EWD News and Press, iShares Inc MSCI Sweden From 09/02/20

Life is being on the wire, everything else is just waiting. — Karl Wallenda Crises often trigger irrational behaviors from investors shifting their focus towards short-term goals that don’t always coincide with their long-term plans. The economic uncertainties reinforce risk ...

The dollar has been diving as US covid cases continue to sprawl. Continued US stimulus and accommodative policy even as the eurozone regains momentum could be driving greenback weakness. More news on: Invesco QQQ ETF, iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF, Global X Funds - Global X MSCI Paki...

The momentum of the Swedish krona's rise upwards has been quite impressive over the past few months. Even during a period when the euro is starting to see significant strength against the U.S. dollar, the SEK/EUR has continued to see a very strong upward trend in July. Source: Investing.com ...

Last month, I made the argument that the Swedish krona is set to continue rising against the euro going forward. My reason for making this argument was that the Swedish krona has a lower exposure to oil than other major currencies and the Riksbank has not lowered rates into negative territ...

Back in February, I made the argument that the SEK/EUR is set to see downside in the months ahead. My primary reason for making this argument was that the Riksbank would be forced to do a U-turn on its prior commitment to raising rates as a result of the economic damage from COVID-19. ...

The European Central Bank did not reduce its policy rate of interest, something that many investors and analysts expected them to do. The expected reduction was not great, only 10 basis points, but a reduction was expected, nonetheless. Jack Ewing writes in the New York Times, “T...

Few days ago, we've touched upon the unbelievable move down in yields on Greek ( GREK ) government debt. Although there's nothing similar among the western world to that crash of yields on those "ouzo bonds", falling yields isn't only a universal phenomena, but it's reaching unprecedented le...

Introduction Earlier this week, JPMorgan Chase ( JPM ) CEO Jamie Dimon said that the only financial market bubble out there right now is in sovereign debt . First of all, it's important to note that in spite of this perceived bubble, JPM has increased its holdings in US government bonds...

Sweden is known for many things, like its recent export of Greta Thunberg, and older exports like ABBA, Volvo, Spotify and Ikea to name a few. It is not oil-rich like its neighbour Norway (look out for an article detailing Norway soon), but it has been taken as example by many in the rest for ...

Introduction One of the first subscribers of Macro Trading Factory ("MTF") has approached me a day or two after we've published the initial allocations for the Funds Macro Portfolio ("FMP"), expressing his surprise that we have very little exposure to bonds on the portfolio. Valid questi...