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Stocks of big U.S. banks have surged in 2012 after falling to depressed levels during the financial crisis. Optimists say the shares remain cheap, but others think falling interest margins and regulatory burdens will end...

Europe's poor economic outlook could drag on the euro in 2013, but it is the actions of the ECB and its peers that will largely determine how it trades, analysts and investors say.

For the fourth year in a row, European utility stocks' total shareholder return has underperformed the broader market.