EPHE News and Press, iShares MSCI Philippines From 06/16/21

The value factor, after a long drought, is showing signs of life. To be fair, not every deeply discounted market corner has rallied. The 5-year return is a handy tool for sifting through a wide array of assets in search of high expected return. For further details see: D...

iShares MSCI Philippines ETF (EPHE) - $0.2149.30-Day SEC Yield of 0.59% as of May 28.Payable Jun 16; for shareholders of record Jun 11; ex-div Jun 10. For further details see: iShares MSCI Philippines ETF declares semi-annual distribution of $0.2149

A year has now passed since the correction of March 2020, as markets first appreciated the implications of a global pandemic. With continued weakness in developed markets, we have seen a continuance of unprecedented fiscal and monetary stimulus. The concept of a world-leading emer...

A lot has been written about the possible impact of rising US Treasury yields on equities and other risk assets. But what about bond markets in Asia? How have they fared? For further details see: Asia And The Reflation Trade

The value-investing concept remains on the defensive, although some variations of the strategy are showing hints of a revival in recent months after an extended drought. Skeptics remain unconvinced, but in some corners there's fresh hope for a revival for strategies favoring assets th...

Central bank manipulation of asset prices has swamped fundamentals. Asia-Pacific is one place to look for value, because the world is shifting from the concept of nation-state to the concept of civilization. Mutually assured destruction is the most stable game theory structure tha...

Global growth looks set to rebound even more strongly in 2021 than we had anticipated in our January Cyclical Outlook. Over the next several months, a combination of base effects, recent increases in energy prices, and price adjustments in sectors where activity ramps up is likely to ...

Global manufacturing PMI buoyed by further strong gains in production. Robust growth seen in the US, Eurozone, India and Brazil despite supply chain delays close to record high. Expansion limited by further slowdown in China, in turn linked to shipping and logistics problems. ...

The Asia-Pacific region went into this crisis first and many of its economies are emerging from it first as well. This is largely driven by stronger-than-expected performance among advanced economies in the region, as well as some large emerging market economies such as China, India, ...

Emerging Asian equities outpaced broader EMs in January. East Asian markets were largely buoyant. In many EMs, a central new reality is the rise of domestic demand as a driver of growth. Often overlooked, we believe that the frontier markets (FMs) asset class continues to exhibit ...