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Bank Confidence In Eurozone on Slow Path To Recovery

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Mark Melin
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Consumer confidence in Eurozone banks, particularly in countries requiring bailouts, remains near all time lows, according to a Gallup survey.

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While confidence in financial institutions and banks stood near 60 percent before bailouts in many countries, including Portugal, Ireland and Cyprus, that number slipped after the crisis and remains low.  In Portugal, 35 percent express confidence in their financial institutions, with only 9 percent express confidence in Spain.

The latest results from the Eurozone come as banks in the US have a positive image for the first times since 2007, a separate

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Mark Melin is an alternative investment practitioner whose specialty is recognizing the impact of beta market environment on a technical trading strategy. A portfolio and industry consultant, wrote or edited three books including High Performance Managed Futures (Wiley 2010) and The Chicago Board of Trade’s Handbook of Futures and Options (McGraw-Hill 2008) and taught a course at Northwestern University's executive education program.