EWA News and Press, iShares MSCI Australia Index Fund From 05/20/19

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...

Australia's benchmark S&P/ASX 200 rose to an 11-year high overnight as Prime Minister Scott Morrison and the Liberal-led conservative government claimed a surprise victory at national elections. More news on: iShares MSCI Australia ETF, Invesco CurrencyShares Australian Dollar Trust ...

Australia's Liberal-led conservative government is headed for a surprise win, though it's unclear whether the Scott Morrison-led coalition can govern with an outright majority or will need to negotiate support from independents. More news on: iShares MSCI Australia ETF, Invesco CurrencyS...

It's the starkest distinction in economic policy in years between the ruling Liberal-National coalition and Labor party. More news on: iShares MSCI Australia ETF, Invesco CurrencyShares Australian Dollar Trust ETF, Aberdeen Australia Equity Fund, News on ETFs Read more ...

The belief that yield curve inversions forecast recessions fails most spectacularly in Australia in the post-1990 era. As shown above, the 3-month/10-year slope inverted multiple times in the post-1995 era. However, none of these inversions coincided with recessions in Australia (albeit financ...

As Australians prepare to go to the polls on 18 May, the middle of this election campaign is an opportune time to revisit the ongoing conflict between politics and effective economic policy. Its implications are also highly relevant as Australia's economy continues to slow. Politics are inhe...

Asia-Pacific: The Week Ahead (May 13-17) The Reserve Bank of Australia ((RBA)) surprised many in the market Tuesday with its decision to leave its cash rate unchanged, despite recent weakness in the country’s rate of inflation. The RBA’s board elected at the conclusion to its...

Can Australia's Housing Bust Morph Into A Financial Crisis? As the housing bust in Australia progresses in its methodical manner, will it trigger a mortgage crisis that hits the big four banks, and the remainder of Australia's financial system to the point where there's a banking panic and...

Musings More than any single topic, I get a LOT of comments on my articles about ideal portfolio size (the age old ‘concentration vs. diversification’ debate). This is especially true of my extensive ETF holdings (about 50% of my total assets) where I own small pieces of ...

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...