ECNS News and Press, iShares MSCI China Small-Cap From 02/19/24

2024-02-19 00:08:29 ET Summary In general, Chinese stocks quoted in Hong Kong are extremely cheap, and growth prospects for China remain strong. China's total debt-to-GDP ratio is driven by corporate debt, while the central government and households are not significantly indebted....

2024-02-17 22:19:00 ET Summary Could policymakers fall behind the curve? Rapid disinflation has fueled consensus expectations for significant rate cuts this year. But pushback from the US Federal Reserve on the timing of the first rate cut raises the possibility that policymakers coul...

2024-02-17 05:13:05 ET Summary January's CPI data confirm that inflation is anything but dead and buried. It's worth noting that despite January's notable 0.8% rise, Import Prices were still down 1.3% YOY. Medical Care Services gained 0.7%, with Health Insurance prices jumping...

2024-02-13 00:40:00 ET Summary Bull markets naturally climb a “wall of worry,” and the latest worries center around escalating wars, the presidential race, and delays in Fed rate cuts. Shipping disruptions in the Red Sea are not adversely impacting the U.S., but they...

2024-02-12 10:34:05 ET Summary The iShares MSCI China Small-Cap ETF provides exposure to small caps in China's equity market. Weak investor sentiment, unfavorable macro conditions, and the ongoing turmoil in the Chinese real estate sector suggest that small-cap Chinese firms are l...

2024-02-10 05:11:50 ET Summary China's consumer prices fell last month at the fastest pace since the global financial crisis, piling pressure on the government to step-up support for a stumbling economic rebound that's roiling markets. Total New Loans of a record $684 billion were...

2024-02-10 01:55:00 ET Summary A third consecutive monthly acceleration in global output growth was supported by faster emerging market expansion. Emerging markets continued to lead growth at the start of the year, with improvements seen in India and Brazil, while mainland China a...

2024-02-08 11:30:00 ET Summary China's January CPI inflation was weaker than forecast at -0.8% YoY, which marks the lowest level since September 2009. We expect this to mark the bottom of the current cycle. China's pork cycle also indicates that the drag from pork prices will ...

2024-02-07 19:18:00 ET Summary Global output growth accelerated for a third straight month in January, according to the S&P Global PMI surveys. Financial services reported by far the strongest expansion of the major industries tracked by the global PMI, fueled in turn by resur...

2024-02-07 18:49:00 ET Summary Chinese equities are extremely cheap and priced for bad news. We believe this environment may present opportunities for active managers. Valuation-focused and contrarian, opportunistic managers are rotating into China, focusing on beaten-down interne...