EFA News and Press, iShares MSCI EAFE From 08/21/22

U.S. equity markets failed to extend their weekly winning streak as hawkish commentary from Fed officials sparked renewed pressure on bonds and sent benchmark interest rates back to four-week highs. Following a four-week rally that had erased over half of the benchmark's year-to-date ...

Ex-US stocks are a bargain right now after a big 2022 drop, but that doesn't mean traders and investors should buy EFA. EFA features big relative weakness since the June 16 stock market bottom. There are cheaper alternatives that investors should own rather than the high expense r...

Stocks have been full of zeal over the past month. Is the rally sustainable? Or is a pullback imminent? Fundamental, technical, and mechanical headwinds. An important caveat. Full of zeal The U.S. stock market has had a phenomenal past month. After bottoming on J...

Coming together for an extraordinary experience. Five key takeaways for the second half of 2022 and beyond. Thoughts on fishing in Maine and current portfolio allocation. Remember this age-old question? If you could pick three people to invite to dinner, who would ...

With inflation at multi-decade highs in many countries and pressures broadening beyond food and energy prices, policymakers have pivoted toward tighter policy. Stable prices are a crucial prerequisite for sustained economic growth. The high uncertainty clouding the economic and in...

Global economic growth slowed to a crawl in July, according to the latest PMI survey data, led by the developed world falling into contraction for the first time in two years. Emerging market growth as a whole consequently remained broadly resilient at one of the fastest rates seen ov...

Output fell in the United States, Eurozone, UK and Japan, while mainland China saw a reduced rate of expansion and the rest of Asia as a whole likewise mustered only modest growth. The global manufacturing PMI survey's Output Index signaled stalled production in July. The worsenin...

Many of the downside risks flagged in our April World Economic Outlook have begun to materialize. Despite slowing activity, global inflation has been revised up, in part due to rising food and energy prices. As advanced economies raise interest rates to fight inflation, financial ...

July’s rally was led by a rebound in growth stocks: The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite was the strongest major U.S. index, followed by the small-cap Russell 2000. All S&P 500 sectors were positive in July. International stocks underperformed the U.S. by a fairly wide margi...

We highlight the top three behavioral biases to avoid in the new, volatile market regime - and give tips on how investors can try to overcome them. Stocks rallied and yields fell last week after markets concluded the Fed’s pace of rate hikes will slow. We are less sanguine and ...