EFA News and Press, iShares MSCI EAFE From 08/01/22

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 ...

The S&P 500 index rebounded in July. SPY remains in bearish alignment. There are no changes in my investment allocation. In this month's article I outline why I will maintain my allocation to the SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY) in August to 40% with the other 60% of my as...

U.S. equity markets ripped higher this past week after GDP data showing a second-straight quarter of contraction sent long-term benchmark interest rates plunging to their lowest levels since April. Delivering its first back-to-back weekly gains since March, the S&P 500 rallied 4.3...

After months of COVID-related disruptions, China’s economy looks to be on the path to normalization. While China has stepped up stimulus to support infrastructure spending, the property market outlook remains gloomy, mitigating China’s demand for global commodities. ...

"Bad news was good news" this past week as U.S. equity markets were broadly higher after weakening economic data in the U.S. and Eurozone pulled benchmark interest rates to two-month-lows. Delivering just its fourth up-week in the past sixteen weeks, the S&P 500 advanced 2.6% whil...

Stocks appear to have discovered newfound life this summer. It may become increasingly difficult for stocks to muster further gains from here. A period of consolidation if not the start of another leg to the downside may lie ahead through the end of July. Summer surge St...

The global economy and financial markets have suffered a dreadful H1 2022, ravaged by a severe commodity shock, strict COVID-19 lockdowns in the world’s second-largest economy, and one of the most aggressive Fed tightening cycles in recent history. H2 looks equally tough. In it...

Equities would suffer if rate hikes trigger a growth downturn. Europe has the opportunity to create a more sustainable and more resilient version of itself – replacing high dependencies on Russian energy and shedding the image of an “old” economy by accelerating t...

An investment in Nigeria or Turkey clearly exposes a firm or investor to more risks than an otherwise similar investment in Germany or Canada, but why? While country risk has so many dimensions to it, there is correlation across the many dimensions, with corruption, poor legal protect...

Last quarter, the Asset Allocation Committee adopted an underweight view on global equities and leaned more heavily into cash, commodities and other alternative, diversifying assets. The Committee’s views on real and alternative assets are unchanged this quarter. The Asset ...