EWL News and Press, iShares Inc MSCI Switzerland From 06/29/21

USTs maintain the global lead for outright yields. EUR curve dynamics have decoupled amid EU supply and a steady drumbeat of dovish comments from the ECB to ensure a calm summer. Country CPI data bears upside risks today, but nothing that the ECB wouldn't look through. For f...

The Fed finds itself between a rock and a hard place: either it keeps inflating or the whole confidence-based valuation of financial assets collapses. Either it raises interest rates or the dollar collapses. The lessons from the past have taught us that central bankers only notice a b...

The global economy has reached an important milestone in the second quarter of 2021, surpassing the pre-pandemic real GDP peak attained in the fourth quarter of 2019. After a 3.5% contraction in 2020, global real GDP is projected to increase 6.0% in 2021, its strongest advance since 1...

"Dancing with the Trend" was the title that Gregory Morris wanted for his book instead of "Investing with the Trend". Nearly a thousand funds from Mutual Fund Observer are evaluated to identify 46 funds that are trending up. The concepts of managing risk and following the trend(s)...

iShares MSCI Switzerland ETF (EWL) - $0.9149.30-Day SEC Yield of 1.53% as of May 28.Payable Jun 16; for shareholders of record Jun 11; ex-div Jun 10. For further details see: iShares MSCI Switzerland ETF declares semi-annual distribution of $0.9149

Citi expects makers of healthcare equipment to recover as vaccinations drive down COVID-19 infections and procedures return. Surging Invitae after Softbank-backed investment gets another boost as Oppenheimer upgrades the stock. Equipment makers to benefit from recovery trade Citi analysts are...

Global manufacturing PMI buoyed by further strong gains in production. Robust growth seen in the US, Eurozone, India and Brazil despite supply chain delays close to record high. Expansion limited by further slowdown in China, in turn linked to shipping and logistics problems. ...

There are 48 holdings in the EWL portfolio, 40 of which are classified as equities. The top ten names have a weight of over 68%. EWL investors should not expect solid FX tailwinds that can bolster price returns, as the SNB clearly does not want the stronger CHF to cause troubles for t...

You can see that we have made the most significant changes this year. Over this short 8-year time period, U.S. stocks had the best return while foreign stocks had the worst. Global stocks, because it is a blend of 58% U.S. and 42% foreign, had returns near the middle. For fu...

Things aren’t getting better globally in terms of controlling the virus. Recent economic data has shown signs of the damage being wrought by the rise in COVID-19 infections. I expect markets to continue to move in expectations of a robust recovery later in 2021 when vaccine...