Europe’s unloved stocks are suddenly on top of the world
Live MintEurope’s economy is stuck in the doldrums and President Trump’s threat to hit the trade-dependent region next with tariffs risks making things worse. European indexes haven’t outpaced U.S. counterparts by such a wide mark at the start of a year since 2015, according to Dow Jones Market Data. Some of the world’s best-performing large stocks this year include European banks like Société Générale and Banco Santander, and the luxury houses Burberry and Richemont. The eurozone ended 2024 with zero economic growth, and Trump said this week that he would hit the European Union “pretty soon" with tariffs, after initially focusing on Canada, Mexico and China. However, while Trump’s tariff threats have been brushed off so far by investors, they remain a major risk for the European rally, said Altaf Kassam, Europe head of investment strategy and research at State Street Global Advisors.
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