EWM News and Press, iShares MSCI Malaysia Index Fund From 04/07/20

Musings Shorter update this month since life is too crazy to look backwards at the moment, plus I made a ton of trades to report (so no gory graphs demonstrating the pain I am sure that your portfolio dashboard is telling you). I don’t believe that any of the posted numbers (espec...

Against the backdrop of slowest economic growth since 2008, the Indian government unveiled a sizable stimulus package in its $40 billion budget, which raises spending on farms and infrastructure as well as slashes personal taxes. Skepticism abounds on whether the measures are sufficient given ...

Musings January 2020 was a tough month for stocks but was especially tough for value and international (especially emerging markets). Source: S&P Dow Jones Source: S&P Dow Jones I hate to dwell on the ugly, but things were really ugly for domestic energy stocks as w...

Introduction Earlier this week, JPMorgan Chase ( JPM ) CEO Jamie Dimon said that the only financial market bubble out there right now is in sovereign debt . First of all, it's important to note that in spite of this perceived bubble, JPM has increased its holdings in US government bonds...

By Edward Pang, Vice President, Franklin Templeton Emerging Markets Equity; Ismar Izhar, Portfolio Manager, Research Analyst, Franklin Templeton Emerging Markets Equity While 2019 was a positive year for emerging markets overall, Malaysian equities underperformed amid a confluence of macro...

Introduction One of the first subscribers of Macro Trading Factory ("MTF") has approached me a day or two after we've published the initial allocations for the Funds Macro Portfolio ("FMP"), expressing his surprise that we have very little exposure to bonds on the portfolio. Valid questi...

Musings After my healthy 5% ‘alpha’ victory in 2018, 2019’s everlasting bull run was hard for my conservative portfolio to match as large cap growth stocks (which drive the S&P 500 these days) blew the doors off (+31.5%) with their best performance since 2013....

Musings Staying in the game is critical for anyone lacking a crystal ball who can anticipate the twists and turns of the markets. I won't go on a long rant about potential for self-inflicted damage that aggressive market timing brings most who attempt it… but suffice it to say that ...

Musings October was especially nice for home gamers like myself (record market highs AND many online brokerages eliminating stock trading fees). I was certainly busy with a month of repositioning my portfolio to skew even more conservatively amidst the new price highs (but yawn-worthy econ...

Introduction Last month I wrote about why investors should consider investing in a global equity index (such as the VT ETF). In summary, I said that global investing provides exposure to different, not perfectly correlated economies. So if you don’t have any reason to believe that a...