EIDO News and Press, iShares MSCI Indonesia From 02/17/20

Few days ago, we've touched upon the unbelievable move down in yields on Greek ( GREK ) government debt. Although there's nothing similar among the western world to that crash of yields on those "ouzo bonds", falling yields isn't only a universal phenomena, but it's reaching unprecedented le...

Against the backdrop of slowest economic growth since 2008, the Indian government unveiled a sizable stimulus package in its $40 billion budget, which raises spending on farms and infrastructure as well as slashes personal taxes. Skepticism abounds on whether the measures are sufficient given ...

Cocoa prices are sending a decidedly bullish signal for the emerging market outlook. In this report, we'll discuss the constructive developments in the cocoa market as it pertains to the emerging markets in general, with a particular focus on Indonesia. I'll make the case here that the impress...

Introduction One of the first subscribers of Macro Trading Factory ("MTF") has approached me a day or two after we've published the initial allocations for the Funds Macro Portfolio ("FMP"), expressing his surprise that we have very little exposure to bonds on the portfolio. Valid questi...

Introduction Last month I wrote about why investors should consider investing in a global equity index (such as the VT ETF). In summary, I said that global investing provides exposure to different, not perfectly correlated economies. So if you don’t have any reason to believe that a...

(Source - Pexels/Tom Fisk ) Over the past decade, the Indonesian economy has seen a robust economic growth rate of about 5% per year. The average Indonesian has seen their income rise by just over a third due to the doubling of the country's services sector. Despite the growth, the In...

(Source - Pexels/Tom Fisk ) The much anticipated U.S.-China trade talks are now over. Thank goodness, because I for one am getting a bit tired of hearing the word "deal" on financial media and want to discuss the greater issues. Still, fully assessing deals like this are important in unders...

Easing All Over The Place Last week, the Fed cut rates again, just as the market was "telling" it to do. Doing so, the Fed continues to be part of a growing group of central banks that are cutting rates. Most recently, we saw rate cuts from the following countries: Indonesia ( EIDO ): ...

ISM Manufacturing PMI < 50 You probably already know that the latest ISM Manufacturing reading has dropped below the 50 threshold, a level which is pointing out at a contraction in economic activity. Furthermore, at just 49.1, the ISM Manufacturing fell to its lowest level since January...

(Source - Pexels/Phan Dang Viet Tung ) Vietnam has come a long way over the past two decades. It has maintained a GDP growth rate above 6% for most years since the Asian financial crisis and has seen the purchasing power of its citizens rise from $2000 to over $6000 today and is acce...