EWZS News and Press, iShares MSCI Brazil Small-Cap ETF From 08/08/23

2023-08-08 04:00:00 ET Summary Emerging markets are filled with opportunities for growth. EM equities started the second half of 2023 on a good note. All major equity benchmarks in the Latin American region also posted gains, with macroeconomic data taking centerstage in the r...

2023-08-06 05:05:00 ET Summary As we ushered in 2023, our outlook was shaped by the constriction of monetary supply, tight government spending and weaker corporate profits. Amid the broader market dynamics, two areas stand out: rising emerging markets stars and Bitcoin. We bel...

2023-07-26 01:56:00 ET Summary In 2022, North America and Western Europe scored highest on the democracy index, and Middle East and Africa scored the lowest. Much of Western Europe, Australia & New Zealand and Canada/United States fall into the least corrupt category, but corr...

2023-07-22 03:35:00 ET Summary Allocation and stock selection in Brazil and Georgia lead to fund outperformance in Q2 2023. The VanEck Emerging Markets Fund slightly outperformed the MSCI EM IMI Index on the QTD basis ending June 30, 2023 (+2.24% for Fund vs +1.62% for Index). ...

2023-07-19 17:25:14 ET Summary The iShares MSCI Brazil Small-Cap ETF offers exposure to small-capitalization Brazilian equities, buying weighted ADRs to replicate the index results. However, exchange rate variations can affect the fund's value. Despite political and macroeconomic ...

2023-07-17 11:10:00 ET Summary We favor emerging market to developed market assets on a brighter macro backdrop. We get granular and harness mega forces, per our playbook. U.S. bond yields slumped last week on softer CPI inflation data. We think still-tight labor markets will comp...

2023-07-11 01:55:00 ET Summary The global economy continued to expand in June, according to the S&P Global PMI surveys, based on data provided by over 27,000 companies. The latest PMI indicates that the global economy has grown for five successive months, with this renewed exp...

2023-07-04 00:47:00 ET Summary Equity valuations are more relevant over a medium- or long-term horizon, but they’re also tactically important in helping determine an entry or exit point. The global business cycle is a key influence on EM’s relative performance. T...

2023-07-04 00:43:00 ET Summary Although recessionary fears still loom large, we’re now seeing a confluence of trends that should bode well for some parts of the emerging-market bond universe. Among hard-currency assets, spreads have tightened in recent months but are still ...

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...