EWY News and Press, iShares Inc MSCI South Korea From 01/27/21

Headlines out of Davos haven't been nearly as loud this year, given that the World Economic Forum went virtual due to the pandemic. The annual event usually sees the world's political and business leaders, plus the usual smattering of celebrities, gather at the Swiss Alpine resort. Collaborat...

Swelling twin deficits (Budget and Trade) underpin a likely secular decline in the U.S. dollar. Citigroup recently cited a potential 20% fall in the dollar based on vaccine penetration. China represents 44% of VWO, while contributing 19% to global GDP. In contrast, emerging markets ex...

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...

2020 left some marks, but the secular bull remains. Equities and more equities in 2021. Research driven investors will profit in 2021 by straying from the crowd. For further details see: 2021 Outlook: More Of The Same... For Now

South Korean equities seem to have underperformed U.S. equities for years, as the latter have been especially popular internationally. However, South Korea has grown into what can now be considered a technologically sophisticated, and developed, economy. With China and other faste...

Fifteen countries that make up nearly a third of the world's population and gross domestic product have formed the world's largest trading bloc.The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership, or RCEP, was signed by China, Japan, South Korea, Australia, New Zealand and the 10 ASEAN member cou...

Global business cycles are closely interconnected. Global business cycles are closely synchronized. Global equity markets respond accordingly. For further details see: Investing In Foreign Markets Sounds Exciting - But Isn't Always

The top five performing ETFs so far this year have one thing in common: They seem to be fairing relatively well with the Covid crisis. The pandemic has dominated markets all year, of course. On Monday, U.S. stocks took a dive as cases in the country continued to surge higher. While the U.S. a...

Disaggregating international exposure allows investors to assign a different weight to specific countries relative to their respective weighting within a broad market-cap weighted index. Interestingly, the majority of the countries we anticipate performing well are in Asia, notably So...

The S&P 500 bull market remains intact despite the recent correction. The same cannot be said for the rest of the U.S. and the rest of the world. Beware the bear and the downside risks accumulating all around the U.S. and global stock market today. Stay selective and defen...