EFA News and Press, iShares MSCI EAFE From 01/24/24

2024-01-24 05:00:00 ET Summary Fiscal dominance is an economic condition that arises when debts and deficits are so high that monetary policy loses traction. EM central bank policy rates were consistently higher, and EM central banks were earlier to the latest global hiking cycle....

2024-01-16 20:56:00 ET Summary Emerging markets will also be looking closely at economic conditions in mainland China, which will be a key determinant of broader emerging market growth in 2024. A key reason for diverging emerging and developed market performance was the marked var...

2024-01-16 16:00:00 ET Summary The dollar remains in a short-term downtrend that started in October 2022. The short-term downtrend has to be viewed in the context of the intermediate and longer-term uptrends. The trend of the dollar can have a big impact on market returns and ...

2024-01-11 03:41:00 ET Summary Economic growth is now cooling as global monetary tightening gradually takes its toll. Most central bankers have now adopted a more dovish stance, and rate cuts are likely in 2024. Rate cuts failing to materialize may drive extended U.S. Treasury...

2024-01-09 03:30:00 ET Summary The basic materials sector continued to record the sharpest downturn in goods trade according to more detailed sub-sector data. Measured across both goods and services, trade deteriorated across all the top 10 economies with the exception of India. ...

2023-12-30 06:10:54 ET Summary I maintain a 100% allocation to the SPDR S&P 500 ETF in my pension plan. I outperformed the S&P 500 index in December and met my investment objectives. My strategy of using moving average crossover and relative strength charts guides my a...

2023-12-28 03:01:00 ET Summary International equity markets are ending the year participating in the rally in global risk assets. Global economic growth is likely to slow further in 2024, particularly in the first half, with the growth of most economies continuing to undershoot th...

2023-12-27 14:35:28 ET Summary Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US Small-Cap Index Fund ETF Shares is invested in over 4000 small and mid-cap stocks from developed and emerging markets. The VSS ETF is well-diversified across countries, sectors and holdings, and shows a better-than-avera...

2023-12-19 10:45:00 ET Summary The US dollar appears to have peaked and leading economic indicators in the developed world appear to have stabilized. The job market is cooling at a market-friendly pace, easing fears of a wage-price spiral. Small-cap stocks have tended to outpe...

2023-12-15 03:30:00 ET Summary The inverted yield curve remains anomalous. The dollar’s weakness against emerging market currencies mostly reflected monetary policy differences. The bear case for high yield has been based on credit spreads. Structured credit valuati...