EWT News and Press, iShares Inc MSCI Taiwan From 03/26/23

2023-03-26 23:55:00 ET Summary The banking crisis and the consequential tightening of financial conditions is a new deflationary shock. It renders the next data highlight in the US, the February PCE deflator, less relevant. The impact on monetary policy expectations will last long...

2023-03-22 17:02:00 ET Summary The economic data renaissance combined with the threat of financial sector instability leaves central banks with difficult choices. Strong household and corporate finances are likely to limit the downturn to a mild recession. The Fed faces a daun...

2023-03-22 06:00:00 ET Summary Although reference yields on government bonds have decreased since the failure of SVB, risk premia have widened, raising financing costs and discouraging investment. Deposit withdrawals and declining equity valuations will put banks in a defensive po...

2023-03-19 07:46:00 ET Summary The annual change in real US GDP and the S&P 500 shows broadly the same trends over the last 20 years. To quantify the relationship between the US economy and the stock market, we calculated rolling 10-year correlations. Even if economies and...

2023-03-19 06:42:00 ET Summary Despite global economic headwinds from slowdowns in the US and EU economies, economic growth in the Asia-Pacific region is forecast to strengthen in 2023. The rebound in mainland China's economy is expected to have significant positive effects on the...

2023-03-19 05:41:00 ET Summary Idiosyncratic factors certainly played a role in SVB’s failure and the recent turmoil we’re seeing in US regional banks as well as overseas at Credit Suisse. CS is a much larger and more economically critical bank than SVB, with signifi...

2023-03-18 02:25:00 ET Summary Fed expectations are all over the place with Nomura analysts calling for a rate cut, while most investors are between a hold or a final quarter-point rate rise. It goes without saying that the focus in Europe next week will be firmly on the banking s...

2023-03-18 01:44:45 ET Summary The first and original spin on stock market investing meshed with the thrill of the NCAA March Madness tournament! Which "team" (Asset Class) wins out the rest of 2023? Will active or passive be the answer? March Madness is back! No...

2023-03-17 15:59:00 ET Summary China's central bank, the People's Bank of China, cut its required reserve ratio by 25bp to 10.75%. We think this is partly to help the economy and provide a cushion against global market turmoil. The cut could help to lower market interest rates...

2023-03-16 08:41:45 ET Summary EWT owns a portfolio of Taiwanese stocks. The fund has a high exposure to technology stocks and hence may be more volatile than the S&P 500 index. Inventory correction may be near the end, and as manufacturing PMI strengthens, we may see a me...