EFA News and Press, iShares MSCI EAFE From 03/15/22

Putin’s gamble, and the West’s response, has brought into view one of the few existential tail risks that isn’t a Black Swan: the risk of an escalation into war between Russia and NATO, and the exchange of nuclear weaponry. We also know that the war between Ukrain...

The global economy expanded for a twentieth straight month in February, according to the JPMorgan Global PMI™ with the rate of expansion accelerating from January's 18-month low as the COVID-19 Omicron wave showed signs of easing. Global GDP growth in Q1 2022 so far looks slowe...

More than $14 billion has flown into dividend-focused ETFs in the first two months of the year, compared to less than $2 billion over the same period in 2021. While the increased use of share buybacks for payouts is a global phenomenon, it is much more prevalent in large-cap U.S. equi...

An unprovoked military invasion and tragic humanitarian crisis continues to unfold in Ukraine. We may have surpassed a major secular inflection point in the global economy and financial markets. Risk asset prices have already been deteriorating for some time, and conditions may ge...

Emerging Markets are outperforming the rest of the world, due in large part to windfall profits in the commodities-exporting countries of South America and the Middle East. If you want to follow the money, this is a good place to start. Money has been flowing out of tech, consumer dis...

U.S. equity markets finished lower on another turbulent week as the Russian invasion of Ukraine triggered a historic surge in commodities prices and sparked a bid for safe-haven domestic assets. Now having declined in six of the nine weeks of 2022, the S&P 500 declined 1.3%, back ...

The most recent sanctions are wreaking havoc on global financial markets. The Russian ruble is also plunging, and the Russian economy is being squeezed. Most global equities are also down since the start of the war, and with investors on edge, volatility is spiking. The effects of thi...

While Covid remains a powerful force in the world economy and our lives, it does appear that the situation is improving in 2022. So, how did the stock funds react to the better news? By declining! Even if market timers could have predicted Covid and the economic effects, they were pro...

As the world reels from the crisis, the blowback is rippling across the world economy and markets. The current risk premia analysis implicitly recommends managing expectations down for GMI and other global multi-asset-class portfolios. The mean reversion factor is estimated as the...

SPY will receive 100% of my pension allocation in March. SPY remains above its 10 month moving average. All of the other ETFs that I follow are below their 10 month moving averages. For further details see: My Current View Of The S&P 500 Index: March 2022 Edition