EWA News and Press, iShares MSCI Australia Index Fund From 07/11/19

Overview Fed's Powell confirmed a Fed rate cut at the end of this month by warning that uncertainties since the June FOMC had "dimmed the outlook" and that muted price pressures may be more persistent. It ignited an equity and bond market rally (bullish steepening) while the dollar was sold....

Musings Another month, another head snapping reversal. After the crowing of the "sell in May and go away crowd" (May 2019 S&P 500 returns of -5.2%), June was a barnburner with a 6.9% gain (and I'll bet none of the market timers who urged you to get out are apologizing for their terribl...

Total Return S&P 500 vs. VFWIX (Global ex-U.S. ETF) Source: Yahoo Finance It has been a disheartening decade for investors focused on equities outside the U.S. [[VFWIX]], an exchanged traded fund ((ETF)) that tracks the FTSE All Word ex U.S. Index, finished 2018 at almost the same ...

By Stephen S. Smith There seems to be a lot of doom and gloom hanging over markets right now, but structurally bullish cases do exist. Australia is one of them. Sure, Australia's economy has slowed, but sluggish growth is currently a global issue. Against a fairly pessimistic backdrop, wha...

The Fed left interest rates unchanged at its last meeting on June 18/19, 2019. Recent Fedspeak points to a rate reduction this time around in recognition of falling economic indicators and damage from the Trump Trade War. The start of a global trend in downwardly moving interest rates looks ...

Australia's central bank has lowered its key rate for the second straight month as it strives to revive a sluggish economy, reduce unemployment and rekindle dormant inflation. More news on: iShares MSCI Australia ETF, Invesco CurrencyShares Australian Dollar Trust ETF, Aberdeen Australia...

The Invesco ETF ( FXA ) currently holds $107 million USD worth of Australian dollars and has been on a very long decline that began in 2012. Today, as the AUD/USD exchange rate hovers around its 2009 low, we believe it is an excellent short- and long-term opportunity for the right kind of inve...

Dalian iron ore futures ripped to a new record and wrapped up their biggest weekly gain since February, raised by expectations of sustained tightness in supply and strong demand amid China's renewed drive to support its slowing economy. More news on: BHP Group, Rio Tinto Group, Fortescue...

In case you missed it, the rate cuts have already started. They actually began last year among the major economies in India. If we are counting only DM countries, then Australia and New Zealand are first out of the gate; the latter smaller country beating the larger former by around a month. I...

The purpose of this article is to assess the macro-fiscal flows for Australia and determine what effect these flows will have on the stock market and the economy. Three macro flows influence the markets and economy, and these are national government spending, the current account, and bank cr...