EWL News and Press, iShares Inc MSCI Switzerland From 02/03/20

Introduction Investing in 2018 and 2019 was fairly predictable in that the economy was slowing, interest rates peaked and began to fall and investors shifted to more defensive assets. Investing in 2020 is less clear as the U.S. economy continues to slow while the global economy is recoveri...

By James Knightley, Chief International Economist ; Carsten Brzeski, Chief Economist ; James Smith, Developed Markets Economist ; Iris Pang, Economist ; Rob Carnell, Chief Economist, Head of Research ; Charlotte de Montpellier, Economist Discover what ING's e...

( Source: Brexit (maybe) ahead ) Recently Seeking Alpha published a Q&A feature regarding Brexit, and asked me to participate. In particular, this involved possible scenarios affecting every investor. The whole project was structured as Q&A. ( Brexit Q&A feature published b...

Home Bias refers to the tendency to invest more heavily in one’s domestic equity market than global market-value proportions would suggest. When Warren Buffett advises his heirs to put 90% of their inheritance in the S&P 500 ( SPY,Voo ) and the rest in US Treasuries ( SHV ), that&#x...

Today, September 26, 2019, we've reassembled our Brexit panel and have prepared an updated roundtable Q&A. These freshly updated views are available to PRO+ Subscribers here. Given so many twists and turns in the Brexit proceedings over the past 3 years, Seeking Alpha has surveyed ...

Easing All Over The Place Last week, the Fed cut rates again, just as the market was "telling" it to do. Doing so, the Fed continues to be part of a growing group of central banks that are cutting rates. Most recently, we saw rate cuts from the following countries: Indonesia ( EIDO ): ...

Introduction Most have probably never heard of evidence-based investing. It describes the practical application of objective research performed and challenged by academic experts who have no conflict of interest regarding their results. Evidence-based practice has gained much more traction i...

(Source: Pexels ) The iShares MSCI Switzerland Capped ETF ( EWL ) is one of the top-performing single-country ETFs since the beginning of the year with a 21% return. Accordingly, it is also one of the most expensive ETFs with a weighted average P/E ratio of 21X. To compare, Switzerland's ne...

Switzerland has historically been known to be a safe haven for investors worldwide for decades, if not centuries, from both those challenges of a scrupulous and unscrupulous nature. In the current macroeconomic context of the more aggressive trade policies of a Trumpian USA with China, Brexit ...

(Source: Pexels ) Valuation measurements like P/E and EV/EBITDA are well-known and popular signals of future equity performance. As a general rule, equities with lower valuations are expected to outperform those with higher valuations, though with more potential downside risk. This article ...