AFK News and Press, VanEck Vectors-Africa Index From 06/14/25

2025-06-14 03:00:00 ET After a decade of rapid growth of foreign direct investment (FDI) into both Gulf Cooperation Council ((GCC)) states and North Africa, FDI flows face a slowdown in 2025, given investor uncertainties reflecting changing US trade policies, lower oil prices, and more ...

2025-05-21 02:55:00 ET Summary Tariff and trade-related risks and uncertainties have diminished, but not disappeared. The reductions in US and Chinese tariffs were agreed faster and went further than assumed in our May forecast update. The front-loading of activity to avoid ex...

2025-04-30 14:25:00 ET Summary International diversification remains a winning strategy for equities so far this year. The top-performing region: central and Eastern Europe via a closed-end fund. US stocks are the downside outlier this year, posting a 5.1% year-to-date decline...

2025-04-03 07:04:02 ET Asia Takes Big Tariffs Hit: Vietnam, Thailand Most Affected How To Make Sense Of Trump's 'Tough Love' Tariffs S&P 500: Post-Tariffs Playbook, Let's Move To Tax Cuts Scott Bessent advises countries not to retaliate to Trump's tariffs ...

2025-03-29 05:45:51 ET Summary A disconcerting environment turned notably more so this week, with market instability becoming more serious. The longer the Trump administration ignores mounting market distress, the clearer it becomes that moving full speed ahead with agenda priorit...

2025-03-25 02:40:19 ET Summary Tariffs are the centerpiece of a radical plan of U.S. reindustrialization and self-sufficiency - fundamental to MAGA. With already elevated inflation at risk of a tariff and trade-war acceleration, central bankers and their QE cure-all will confront ...

2025-03-20 02:50:00 ET Summary The proliferation of tariffs and related uncertainties raise the risk of a global hard landing. Fiscal developments in Germany are a rare bright spot for eurozone growth prospects. Amid more volatile financial market conditions, the US doll...

2025-03-15 04:10:18 ET Summary The thesis holds that a multi-decade super cycle Credit Bubble - over recent years succumbing to 'terminal phase excess' - has turned increasingly fragile. Treasury Securities increased $589 billion during Q4, with a one-year growth of $2.040 TN. ...

2025-03-08 03:30:35 ET Summary The term exorbitant privilege refers to the benefits the United States has due to its own currency (the US dollar) being the international reserve currency. In the U.S., policymakers overcame bouts of speculative excess and fragility, ready to mitiga...

2025-03-01 05:00:30 ET Summary A challenge to focus on market analysis after viewing the most disturbing Oval Office spectacle of our lifetimes. President Trump and VP Vance just put Zelensky in his place at the White House and the world is stunned by what they just witnessed. ...