“You can lead a man to Congress, but you can't make him think.” -- Milton Berle

If you are either an investor or trader looking for a good place to put a bet down for 2013, you may not need to look much further than the eurozone.

The first question you may ask is: But in which direction? Read more about ETF Periscope: Last Word on the New Year: Eurozone Remains a Downward Opportunity

“If all the economists were laid end to end, they'd never reach a conclusion.” -- George Bernard Shaw

Wall Street inarguably had what turned out to be a rather rough week, experiencing two days of a sharp, post-election sell-off that surely put the Bulls on high alert. Read more about ETF Periscope: Bad Economic Numbers Mean a Good Time to Short the Eurozone

“Every man's life ends the same way. It is only the details of how he lived and how he died that distinguish one man from another.” --  Ernest Hemingway

One is left to wonder if European Central Bank (ECB) President Mario Draghi intended to move the markets when he proclaimed that “he would do whatever it takes to save the euro.”  It is somehow hard to believe that someone who serves as head of arguably the second most important central bank on the planet would not be cognizant of how his words would impact global investors in such volatile times.  Read more about ETF Periscope: Market Shrugs Off ECB Disappointment

"I have noticed even people who claim everything is predestined, and that we can do nothing to change it, look before they cross the road.” --Stephen Hawking Read more about ETF Periscope: Wall Street Banks on Greek Order, But Volatility Continues to Lurk

“One's destination is never a place but rather a new way of looking at things.” -- Henry Miller

Investors seemed to have regained their collective mojo, powering the S&P 500 Index (SPX) back up to the 1400 mark for the first time in three weeks. The upward move by SPX was fueled mostly by better-than-expected first quarter earnings, which increased the bottom line for the benchmark index by 1.8% on the week. Read more about ETF Periscope: As Wall Street Eyes Earnings, This is a Good Time to Place a Bet on Eurozone

Let Sleeping PIIGS Lie

by Daniel Sckolnik of ETF Periscope

“If to do were as easy as to know what were good to do, chapels had been churches, and poor men's cottages princes' palaces.” ~ William Shakespeare Read more about ETF Periscope: Let Sleeping PIIGS Lie