EWT News and Press, iShares Inc MSCI Taiwan From 03/10/22

The Chinese economy has entered 2022 on a shaky footing despite hosting the Beijing Winter Olympics, with the property market still under stress and COVID-19 restrictions still in place. We are seeing broader signs of stimulus measures coming from fiscal and monetary authorities in Ch...

The financial woes of the giant real estate developer Evergrande, which carries an estimated debt of $300 billion, have rekindled global fears that China’s property bubble is about to burst. After its liberalization in the late 1990s, China’s property market witnessed a ...

Due to Russian aggression in Ukraine, the Russian Federation is facing tremendous multi-level sanctions. In the short and medium term we expect Russian exports and imports to significantly decrease, the fall however will differ depending on the industry and transport mode. In the ...

I have seen a fair amount of chatter about currency regime shifts. Although such an event may be happening, there is no particular reason to get too excited about it from the perspective of the developed countries. The events of recent years hopefully have made corporations more cogni...

Taiwan is the world’s leading manufacturer of one of the most crucial industrial technologies—semiconductors. Taiwan has a particular edge because it could leverage trust in its data to help feed a next generation of machine learning algorithms––a sector wi...

Rising energy prices and monetary tightening are stressing the global economy, particularly those sectors on weak economic footing. The Chinese property market is on very weak economic footing. The backdrop of macroeconomic conditions increases the likelihood of an imminent crisis...

Beijing sees the Ukraine crisis as its opportunity to gain influence over financial markets. This week, in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the European Commission decided to disconnect seven Russian banks from the Belgium-based SWIFT. If Russian banks are ultimate...

Unpacking the international sanctions on Russia. How cyberattacks could damage economic growth rates. MSCI, FTSE, STOXX remove Russian equities from indices. For further details see: Could Russia's Attack On Ukraine Turn Into A Macroeconomic Event?

We think that the inflection point is now. The past 18 months have accelerated the use of technology both on the consumer and business side - whether it’s in e-commerce, digital banking, or clean energy. Companies that do not have sunk capital in legacy business models are ofte...

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...