EWT News and Press, iShares Inc MSCI Taiwan From 03/04/22

It’s been another week of significant volatility in financial markets, one in which European indices edged closer to bear market territory, oil prices hit a 10-year high around $120, and safe-haven gold came close to $2,000. The Russian invasion of Ukraine and the severe sancti...

Tectonic shifts that are currently taking place in geopolitics and global markets might have placed China in a unique position as regards its growth outlook. The 2021 growth hiccups and regulatory overreaches forced Chinese authorities to re-deploy pro-growth accommodative policies in...

The JPMorgan Global Manufacturing PMI rose from a 15-month low of 53.2 in January to 53.6 in February. The relative weakness of February's global output growth by historical standards contrasted with a more robust expansion of order books recorded during the month. The reduction i...

The world is a far different place from the one Chinese companies faced when they first began going out. They need to change their strategies to reflect that. In 2020, Trump issued an executive order banning TikTok in the U.S. if ByteDance, its Chinese owner, didn’t sell it to ...

Will China's real estate woes continue to be a major drag for China's economy? China's zero-tolerance COVID-19 policy: A major threat to China's growth. Diverging monetary policies between China and the West: Opportunity for Chinese equities. For further details see: Are...

China property values have tumbled this year. Leading indicators point to further lower prices. An uncertain future likely means stimulus from Chinese policymakers. For further details see: Chart Of The Week - China Property Market

Manufacturing production in China stabilised in February, according to PMI survey data produced for Caixin by IHS Markit, in a welcome sign of the economic impact of the Omicron wave ebbing. The renewed growth of new orders reported in February helped stabilise manufacturers' backlogs...

It’s been another week of significant volatility in financial markets and there’s little reason to expect next week will be any different. The tragic events in Ukraine will continue to have a big impact on the markets in the coming weeks as it becomes clear what Vladimir...

FIA recently released its statistics on the number of futures and options traded on exchanges worldwide in 2021, marking the fourth consecutive year of record-setting trading activity. Two years ago, we reported that the Chinese volume growth entered into a new category; the 1billion ...

It seems likely that Russia’s overwhelming military force will eventually prevail and Ukraine’s government and independence will succumb. Inflation is already elevated and rising energy prices will likely exacerbate pricing pressure further. Russia’s growing e...