BZF News and Press, WisdomTree Brazilian Real Strategy Fund From 04/13/20

Overview: European financial centers remain closed for the extended holiday, helping to make for a quiet start to the week. The big economic news over the weekend was the confirmation of the OPEC+ deal. The price of crude opened higher in Asia, but ahead of the US open, May WTI is little cha...

Official actions have succeeded in stabilizing the capital markets, even as much of the world's economy remains locked down, and the hardships faced by households and businesses intensify. In the middle part of last month, the markets were as dysfunctional as they have ever been. Volatility ...

Overview: Reports suggesting that some of the hot spots for the virus contagion appear to be leveling off, and this is helping underpin risk appetites today. The curve seems to be flattening in Italy, Spain, and France. In the US, there are some early signs of leveling off in NY, and now, th...

Overview There is no reprieve for investors. Equities are falling sharply. Nearly all the Asia-Pacific markets slumped but Australia. Chinese markets fared better than most, but the Nikkei was off 4.5%, and India was down almost as much in late dealings. Europe's Dow Jones Stoxx 600 is off m...

By Philip Lawlor, managing director, Global Markets Research US investors have been licking their wounds from their overseas returns as the weakness in non-US currencies have significantly affected returns. The chart below, which compares global equity returns since the peak in global equi...

Overview Bottom-picking after officials step up efforts and some optimism creeps in is helping lift spirits today. As one looks at the equity bounces, it is important to remember that among the biggest rallies take place in bear markets. Nearly all the bourses in Asia-Pacific rallied, led by...

Introduction In the past few weeks, the constant growing uncertainty around COVID-19 has rattle investors’ confidence and led to a global panic with massive repercussions on markets. World equities are now down over 30 percent since their February peak, and global stock and bond mar...

By Chris Turner , Global Head of Markets and Regional Head of Research for UK & CEE & Francesco Pesole , FX Strategist In the current environment, highly vulnerable risk-sensitive currencies may face a further hit due to their low liquidity characteristics. Norway's kron...

Overview A new phase of the market turmoil is at hand. Bonds are no longer proving to be the safe haven for investors fleeing stocks. The tremendous fiscal and monetary efforts, with more likely to come, have sparked a dramatic rise in yields. Meanwhile, equities are getting crushed again. S...

The epicenter of the tremendous financial earthquake in 2008 and 2009 was in the US. There are many critics of the actions of the US (government and central bank), but it responded relatively early and relatively aggressively. The net result was FIFO as in first in, first out. It was that ...