CEW News and Press, WisdomTree Emerging Currency Strategy Fund From 06/22/22

Yesterday’s strong US equity gains failed to carry over into today’s session. After a quiet local session yesterday, the dollar went bid against the yen in the European morning and accelerated to JPY136.70 into the North American close. The surge in US equities helpe...

The value of the British pound continues to fall against the U.S dollar as U.S. policymakers continue to keep a tighter rein on things than British policymakers. This is not a new phenomenon, but the actions of the British that support this weaker currency just point to what U.S. poli...

Better-than-expected Chinese data and an unscheduled ECB meeting are the highlights ahead of the North American session that features the May US retail sales report and other high frequency data before the outcome of the FOMC meeting. Today's data dump showed that the Chinese economy ...

The prospect of a more aggressive Federal Reserve policy has spurred a sharp sell-off in global equities and bonds and sent the dollar sharply higher. The UK economy unexpectedly contracted by 0.3% in April. It was the second consecutive monthly contraction. The US dollar is exten...

One of the ways to make portfolios more resilient to inflation right now is owning the currencies of large commodity exporters, both in developed and in emerging markets. One other expression of the theme is by directly trading commodity curves, especially the longer end of the oil fu...

It certainly has been an extraordinary period of weakness for the bond market with the most rapid rising yields that we’ve seen in decades. But the other side of the coin is that now that yields are at these higher levels, bonds represent a much more interesting investment oppo...

After modest US equity gains yesterday, the weaker yen and Beijing’s approval of 60 new video games helped lift most of the large markets in the Asia Pacific region. South Korea and India were notable exceptions. Sterling posted a bullish outside up day yesterday, trading on bo...

The search for value is on, particularly in short to medium duration. We believe yield translates into return potential, and it’s an opportune time to assess current yields in the context of the durability (or lack thereof) of the Fed’s recently aggressive monetary polic...

Global disequilibrium is the general state of the world. The U.S. dollar retains its position as the perceived strong currency in the world, the "safe haven" people can count on. This is not going to change in the near term. For further details see: The U.S. Dollar: Stro...

The US dollar is up 12 % against the euro over the last year. Floating currencies serve the useful purpose of allowing each country to pursue the monetary policy that suits its own circumstances. The most likely victims of a strengthening dollar are not other major advanced econom...