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Eurozone Stocks Rally While the Euro Stays Flat
In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore a quiet but striking divergence: eurozone equities are climbing — the broad Vanguard fund is up 1.9 percent in five days — while the euro itself trades flat against the dollar, near 1.15. Why aren't currency markets celebrating the same good news? The conversation digs into the July jobs report showing an unexpected loss of 23,000 jobs in the U.S., a trade-weighted dollar index at 119.7, and how a soft dollar narrative is failing to materialize. Lucas explains the mechanics: eurozone stocks benefit from a weaker euro for exporters, but the currency…
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