EEMA News and Press, iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Asia Index Fund From 08/08/23

2023-08-08 04:00:00 ET Summary Emerging markets are filled with opportunities for growth. EM equities started the second half of 2023 on a good note. All major equity benchmarks in the Latin American region also posted gains, with macroeconomic data taking centerstage in the r...

2023-08-02 23:43:00 ET Summary The JPMorgan Global Manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index compiled by S&P Global, held steady at 48.7 in July. Leading the weakness of global production was an intensification of the recent downturn in global goods trade. In this environme...

2023-07-31 02:57:00 ET Summary After a brief pullback in the first week, July is now back in positive territory. After taking a rest, the S&P Top 7 came roaring back. The most recent inflation and GDP reports were better than expected. In this week's issue of the...

2023-07-27 11:59:14 ET Summary The iShares MSCI India ETF is the most popular Indian-themed ETF in the market, but it has some flaws including high turnover, higher expense ratio, and low yield. India's GDP estimate for FY23 was recently revised upwards by the IMF, and the governm...

2023-07-26 01:56:00 ET Summary In 2022, North America and Western Europe scored highest on the democracy index, and Middle East and Africa scored the lowest. Much of Western Europe, Australia & New Zealand and Canada/United States fall into the least corrupt category, but corr...

2023-07-24 07:00:00 ET Summary Signs that market participation is broadening are continuing to show up. The best performer last week was Commodities, which finally caught a bid after a year-long slide. The worst-performing asset class last week was Asia, led lower by China. ...

2023-07-17 11:10:00 ET Summary We favor emerging market to developed market assets on a brighter macro backdrop. We get granular and harness mega forces, per our playbook. U.S. bond yields slumped last week on softer CPI inflation data. We think still-tight labor markets will comp...

2023-07-12 01:50:00 ET Summary ETFs remain a fraction of the total global financial market in both equities and fixed income, ranging from 4.2%-12.6% of equities and 0.4%-2.7% of fixed income assets by region. ETFs represent 12.6% of equity assets in the U.S., 8.0% in Europe, and ...

2023-07-03 23:50:00 ET Summary The JPMorgan Global Manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index compiled by S&P Global, registered 48.8 in June, down from 49.6 in May. The decline indicates an increasingly steep deterioration of business conditions, which have now worsened for ten...

2023-06-29 09:51:25 ET Summary The VanEck Vietnam ETF offers exposure to 46 Vietnamese stocks, primarily small-cap, and has an annual turnover rate higher than most ETFs, suggesting a significant part of its performance will be driven by the fund manager's timing. Despite a strong...