EWT News and Press, iShares Inc MSCI Taiwan From 02/14/21

Taiwanese equities have ramped significantly since the start of 2020. While this has filled me with caution, Taiwanese equities still seem to offer great value relative to U.S. equities. The forward P/E ratio in Taiwan is relatively low in spite of the fact that Taiwanese equities...

Asia Pacific is booming. China was the only country with positive GDP growth last year. Taiwan's market is rocketing higher as its companies dominate high-end semiconductors. That being the case, U.S. investors looking to diversify into international markets should consider the SPDR S...

Emerging Asian equities outpaced broader EMs in January. East Asian markets were largely buoyant. In many EMs, a central new reality is the rise of domestic demand as a driver of growth. Often overlooked, we believe that the frontier markets (FMs) asset class continues to exhibit ...

Strong growth for Taiwan in 2020 thanks to low cases of Covid-19 and demand for semiconductors. Working from home played a big part as semiconductors are core components in computers. Iris Pang of ING discusses whether this strength can extend into 2021 and the risks of relying on...

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority pegs the HKD to the USD at a range of 7.75-7.85. A rise in US yields threatens to disrupt this rigid currency peg. Hong Kong yields/rates would have to also rise as the HKMA buys HKD (reducing local HKD liquidity) and to prevent carry trade outflow...

China's economy grew at a 6.5% year-over-year rate in the fourth quarter, bringing growth for the full year 2020 to 2.3%. Competition between China and the advanced economies of the US, Japan, and Europe will continue for the foreseeable future. There will continue to be some issu...

The way Taiwan has handled the COVID-19 pandemic is a testament to the quality of its governance and healthcare systems. Taiwan's companies derive over 70% of revenues from abroad. The pandemic has accelerated some long-term themes that have benefitted Taiwan, and that we expect t...

During the fourth quarter, our base case for emerging markets (EM) was the following: we saw favorable economics, questionable politics, and an exciting digital disruption theme that swept across emerging markets countries around the world. Emerging markets have traditionally underper...

iShares MSCI Taiwan ETF is Blackrock's leading Taiwan focused ETF. It is predominantly comprised of midcap and large cap businesses widely covering 85% of publicly listed Taiwanese companies. Reflective of Taiwan’s industrial strengths – this ETF is packed with techn...

The United States and Taiwan signed an agreement to establish annual economic talks after concluding talks in Washington.The future discussions will alternate between the U.S. and Taipei, with strategic cooperation on the semiconductor industry established as a mutual priority. Further c...