EPOL News and Press, iShares Trust MSCI Poland From 01/07/21

The near-term outlook for EM inflation is mostly benign, but regulated prices, minimum wage increases, and higher commodity prices point to upside risks. The latest inflation releases across Emerging Markets ((EM)) [Philippines, Thailand, and Indonesia] were in line with the predomina...

Poland is bouncing back, as the country effectively stems its loss of GDP through the 2020 economic crisis. A stronger current account, supported by stronger FX reserves, and undervalued currency from the perspective of PPP models, provides EPOL with a relatively constructive macroeco...

Hungary and Poland have been blocking the EU's seven-year budget and its post-crisis recovery for weeks, stopping nearly €2T from reaching member states, but the bloc may soon be moving on without them.At issue: Payouts from the budget would be suspended to a country if a weighted majo...

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The declining trend in eurozone fragmentation risk is meeting resistance. The ECB signals that it will become the first global central bank to adopt "Sustainable Easing" into its monetary policy framework. ECB defined "Sustainable Easing" conflates Global Warming with emergency CO...

Tensions over stimulus are not only playing out in the U.S. The EU's economic recovery package, which includes €750B in jointly-backed debt and a €1.07T common EU budget, is in trouble due to differences between member states over democratic standards."We observe with concern th...

Introduction Twice a year I conduct a screen of North American indexes, international benchmarks, and a top-to-bottom assessment of the existing watchlist here at Contra the Heard Investment Newsletter . This latest watchlist could not be more different than the one produced in March and ...

The oil price crash and global lockdowns have pushed the valuation ratio of international to U.S. stocks to levels not seen since 2000. Back then, the combination of a U.S. Tech bubble and Emerging Market crises resulted in 20+% annual international equity outperformance for the next decade. W...

(I'm starting a Polish Fest in my portfolio. Source: Wikipedia .) I'm from Milwaukee, host of summertime multi-ethnic festivals in celebration of our great diversity. One of the great Milwaukee festivals is Polish Fest, pictured above. Polish Fest holds a special place in my heart, because ...

By Petr Krpata , Chief EMEA FX and IR Strategist et al. As Covid-19 spreads across Europe causing more and more countries to take extraordinary measures, Central and Eastern Europe is no exception. Following some big market and central bank moves, our CEE specialists have updated our...