EWJV News and Press, iShares MSCI Japan Value ETF From 05/26/23

2023-05-26 21:00:00 ET Summary Treasury Secretary Yellen will soon provide an update on the X-date and that could show talks might have an extra week from the current June 1st deadline to get a deal done. The lira hit a record low against the dollar on Friday ahead of the vote, wi...

2023-05-25 08:01:00 ET Summary On Sunday night, President Joe Biden returned from the G-7 Summit, Speaker Kevin McCarthy and Biden connected, and by Monday morning talks resumed. We could see market turbulence in the coming days as the details are hammered out and the X-date draws...

2023-05-24 01:12:00 ET Summary Following the strong official Q1 GDP and April inflation readings, May flash PMI data indicated growth continuing at the fastest rate since October 2013 while inflation remained broadly elevated across Japan's private sector. To a large extent, Japan...

2023-05-23 00:00:00 ET Summary Despite the challenges of high inflation, tightening financial conditions and geopolitical conflicts, the global economy is likely to avert a recession. World real GDP growth picked up from an annual rate of 1.6% quarter over quarter in the final qua...

2023-05-20 02:05:00 ET Summary Wall Street will remain focused on debt ceiling drama, a plethora of Fed speak, flash PMIs, and bank stress. Wednesday is the main event as the Minutes could provide some hints that some policymakers are ready to pause tightening. Next week is bi...

2023-05-19 02:00:00 ET Summary Japan's first quarter official GDP data surprised to the upside, signalling a stronger than anticipated revival of economic growth. The preliminary estimate of GDP points to the economy growing 0.4% in the first three months of the year, or 1.6% on a...

2023-05-18 12:50:00 ET Summary April's surveys pointed to better-than-anticipated performances, beating expectations in all four major economies. US output rose for a third successive month and at the fastest rate for 11 months as growth accelerated in both manufacturing and servi...

2023-05-18 01:40:25 ET Summary EWJV is exposed heavily to industrial and consumer discretionary stocks that have a fair bit of exposure to the rate situation in Japan. Due to high levels of Japanese public debt, as well as the low levels of consumption rates in Japan compounded by...

2023-05-13 00:44:00 ET Summary Wall Street will remain focused on debt ceiling drama, a plethora of Fed speak, retail earnings, and bank stress. This week contains nine Fed appearances, with the highlights coming from Bostic on Monday, Goolsbee on Tuesday, while Fed Chair Powell p...

2023-05-11 03:00:00 ET Summary In its effort to tame inflation, the U.S. Federal Reserve is likely to pause at the top of its interest rate cycle rather than quickly pivot toward rate cuts. But in either scenario, history suggests fixed income can offer attractive return potential, es...