EWT News and Press, iShares Inc MSCI Taiwan From 04/09/22

Defaults in China real estate have been unprecedented—is policy support forthcoming and what will this market look like in the future? On March 16, the State Council’s financial stability and development committee, chaired by Vice Premier Liu He, helped improve market dy...

Gold’s Q1 performance was primarily driven by rapidly rising inflation, higher interest rates, and unexpected geopolitical risk. The post-COVID economic recovery and supply-side disruptions, which have been exacerbated by the Russia–Ukraine war, will likely keep inflatio...

Business costs are now rising at a rate not seen since 2008. Input cost inflation accelerated worldwide in both manufacturing and services. COVID-19 containment measures have been almost completely removed in the UK and US, though many restrictions persist in the eurozone. F...

The Ukraine invasion and resulting sanctions have led to a steep downturn in the Russian economy. Rising backlogs were most commonly reported in the US and across the Eurozone. Growth is proving encouragingly resilient, but the March survey data indicate that risks have tilted to ...

COVID outbreaks in China have the potential to further disrupt global supply chains and growth rates that equity investors are sensitive to. China has demonstrated an encouraging, improved ability to adapt lockdowns to unfolding outbreak data, adjusting COVID testing and localized res...

Inflation expectations have kept the Federal Reserve center stage as they commenced their interest rate rising cycle in March. The war in Ukraine and Omicron’s spread in China impacted inflation and supply chains differently, but both delay supply chain normalization. Regar...

Production and demand growth was subdued by a combination of headwinds, including the Ukraine war and new COVID-19 related disruptions - notably in China. In Europe, the Ukraine war took a toll on production growth, most prominently leading to renewed falls in output in Poland and the...

Stock markets fell in the first quarter as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine destabilized the growth outlook, amplified concerns about rising interest rates and unleashed geopolitical risks. While the conflict has created many uncertainties, we believe the impact of persistent infla...

Semiconductors are without question the "new oil", but that does not mean they will produce positive returns for investors in the future. Historically, semiconductor stock performance is more closely tied to macro conditions (for example, S&P 500 earnings and commodity inflation) ...

As we head into the second quarter, it seems the list of economic concerns is growing rather than shrinking and yet equity markets find themselves in a very comfortable position. The rebound from the post-invasion lows has been impressive, to say the least, but whether it’s sus...