EFA News and Press, iShares MSCI EAFE From 10/05/21

Risk-adjusted performance continued to rise in September for the Global Market Index (GMI), an unmanaged, market-value-weighted portfolio that holds all the major asset classes (except cash). GMI’s 0.97 Sharpe ratio is close to the highest levels reached in recent history. ...

The selloff across global developed market government bonds over the past two weeks is prompting many to dust off the old inflation playbooks. China is no longer exporting disinflation to the rest of the world. Many businesses have contracts that allow them to pass rising costs do...

Global Market Index is useful as a starting point for research on asset allocation and portfolio design. Predictions for the market components are subject to greater uncertainty compared with aggregating forecasts, a process that may cancel out some of the errors through time. Com...

InvestorPlace - Stock Market News, Stock Advice & Trading Tips The market has experienced increased volatility over the last few weeks. Investors are still nervous about COVID and inflation, plus new issues including the debt ceiling debate and a possibility of an Evergrande default i...

SPY remains the best place for my pension plan assets. SPY has outperformed IWM, EFA, and AGG for several months. AGG just crossed below its 10-month moving average which is considered bearish. For further details see: My Current View Of The S&P 500 Index: October 20...

U.S. equity markets staged a late-week rally to end a turbulent week with gains as concerns over instability in Chinese markets were offset by signs of resilient strength across US housing markets. Snapping a skid in which the benchmark average declined in 10-of-12 trading s...

We move to a cautious outlook on global equities. During September, we are continuing to see risk factors build while equity valuations remain at extraordinarily high levels. While global earnings estimates for 2021 have provided a strong tailwind for markets in 2021, this impetus is ...

EFA invests in a collection of developed market equities outside of the United States and Canada. A quick valuation gauge suggests global investors are under-weight equities in Europe, Australia, Asia, and the Far East, collectively. While I do not expect a sudden reversion, I thi...

All signs point towards an imminent withdrawal of central bank stimulus, globally. Meanwhile, the U.S. economy is headed for one of the largest fiscal cliffs ever. Global growth is slowing even before massive stimulus withdrawal. For further details see: Prepare For Turb...

To date, 2021 has been as almost good as it gets for equity investors. Any slowdown in growth has yet to feed into consensus earnings forecasts which have continued to increase over the summer. Investors have few high-yielding alternatives for as long as real and nominal bond yiel...