elections in France. Global investors were keeping a close eye on the France national elections, particularly the...

The polls open for the first round of voting in France’s presidential election Sunday, and depending on who ultimately wins, the country could undergo as seismic a political shift as the U.S. did with the election of President Donald Trump. The leading candidates — Emmanuel Macron,...

Germany is the eurozone's largest economy, and amid concerns about the upcoming election in France, the possibility of elections in Italy and Germany's own national election slated for later this year, German stocks are performing admirably in 2017. Even with the euro trading slightly...

France, the eurozone's second-largest economy behind Germany, will be holding one of the developed world's most widely watch national elections this year. Later this month, French voters head to the polls with the expected outcome being a May run-off involving far right candidate Marie Le...

France's national election to determine the head of state could be confusing for many given its multi-round voting system. One thing is clear, according to analysts at Citigroup: a surprise victory for Marine Le Pen over Emmanuel Macron could have devastating effects on French bank stocks....