EPOL News and Press, iShares Trust MSCI Poland From 08/03/22

The latest data releases in emerging markets Asia confirmed that peak inflation in the region remains elusive. Unlike EM Asia, inflation surprises in EMEA and LATAM are actually heading south - together with actual annual inflation in some countries. There will be several importan...

The peak rates chatter refuses to go away – and there are good reasons for that. Emerging markets' central banks frontloaded a lot of rate hikes, and real policy rates adjusted by expected inflation are now very positive (maybe even contractionary) in quite a few EMs. The l...

As inflation raged, central banks accelerated the pace of monetary policy tightening, aiming to slow the growth of aggregate demand and calm price pressures. In response to persistently high inflation and an upward drift in long-run inflation expectations, central banks are accelerati...

Investors have been making net outflows from safe havens of all kinds including U.S. Treasuries, currencies, emerging-market government bond funds, as well as other government-guaranteed funds. Most of this money has gone into buying still-very-overvalued large-cap growth shares and f...

European ETFs encountered a wave of sellers in the early part of trading Thursday, with European indices like the FTSE 100, German Dax, CAC 40, FTSE MIB and others falling some 2%-3%. The U.S. Federal Reserve's decision to raise rates by 75 basis points has had a degree of an effect on Euro-b...

EPOL is an ETF focused on the small Polish equity market. Due to regional war and inflation, earnings growth expectations are not strong. Yet the implied IRR for EPOL is quite high. Still, outcomes are unpredictable in both the Russo-Ukrainian War and euro area inflation. ...

Russia's invasion of Ukraine has caused several spillover effects, which for European economies are having an uneven impact at both the country and the subnational level. Regions specialized in sectors that have been adversely impacted by Russia's invasion of Ukraine are set to face w...

As we entered 2022, many emerging markets were already hurting due to higher commodity prices and rising interest rates; then a war in eastern Europe sent shock waves through the markets. The conflict in Ukraine likely bodes poorly for Eastern Europe more broadly, expanding beyond Rus...

Stocks sputter as rotation out of growth continues. Utilities, agriculture stocks catch a relative bid as more new lows are hit in the broader market. Economic rollover potential persists as negative earnings guidance emerges. For further details see: Weekly S&P 500 ...

European exchange traded funds showed strength in intraday trading on Tuesday as Ukrainian officials and Russian negotiators have promising peace talks together in Istanbul. The positive dialog has sent the FTSE 100, German Dax, CAC 40, FTSE MIB, IBEX, and other European benchmark indices wel...