EWA News and Press, iShares MSCI Australia Index Fund From 03/03/19

The important events take place in the second half of the week ahead: the ECB meeting and the US employment report. A dovish hold by the ECB is the most likely outcome. US jobs growth is bound to slow from the heady 304k gain in January, but there won't be anything in it that lends credence ...

The latest minutes of the most recent FOMC meeting told markets that the central bank expects to have lots of patience when it comes to tightening credit in 2019. Moreover, the Fed is contemplating and formulating a plan to slow or end its program of quantitative tightening sooner, rather than...

Overview: The US dollar is firm against most major and emerging market currencies. There is more optimism on US-Chinese trade as a series of understandings are drafted, and an extension past March 1 of the tariff freeze is reportedly in the works. Mixed economic data and a call from a local ...

Activity on the Asia-Pacific calendar will continue to gather momentum in the week ahead, with several updates on Australia's economic health, including its manufacturing and employment situations. Monday, February 18 Reserve Bank of Australia's ((RBA)) Meeting Minutes The RBA at its...

Is Fintech the next innovation? Some investors complain about the lack of new innovative companies today. As Peter Thiel puts it, “We wanted flying cars, instead we got 140 characters.” So what is the next wave? Cloud SAAS companies are practically mainstream, and block-cha...

Outlook 2019 officially started with bang! While, technically, the volatility that the market has been experiencing over the past few months is entirely normal, the timing of the latest rally almost perfectly coincided with the turn of the calendar…so it is certainly nice to have ...

Interactive Brokers senior market analyst Steven Levine provides some highlights for what to look for in the Asia-Pacific region in the week beginning February 4. Note : This material was originally published on IBKR Traders' Insight on January 31, 2018. The analysis in thi...

iShares MSCI Australia ETF (NYSE: EWA ) is the largest Australia country-specific, exchange-traded product traded on a U.S. exchange with about $1.1 billion in assets. The fund is fairly diversified, especially compared to some of the other iShares MSCI country ETFs. Aside from a couple of glo...

Interactive Brokers senior market analyst Steven Levine provides some highlights for what to look for in the Asia-Pacific region in the week beginning January 28. Note : This material was originally published on IBKR Traders' Insight on January 24, 2018. The analysis in this ma...

The trade dispute between the United States and China has weighed on the Chinese economy. The US is the world's most prosperous nation with the highest GDP and has been a significant addressable market for Chinese exports. The tariffs and retaliation over the past months have caused the loss o...