CEW News and Press, WisdomTree Emerging Currency Strategy Fund From 09/30/21

Leverage can be a double-edged sword, as it can be positive, but also represents a source of risk. Emerging market equities also hold attractive valuations. Cash flows are another reason why we like emerging markets. For further details see: 3 Reasons We Remain Bullish O...

Interest rates, ostensibly the fuel behind the dollar's surge, pulled back a little in the US yesterday. However, the greenback's rally continued, lifting it to new highs for the year against sterling, the euro, and yen. The US dollar spiked to a three-month high yesterday against...

The post-lockdown recovery has been powerful, and most developed economies have seen double-digit gross domestic product (GDP) rebounds from 2020 lows. The reopening trade should resume in coming months. The cyclical stocks that comprise the value factor are reporting stronger earning...

Sterling is the weakest major currency this month and yesterday's drop of more than 1.1% was the largest in over a year. The looming debt ceiling may have encouraged some banks to avoid the T-bills that expire in mid-October and push more funds into the reverse repo facility, which sa...

Rising energy prices and yields are helping lift the US dollar and weighing on equities. November WTI has pushed above $76, while Brent traded above $80, and natural gas is up for the fourth consecutive session, during which time it has risen by about 25%. The US 10-year yield has...

The market's reaction to the FOMC statement was going according to our script, with the dollar backing off on a buy rumor sell the fact type of activity until Powell provided an end date for the tapering (mid-2022) before providing a start date (maybe next month). Emerging market curr...

Investors' mood did not improve over the weekend, and the lack of risk appetites is rippling through the capital markets today. Equities have tumbled, yields have backed off, and the dollar is well bid. Hong Kong and Australia led the sell-off in the Asia Pacific region, off 3.3% ...

The sixth decline of the S&P 500 in the past seven sessions set a negative tone for equity trading in the Asia Pacific region, and the poor Chinese data did not help matters. UK August consumer inflation rose more than expected, and this is pushing the market in the direction it w...

Europe's Dow Jones Stoxx 600 is snapping a three-day slide, while the US S&P 500 and Dow are poised to end their five-day drop and the Nasdaq, a three-day fall. In the foreign exchange markets, the Norwegian krone and Canadian dollar bid, while the sterling, the euro, and Swiss fr...

China's August CPI was softer than expected, while the PPI was higher than anticipated. The euro peaked after the US jobs data at the end of last week, poking above $1.19 for the first time since late July. The US dollar spiked from CAD1.2520 on Monday to CAD1.2760 yesterday. ...