EPOL News and Press, iShares Trust MSCI Poland From 07/11/19

Last month, I argued that the Polish zloty is set to remain at low levels in spite of strong economic performance in Poland. The primary reason I put forward this argument was due to the fact that emerging market currencies have not seen much demand due to the strength of the greenback, an...

Last year, I made the argument that we could see the Polish zloty rise significantly against the euro. The reasons for my argument were primarily based on the fact that rising growth forecasts in Poland along with potentially renewed demand for emerging market currencies could give a sig...

The European Central Bank continues to disproportionately inflate the debt bubble of the Eurozone, while the economic slowdown of the main European economies worsens. What was designed as a tool for governments to buy time in order to carry out structural reforms and reduce imbalances, has bec...

Country-specific exchange-traded funds are a great way for investors to take a position on local market equity return factors. While many of the world's largest foreign companies trade on U.S. exchanges as ADRs (American Depository Receipts), country-specific ETFs often provide investors uniqu...

(Source: AZ Quotes , caption and editing by the Author, sagacity by T.S. Eliot) The true state, of what was referred to as "rotten" in the Eurozone, has become clear as elections for the top jobs commence. European Council President Donald Tusk, a Polish native, made it clear that Fra...

The cyclically-adjusted price-to-earnings ((CAPE)) ratio is a surprisingly controversial metric, but evidence suggests it is actionable for long-term investors. Rather than simply dividing the current share price by 1 year of earnings like the normal P/E ratio, the CAPE ratio divides the cur...

Perhaps nothing summarizes the efforts of British Prime Minister Theresa May and the European Union to produce an exit for the UK from the European community than the opinion piece by Robert Shrimsley in the Financial Times . Mr. Shrimsley, discussing the exit plan produced by Ms. May, writ...

Emerging markets ( EEM ) are an interesting bunch. In theory, their relative faster growth in comparison to developed markets could make them a better investment opportunity. At the same time, emerging markets can be quite volatile. Let’s consider, for example, EEM. This ETF is one of, ...

Weekly Market Review: The Fed signals a major change in approach at its January meeting By Kristina Hooper, Chief Global Market Strategist on Feb 4, 2019, in Market & Economic The biggest American football game of the year was played last night, and for the first three ...

A Slowing U.S. Economy and Rising U.S. Inflation Create a Fed Dilemma The U.S. Federal Reserve since 1977 has been required to follow a dual mandate in which it must simultaneously "promote effectively the goals of maximum employment, stable prices, and moderate long-term interest rates....