EWA News and Press, iShares MSCI Australia Index Fund From 10/19/22

Summary Following a dizzying rally during the Covid recovery, global housing markets have cooled recently as affordability has declined. In Sweden, the combination of mostly floating mortgages, uncomfortably high inflation, and a central bank behind the curve but determined to cat...

Summary Active central banks may create attractive opportunities for discretionary macro managers who can take advantage of higher volatility, higher rates and dynamic policy changes. The Russia-Ukraine conflict remains a large overhang across almost the entire commodity complex. ...

Summary Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) power sector will peak in 2029 in the current forecast. In September 2021, the Indian central regulator published the draft deviation settlement mechanism (DSM) regulations, which propos...

Summary The release of the Australia flash PMI on the 24th of October will be eagerly awaited after recent PMI survey data, compiled by S&P Global, signalled that inflationary pressures remained a major risk to the health of Australia's private sector economy. Record rates of ...

Summary Both the Empire Manufacturing Survey and Philly Fed business outlook are expected to remain in contraction territory. Earnings season heats up as we hear from Bank of America, Goldman Sachs, Netflix, and Tesla. Japan may need to intervene in the FX market again as the ...

Summary Investors are flocking to USD, and most foreign currencies are now weak. On the surface, investment implications seem slight, but it is quite the contrary. This article will highlight the current market implications and ways that a strong USD influences foreign assets....

Summary The Fed is primarily concerned with what is happening with inflation. This earnings season will likely be filled with hiring freezes/layoff announcements, cost-cutting saving measures, and mostly downbeat outlooks. The West is working towards fresh sanctions and potent...

Summary Equity market volatility persisted in the third quarter as investors came to terms with a new reality of high inflation and rising interest rates. For most of this year, equity markets have violently traded on this unholy trinity of rising inflation, rate hikes and growth ...

Summary There is a lot of financial exposure, particularly in banking, in the EWA. Some of it is full-service banking, which is somewhat more mixed but ultimately well positioned for volatility. The rest are more traditional financials. The problem is that the RBA is being car...

Stocks and exchange traded funds tied to the Australian market advanced in Tuesday's premarket trading in the U.S. The move came after the Reserve Bank of Australia raised interest rates by a lower-than-expected amount. The country's central bank increased its key rate by 25 basis p...