DFJ News and Press, WisdomTree Japan SmallCap Fund From 02/24/23

Summary Disinflation trends are struggling and now Wall Street will look to see if improving manufacturing and service activity will further fuel pricing pressures. Eurozone: While headline inflation has been falling, core remains at the peak and policymakers are unlikely to ease off th...

Summary Provisional PMI survey data for February indicate encouraging resilience of the major developed economies of the world, with reviving output growth in the US and Europe allaying fears of near-term recessions. Growth was recorded in all four economies for the first time since Jun...

Summary For a fourth consecutive month, the S&P Global Market Intelligence forecast of 2023 global economic growth has been revised upward. Global consumer price inflation eased from a peak of 8.3% year on year (y/y) in September 2022 to an estimated 7.5% in January. The global ...

Summary Despite the varying themes across Japan and Australia, economies for which flash PMI data are available, the common theme shared by both economies has been one of falling demand in February. An expected side-effect of the easing demand is softening price pressures, but this was ...

Summary The latest round of economic data (retail sales, CPI, PPI, jobless claims) are all signaling more Fed rate hikes are coming. A quiet week for the UK with the early part bringing PMIs from the services and manufacturing sectors and the latter BoE appearances. This week’...

Summary Stocks have posted solid gains since they started to recover from last year’s painful crash. Policy trends that drive currency moves and macroeconomic growth differ around the world. Disciplined stock selection can help investors achieve effective global diversificati...

Summary In this post, I will focus on trend lines in profitability at companies in 2022, with the intent of addressing multiple questions. While absolute profits are a useful measure of profitability, you have to scale profits to a common scaling variable, to compare companies of differ...

Summary The Bank of Japan looks set to change its ultra-loose policy as inflation takes root. We see spillover risks to global yields, risk appetite and Japanese stocks. Global stocks fell last week and U.S. Treasury yields rose across the curve as markets partly priced out Federal Rese...

Summary Since the FOMC meeting, the US dollar has enjoyed one of the strongest bounces since it topped out in late September/early October. Market positioning was part of the pre-conditions that led to the surge. Ironically, good news on the economic performances may weigh on stocks and...

Summary The Valentine’s Day inflation report is the main event of this week. Investors will pay close attention to Fed speak after the January inflation report. In the EU, central bank speak as ever remains key with President Lagarde on Wednesday the standout. GDP figures...