EWJE News and Press, iShares MSCI Japan Equal Weighted ETF From 02/16/21

Many economists assume that Japanification is the end-state of developed economies. However, the US has a lot of differences (better and worse). A look at Japan's base money, broad money, corporate deleveraging, exchange rates, and other policies over the past thirty years. Why Ja...

Global manufacturing PMI at 53.5 in January from 53.8 in December. Production growth remains strong but eases as exports come close to stalling, led by renewed fall in China. Supply chain delays close to highest since 2004. Prices rise at steepest rate in nearly a decade. ...

Towards the end of last year, the relatively good performance of most Asian economies in terms of the Covid pandemic started to crack. The deterioration has not been as dramatic as in Europe or the US. But the tolerance for Covid in Asia is very much lower, and some restrictions h...

In Australian equities, nearly all managers remain positive on the outlook for the global economy. With the reopening trade in mind, value managers in Canada are bullish on oil stocks. With technology sector valuations at record highs, U.S. small cap growth managers have been rota...

Europe is clearly at risk of a double-dip recession, albeit a modest one. The IHS Markit Flash Eurozone Composite PMI (Purchasing Managers Index) clocked in at 47.5, down from December's 49.1. The UK is in a worse situation, at an even greater risk than the eurozone of a double-dip re...

The US is supposed to be entering the peak of the holiday COVID surge, but it could get much worse now that more states have found the highly contagious UK virus variant. China inflation expected to move back above 0.0%, mostly due to increasing commodity prices. Japan Machinery O...

Despite suffering steeper losses in the March panic and again in the September/October correction, the Russell 1000 finished 2020 with a threefold lead over its global peers (up 21% versus 6.8%, respectively). As was the case globally, P/E multiple expansion, rather than dividend or f...

Global stocks rose during 2020, fueled by massive monetary policy efforts from central banks and fiscal policy support aimed at preventing a total economic collapse under the coronavirus pandemic. For most of the year, growth stocks outperformed value by a wide margin. A broadenin...

The US can learn from Venezuela’s mistakes that made a rich country poor while artificially inflating its stock market. Japan is leading the way into uncharted economic waters, poking the bear. The US should not follow too closely. China is nipping at US heels on a path to ...

Flash PMI survey data show the US expansion losing pace amid rising virus numbers, while looser lockdowns in Europe boosted the PMI data. Services remain hardest hit by containment measures, manufacturers report stronger growth. COVID-19 containment measures will likely continue t...