EWJV News and Press, iShares MSCI Japan Value ETF From 05/06/21

Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway made a surprising investment in five Japanese general trading firms, known as "sogo shosha." Japanese equities have had a strong stretch of performance since the end of August. Japan's recent challenges on the virus front have created opportunit...

With greater clarity on the sustainability of the economic recovery, we also saw the opportunity set across markets broaden to include sectors beyond those seen as the primary beneficiaries of an economic reopening. As expected, the recovery hasn't been smooth sailing for all, with su...

In the week ahead, the Bank of Japan and the Federal Reserve meet. The US and the eurozone provide the first estimates of Q1 '21 GDP, and the preliminary April EMU CPI will be reported. The market is skeptical that the economic conditions will allow the Fed to wait until 2024 to lift ...

The pace of recovery has begun to diverge across economies, with vaccination progress and the scale of government stimulus among the biggest swing factors. Macro disparities have also begun filtering into EPS growth expectations. Cyclically sensitive sectors have dominated the upg...

The Bank of Japan has implemented strict yield curve control in the 2-10-year area of the JGB curve since 2016, in an attempt to prevent financial conditions from tightening and to boost Japanese inflation to 2%. Other government yield curves, where central banks have not targeted any...

Global PMI highest since August 2014. Manufacturing reports robust expansion despite supply delays, services boosted by easing of COVID-19 restrictions. Consumer services show signs of steadying after steep downturn. US leads upturn, Brazil lags. For further details see:...

Surge in Chinese exports drives noticeable rise in global exports over first two months of 2021. Statistical noise makes annual comparisons challenging but data add to view that global economy continues to recover. Pick-up in trade has exacerbated logistical difficulties, especial...

The Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-Earnings (CAPE) ratio of the US equity market is back above 35, a level last seen just before the 2000-2002 bear market. While high valuation multiples don't necessarily mean low or negative future returns, higher multiples do require higher future gro...

Globally, vaccine approvals are providing a much-needed light at the end the tunnel, helping both consumers and business envision a return to normal. In the US, after unprecedented legal challenges following last year's presidential election, the new administration is ushering in new ...

The Asia-Pacific region went into this crisis first and many of its economies are emerging from it first as well. This is largely driven by stronger-than-expected performance among advanced economies in the region, as well as some large emerging market economies such as China, India, ...