EWD News and Press, iShares Inc MSCI Sweden From 03/18/23

2023-03-18 02:58:06 ET Summary The iShares MSCI Sweden ETF offers investors low-cost exposure to a quality portfolio of Swedish large-caps. Given the country’s worsening economic backdrop and the potential for a stagflation scenario, the path for earnings revisions is likel...

Summary Americas equities, ETPs, corporate bonds, and government bonds all outperformed when compared with previous six-month periods. Corporate bonds continued their impressive run throughout the second half of 2022 increasing revenues over each quarter. 2022 was an outstanding yea...

Summary We outline four different paths for EUR/SEK in 2023 based on developments in four key areas: global risk sentiment, Europe’s economic performance/energy prices, Riksbank-ECB policy divergence and Sweden's domestic economy. Our baseline scenario is moderately bearish for E...

Summary After two years of buoyant market growth, the outlook for the temporary employment sector darkens for 2023. With economic activity in most European economies expected to slow down, market volumes are likely to decline next year. Rising energy and food prices lead to lo...

Summary EWD is an ETF overseeing a portfolio of 46 Swedish stocks. Since my May article, EWD's price has declined by almost 14% partly owing to the weaker krona despite the Riksbank's policy rate increases. Risks remain meaningful, with a prospect of a recession amid higher in...

Summary Following a dizzying rally during the Covid recovery, global housing markets have cooled recently as affordability has declined. In Sweden, the combination of mostly floating mortgages, uncomfortably high inflation, and a central bank behind the curve but determined to cat...

Summary Global securities finance revenues reached $6.1bn in the first half of 2022, an increase of 12% YoY. Global ETP lending revenues were $453mn for H1, continuing to set new all-time highs, representing a 48% YoY increase. 2022 is off to an impressive start for Securities...

Sandstorm Gold posted record revenues of $35.97 million for the three months ended June 30, 2022, compared with $26.45 million for the comparable period in 2021. On August 9, 2022, SAND shareholders approved the Nomad Royalty acquisition, which will significantly increase the com...

EWD has underperformed its peers in Europe. Election uncertainty and generally weak macroeconomic conditions make this a risky bet. EWD’s valuations are still pricey. Prices change when events are different from what the market has expected them to be. - Peter...

Sweden's headline inflation for July has slowed for the first time since the beginning of 2022 thanks to a decline in electricity and fuel prices. Specifically, the Riksbank's consumer price index with fixed interest rate soared 8% Y/Y in July vs. +8.2% expected and +8.5% in June, a...