ECNS News and Press, iShares MSCI China Small-Cap From 01/08/24

2024-01-08 18:50:00 ET Summary No economist’s work is more germane to Issues 2024 than the brilliant Minsky. The hedge fund industry had surpassed $500 billion by 2001, up from about $35 billion to begin the nineties. Global markets wasted no time signaling 2024 liquidi...

2024-01-06 12:15:00 ET Summary After rapid expansion in 2023, the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region is expected to be the fastest growing region of the world economy in 2024. Some improvement in East Asian exports will also support economic expansion. The APAC tourism industry is exp...

2024-01-06 03:55:00 ET Summary Global output growth accelerated slightly in December, according to the S&P Global PMI surveys, spurred by improved inflows of new orders. Recession risks remain most elevated in the eurozone, and business activity stagnated in Japan. Worldwi...

2024-01-04 01:25:00 ET Summary As the world continues its geopolitical rebalancing, the Asia-Pacific region faces potentially significant risks across the economic and political arenas in 2024. The indicators for these risks include the path of mainland China's economic recovery a...

2024-01-03 05:14:00 ET Summary Global manufacturing remained firmly in the doldrums in December, according to the latest JPMorgan Global Manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index compiled by S&P Global. Global manufacturing output fell for a seventh month running in December, a...

2024-01-03 03:41:00 ET Summary Global equity markets posted healthy gains in 2023, but investors enter the new year with many concerns. As macroeconomic uncertainty lingers after a year of extreme market concentration, equity allocations should be prepared for a range of scenarios...

2023-12-25 04:43:00 ET Summary The past year demonstrated something we’ve always believed, namely that blockchain is not synonymous with cryptocurrencies - it is far bigger than that. As 2023 draws to a close, investors are rejoicing over the prospects of a “soft lan...

2023-12-21 04:07:00 ET Summary After protracted weakness in manufacturing output and exports for many APAC industrial economies through most of 2023, there are early signs of improving momentum as the year draws to a close. After showing contraction each month between April and Oc...

2023-12-20 03:30:00 ET Summary China's economy is struggling through a multi-year downturn in the property market, a slump in manufacturing activity, and falling exports. A triple whammy of falling real estate and stock prices amid credit defaults has hurt household net worth and ...

2023-12-15 08:52:00 ET Summary Industrial output growth is very slowly picking up, though the data needs to be read with care. Retail sales are still providing support. But the real estate complex still looks very challenged. Our cautious conclusion from all of this is that Ch...