EWA News and Press, iShares MSCI Australia Index Fund From 09/23/19

Easing All Over The Place Last week, the Fed cut rates again, just as the market was "telling" it to do. Doing so, the Fed continues to be part of a growing group of central banks that are cutting rates. Most recently, we saw rate cuts from the following countries: Indonesia ( EIDO ): ...

ISM Manufacturing PMI < 50 You probably already know that the latest ISM Manufacturing reading has dropped below the 50 threshold, a level which is pointing out at a contraction in economic activity. Furthermore, at just 49.1, the ISM Manufacturing fell to its lowest level since January...

Musings Source: Chicken Little Okay, so it’s not that bad out there (though most of us received unpleasant brokerage reports for August 2019). Furthermore, the last 12 months have been an up-and-down affair with the S&P 500 currently sitting about where it startedȂ...

By Jeffrey Halley With U.S. and Canadian markets closed overnight for Labor Day, it was British Prime Minister Boris Johnson that provided a fireworks display that Guy Fawkes would be proud of. With Parliament due to return from their summer recess today before being suspended from next we...

In general, Asia is holding up fairly well. The major economies are still expanding, unemployment is low, and consumers are still increasing their rate of consumption. But the trade war is clearly hurting as PMIs are either below 50 or just barely above that level. Industrial production is...

By Erik Norland The Reserve Bank of Australia ((RBA)) and the Australian national government have much to be proud of. For the past 28 years, they have presided over one of the longest continuous economic expansions in recorded history (Figure 1). No developed economy has matched this trac...

Almost everything in life is relative, and investing is no exception. Stocks are having a wonderful year, thus far, in 2019, right? Well, yes, but (certain) bonds are having an even better year than stocks: Shares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF ( TLT ): +17% SPDR® S&P 500 ETF ( SP...

Musings July 2019 was another month that was hard to predict as the market held its breath for the Fed rate decision. At the risk of sounding like a broken record, I again underperformed the S&P 500 (1.4% vs -0.8%), but this was my first month of splitting directions with the market in...

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...