Europe is not recovering like markets had hoped in 2013, and there's little mystery as to why. The peripheral PIIGs are debt-ridden and core countries like France are severely under-performing. Charles Gave has an interesting take on the continent, stemming from his statement that "Germans might as well load much of their auto exports headed to eurozone countries on to a boat and sink it outside of Hamburg."
The reasoning behind that statement may seem preposterous, but it bears out in a macroeconomic analysis. According to Gave, Germany is selling Audis...


