AAXJ News and Press, iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan Index Fund From 04/22/23

2023-04-22 02:25:00 ET Summary China’s GDP in the first quarter came in considerably stronger than expected, raising hopes for the global economy and equity markets. The economic rebound in the first quarter, at 4.5% y/y, was led by the domestic consumption and services sec...

2023-04-15 05:08:00 ET Summary Global business activity rose in March at the fastest rate for nine months. The latest reading is broadly indicative of worldwide GDP rising at a robust quarterly annualized rate of approximately 3.0%, helping to further allay worries of the global e...

2023-04-14 03:00:00 ET Summary Most ETF trading activity occurs in the secondary market, where ETF shares change hands between buyers and sellers. March 2023 saw a number of shocks to global financial markets, including bank bailouts and the prolonged effects of a heightened inter...

2023-04-12 01:39:00 ET Summary We believe that beyond China, EMs offer an attractive and differentiated opportunity set - one which drove our launch of our EM ex China Growth strategy. Ex China, EMs have much more technology (particularly semiconductor and broad hardware), materia...

2023-04-09 23:56:00 ET Summary As the year progresses, the 2023 outlook has become murkier rather than clearer. The US economy significantly outperformed our expectations in 1Q. We expect policymakers in China to emphasize domestic drivers of demand in their efforts to boost g...

2023-03-29 17:19:39 ET Summary BABA thrilled the global stock markets by announcing plans to split into six different companies. As an ETF wonk, that prompted me to drill down to identify a variety of ways to capitalize on further BABA success, via ETFs that own it. I think my...

2023-03-26 06:25:00 ET Summary In the week since the Silicon Valley Bank bankruptcy, global authorities have stepped in starting with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Swiss National Bank, the People’s Bank of China, and the US Federal Reserve, offering lifelines o...

2023-03-08 08:49:00 ET Summary Stocks, bonds and key commodity prices broadly fell in February as investors revised up expectations for policy rate peaks amid surprisingly resilient inflation and global economic data. Of the four largest emerging markets, only Taiwan continued to ...

2023-03-08 04:53:00 ET Summary Global business activity rose in February at the fastest rate for eight months, according to the JPMorgan Global PMI. The improvement has helped allay global recession fears, and came as a positive surprise to the markets. Consumer services outpe...

Summary Diversifying into global markets ex-US has been a frustrating choice for asset allocation for much of the past decade. So far in the new year, Europe is the leader. American shares as a percentage of global equities market capitalization have surged over the past decade. ...