EWJV News and Press, iShares MSCI Japan Value ETF From 02/03/24

2024-02-03 05:45:40 ET Summary Over recent months, the notion of 'immaculate disinflation' has supplanted traditional analysis. More remarkable even than having grown comfortable with very strong growth and labor markets, the Fed is willing to disregard extremely loose financial c...

2024-02-02 23:22:00 ET Summary Despite the supply concerns, manufacturers are looking to stronger demand and a shift in the inventory cycle to boost growth in 2024. Average supplier delivery times lengthened worldwide in January for the first time in a year, with companies often l...

2024-01-31 10:30:00 ET Summary The core Personal Consumption Expenditures price index fell to its lowest level since March 2021. Euro area business optimism about the coming year improved for a fourth consecutive month in January. Last week brought several announcements from r...

2024-01-29 12:25:00 ET Summary We think stock momentum can run for now as inflation cools and the Federal Reserve readies to cut rates. So we up our overall U.S. stocks view to overweight. Tech stocks led the S&P 500 to consecutive record highs last week. Robust U.S. Q4 GDP gr...

2024-01-27 01:02:00 ET Summary Long regarded as an undervalued and overlooked market, Japan has been undergoing a profound transformation. Japanese investors historically have been some of the most risk-averse in the world. When you think about a global portfolio allocating to...

2024-01-25 23:45:00 ET Summary The early PMI data for January signalled a marked cooling of inflation pressures in the US economy, in turn linked to a waning of elevated price growth in the services economy. The latest price data from the PMI point to inflation falling below the F...

2024-01-25 00:19:00 ET Summary The fourth quarter of 2023 was a more favorable environment for active managers in the UK, Europe, Emerging Markets, U.S. Small Cap and Listed Infrastructure, while being more challenging for U.S. Large Cap, Global, Global ex-U.S., Japan, Australia, Cana...

2024-01-24 11:05:00 ET Summary Japan's private sector expanded for the first time since October, though led mainly by services growth, according to the latest flash PMI data. Positive signs have been observed across other forward-looking indicators, notably including the PMI backl...

2024-01-23 11:38:00 ET Summary The Bank of Japan stood pat on monetary policy today as widely expected. But the market is now paying attention to a more positive tone on the wage and inflation outlook, as well as an upgrade to the FY2024 inflation outlook which lays the groundwork...

2024-01-22 22:35:00 ET Summary The wobbly start to January was the long overdue correction that we did not see in November or December, when pullbacks were one-day wonders. Not every index set a record last week, but the majors did, like the Nasdaq 100, the S&P 500 and the Dow...