EWZS News and Press, iShares MSCI Brazil Small-Cap ETF From 09/27/23

2023-09-27 07:15:00 ET Summary S&P 500 hits three-month lows, consumer confidence falls to four-month low, and new home sales at lowest level in five years. US dollar continues to rise against G10 currencies, including the euro and sterling. Equities are trading higher tod...

2023-09-26 09:35:43 ET Summary Brazilian small-cap stocks are impacted by long-term interest rates, and the expectation of slower rate cuts has tempered optimism in the second half of 2023. Rising inflation and fiscal uncertainties have led to a weakening Brazilian real, affecting...

2023-09-21 06:45:00 ET Summary The Federal Reserve's hawkish hold has lifted the dollar against most currencies, except the Japanese yen. The Swiss franc is the weakest of the G10 currencies after the Swiss National Bank left rates unchanged. Rising rates have weighed on equit...

2023-09-20 07:00:00 ET Summary UK CPI data leads to a rally in Gilts and a drop in sterling, with less than a 50% chance of a Bank of England rate hike tomorrow. The market has little fear of intervention by Japan ahead of the FOMC meeting, leading to the dollar reaching new highs...

2023-09-16 09:30:00 ET Summary Central bank meetings dominate the week ahead, with six G10 central banks meeting. Brazil and Chile have begun cutting rates, while no G10 central bank appears close to reducing rates. The market favors a hawkish hold by the Federal Reserve, whil...

2023-09-15 06:00:00 ET Summary The latest PMI data outlined renewed a contraction in developed markets while emerging markets growth, across both manufacturing and service sectors, slowed for a third month in a row. The rate of expansion for emerging markets remained marginally ab...

2023-09-13 07:05:00 ET Summary The US dollar is trading stronger against all G10 currencies ahead of the US CPI report. The euro remains weak despite speculation of an ECB rate hike. Equities and bonds are down, with most Asian markets falling and European benchmark yields ris...

2023-09-09 07:45:00 ET Summary The US dollar's strength in the foreign exchange market is in stark contrast to the economic performance of Europe, Japan, and China. The Dollar Index has experienced an eight-week rally, the longest in nine years, and the dollar's role in internatio...

2023-09-09 01:20:00 ET Summary The opportunity set is wide and growing wider in emerging markets, according to Franklin Templeton Emerging Markets Equity. The BRICS summit in South Africa in August announced the expansion of the group to include potentially six new members in earl...

2023-09-08 06:59:09 ET A lot is riding on the G20 summit this year, especially with notable absences that include China's Xi Jinping and Russia's Vladimir Putin. President Biden will have an opportunity to make fresh inroads with many countries in the group (that account for more than 80% o...