A lack of economic data points has not stopped the Euro’s recent rise, as the higher-risk currency was recently trading at 1.2823 against the U.S. Dollar, a gain of more than 1.31%. Investor optimism, although a temporary occurrence at best, comes from an old source – Portugal, one of the original troubled economies in the Eurozone. The financially-strapped Portugal today sold EUR2.5 billion in variable length sovereign debt at yields that were still elevated, but lower than previously. Read more