BKF News and Press, iShares MSCI BRIC Index Fund From 05/14/19

Here's some of the standout charts on my radar. I aim to pick a good mix of charts covering key global macro trends, and ones which highlight risks and opportunities across asset classes. Hope you enjoy them as much as I do. 1. OECD Leading Indicators -- EM vs DM: With EM equities under pr...

Pretty much anything that could go wrong, did go wrong on Monday. We're barely two hours into the US cash session as I write this, so there's plenty of time for things to turn around, but a weekend's worth of recriminatory bombast from the Trump administration and a barrage of accusations em...

If developed markets crashed, could investors see a potential rally in emerging markets? While it’s an unlikely scenario, it’s not without precedent explains Hedgeye Macro analyst Darius Dale in the video below. You could go back to 2002 when China was first taki...

The latest data, released this week by Markit under their PMI headings, show that the global slowdown in the manufacturing sector has entered into its 6th consecutive quarter in the first month of 2Q 2019. In line with this momentum, BRIC economies overall, with exception (for now) of Russia a...

Q1 2019 Services PMIs for BRIC economies came in signaling no change on 4Q 2018 and converging to the Global Services PMI reading. Brazil Services PMI averaged 52.3 in 1Q 2019, a gain on 51.2 in 4Q 2018, and the highest quarterly reading since 1Q 2013 when it stood at exactly the same readin...

Q1 2019 Manufacturing PMIs for BRIC economies came in as effectively flat on 4Q 2018 and relatively in line with the collapsing Global Manufacturing PMI. Brazil Manufacturing PMI averaged 53.0 in 1Q 2019, a gain on 52.1 in 4Q 2018, and the highest quarterly reading since 1Q 2011. Russia Ma...

In January-February 2019, Global manufacturing PMI sunk to its lowest reading since 2Q 2016, averaging 50.7 over the first two months of the year. With it, the slowdown has also been impacting the BRIC economies. Overall, BRIC Manufacturing PMIs averaged 41.2 in 4Q 2018 based on each country s...

Across-the-board gains continue to mark this year's results for global equity markets, based on a set of exchange-traded funds that track the world's major regions and countries. At the top of the performance list so far in 2019: stocks in China, Latin America and Africa. The strongest incre...

Emerging market debt ((EMD)) has rallied sharply this year, bouncing back from a tough 2018. Is now a good time to add exposure? We would be buyers on any material sell-offs, as we see fundamentals remaining supportive in coming quarters. Our overall view on emerging markets (EMs) favors equit...

Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication in the stock market. At the end of the day, it all comes down to what to buy and when to buy it. You basically want to buy undervalued stocks and, ideally, you want to buy those undervalued stocks when they start moving higher. iShares MSCI Emerging ...