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Lets face facts: we live in a globalized world! And although we may consider ourselves American citizens, we’re also “citizens” of this new world. It is my contention that everyone should be diversifying wherever possible, and Trading on the European Stock Market represents an attractive alternative for doing so. To that end, I offer the following guidelines to assist in reading Europe Stock Markets as easily as American Stocks.

Point 1

It’s important to understand that the term Europe Stock Market is a misnomer. In actuality there is a bewildering array of exchanges compared to the United States. One example is OMX, which is composed of Nordic and Baltic exchanges representing Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. Another is Euronext, which is headquartered in Paris and represents Belgium, France, Holland, Portugal and the United Kingdom. Euronext (to name another example) is the second largest exchange in Europe, and aligned itself with the NYSE to create the first global exchange.

It is important to know that most of the countries not encompassed by Euronext or OMX will have at least one domestic exchange of their own, and some countries may have multiple exchanges that are not part of a pan-European group. For example, while Euronext does operate in the United Kingdom, the important London Stock Exchange is not part of it. Germany, the single largest economy in Europe, is not a part of any pan-European exchange, and operates three distinctly German exchanges: Deutsche Boerse, Eurex and the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. This can be a little confusing at first glance, but in reality it’s not too difficult to grasp. All you need to do is determine which countries are important to your interests, investigate their exchanges, and then focus on the exchanges that fit your criteria.

Point 2

Although there are a bewildering assortment of exchanges, its important to know that the lingo used by individual European Stock Exchange indexes is similar to its American counterpart. For example, there are company abbreviations, share prices, exchange composite levels and composite changes for the day. In addition, you’ll find that Traders speak a similar technical language regardless of local dialect.

Point 3

Understand that like all foreign exchanges, Europe stock markets are denominated in foreign currency. You might assume that we are speaking of the Euro, but that’s not always the case. As you’re probably aware, The United Kingdom, Sweden and Denmark do not use the Euro. They have opted to retain their traditional currencies. And other important European states, such as Russia, exist outside the European Union altogether and also maintain their own currencies.

Consider this:

The United Kingdom and Russia are two of the most important economies in Europe, and Sweden includes such international companies as Volvo and Ikea.

Your Europe Stock Market Strategy should definitely include these countries, so make sure you monitor at least one, and possibly more, currency exchange rates to make sense of the prices on a European stock market index, and this becomes even more important if you want to compare and contrast between them.

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