EWA News and Press, iShares MSCI Australia Index Fund From 04/29/19

Asia-Pacific: The Week Ahead (Apr 29-May 3) Lackluster consumer prices in Australia have spurred many in the market to think the Reserve Bank of Australia may well cut its cash rate in the near-term. A slower-than-expected rate of inflation in the first-quarter of 2019 spurred a plunge i...

Overview Financial centers that have been closed for the extended holiday have re-opened, but the news stream is light and market participants are digesting developments and positioning for this week's central bank meetings and the first look at Q1 US GDP. The US decision to end exemptions t...

The divergence thesis that drives our constructive outlook for the dollar received more support last week than we expected. A few hours after investors learned that Japan's flash PMI remained below the 50 boom/bust level, Europe reported disappointing PMI data as well. And a few hours after ...

Asia-Pacific: The Week Ahead (Apr 22-26) Market participants in the week ahead are set to receive fresh Australian inflation figures, as the country’s central bank begins to explore the potential for a cut to its cash rate. In the latest release of the Reserve Bank of Australia&#x...

Imagine you took a time machine back to 2007. This is what the rear-view mirror looked like for the U.S. ( VTI ) and international stocks ( VXUS ): International stocks substantially outperformed, and U.S. investors missed out by sticking close to home. Since 2007, the roles have reversed, ...

Overview: The S&P 500 closed higher yesterday for the ninth session in the past ten, but the coattails are short and global equities are trading with a heavier bias today. A firm CPI reading in China took a toll on local shares with the Shanghai Composite, shedding 1.6%, the most in more...

Main Thesis The purpose of this article is to evaluate Westpac Banking Corp. ( WBK ) as an investment option at its current market price. While WBK presents a value opportunity, with a low P/E and high dividend yield, other factors make me leery of recommending the stock. The macroeconomic s...

The US has been an “island of stability” as economic woes grow all over the world . Other such islands exist, too. Australia is high on the list. The last Down Under recession was 27—yes, 27—years ago in 1991. No other developed economy can say the same. The lo...

Emerging Markets: The Week Ahead (Apr 1-5) South Africa is set to unveil updates about its manufacturing sector and business confidence in the week ahead, amid heightened global and domestic geopolitical volatility, as well as an overall slowing of economic growth. The South African Res...

Milestone This is my 50 th article for Seeking Alpha (my first submission was in July of 2015). What a ride it has been as I went from an unwieldy portfolio of 81 (!) different positions spread across 8 (!!) different strategies with sucker yields galore to my current portfolio with a l...