EWZS News and Press, iShares MSCI Brazil Small-Cap ETF From 07/03/23

2023-07-03 23:50:00 ET Summary The JPMorgan Global Manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index compiled by S&P Global, registered 48.8 in June, down from 49.6 in May. The decline indicates an increasingly steep deterioration of business conditions, which have now worsened for ten...

2023-06-28 16:47:00 ET Summary Investors are faced with high uncertainty about the future of a global economy that lost momentum in June following sizable gains in May. Government and central bank actions to stimulate the Chinese economy are not likely to have a significant impact...

2023-06-24 00:20:00 ET Summary Latin American local currency debt faced challenges in 2022 including rising U.S. interest rates, reduced demand for commodities, political instability and persistent regional inflation. Surprisingly, the asset class has shown remarkable resilience s...

2023-06-19 23:55:00 ET Summary The Brazilian economy avoided entering a technical recession in the opening quarter of 2023, with a growth rate of 1.9% largely beating market expectations. PMI data up to May so far point to sustained growth for the second quarter, albeit with notab...

2023-06-16 02:29:00 ET Summary Banking sector crises have historically been one of the key drivers of risk for emerging-market (EM) countries’ asset returns. Naturally, the recent banking crises in the US and Europe raise concerns about EM exposure to financial sector risks...

2023-06-07 00:31:00 ET Summary Emerging markets are gaining attention from foreign investors, with AI-driven chip demand and China's deposit rate cuts stimulating growth. The transition to a greener future presents significant investment opportunities in renewable energy, decarbon...

2023-05-25 23:45:00 ET Summary As inflation remains high in many developed markets, emerging market central banks were quicker to hike interest rates coming out of the pandemic that helped to steady their economies. So emerging markets started raising interest rates first, and the...

2023-05-24 03:50:03 ET Summary Emerging Markets, in general, and Brazil, in particular, are trading at extremely low P/E multiples in the context of the last two decades. Brazilian stocks are cheap for many reasons; but this may not warrant such a large discount. It may lead to a ...

2023-05-13 04:51:00 ET Summary Mexico, Latin America’s second-largest economy, will grow 1.7% this year, while Brazil’s GDP will inch up just 1.2%, according to estimates from the IMF. The Brazilian real, Colombian peso, Argentine peso and other Latin American curren...

2023-05-07 04:20:00 ET Summary Annual inflation in Brazil reached 4.7% in March, the lowest since January 2021, as the impact of external shocks continues to vanish. Brazil's inflationary environment remains under pressure. Survey data from S&P Global Market Intelligence point...