EZA News and Press, iShares MSCI South Africa Index Fund From 06/22/21

The global economy has reached an important milestone in the second quarter of 2021, surpassing the pre-pandemic real GDP peak attained in the fourth quarter of 2019. After a 3.5% contraction in 2020, global real GDP is projected to increase 6.0% in 2021, its strongest advance since 1...

iShares MSCI South Africa ETF (EZA) - $0.4915.30-Day SEC Yield of 1.26% as of May 28.Payable Jun 16; for shareholders of record Jun 11; ex-div Jun 10. For further details see: iShares MSCI South Africa ETF declares semi-annual distribution of $0.4915

Emerging markets are still expected to lead the global economic recovery, with forecasted 2021 GDP growth of 6.7% vs. 6.4% for the United States. EM equities rose in May and outpaced developed market stocks. We believe that EMs will continue to show resilience with many countries ...

While recovery in economic growth could remain muted this year in many markets, we expect more normalization in 2022. EM equities rebounded in April but trailed their DM counterparts. Emerging Asian equities rose in April. Among the top regional markets were Taiwan, South Korea an...

In recent months, we've received many questions about how we expect emerging markets will perform once the Federal Reserve does begin removing monetary stimulus. We believe once the market becomes comfortable with global vaccine rollouts and herd immunity, we will see a sustained resu...

Last year was eventful on many levels. From a market perspective, the main factor that stands out is of course COVID-19 and how it caused a collapse in the demand for oil, and subsequently, oil prices. While the GCC region was able to reopen its economy earlier than some others, it di...

After a strong rally back to historical resistance, emerging market stocks have slipped as Turkey sees a devaluation and the Archegos collapse creates pressure. The COVID-19-caused manufacturing boom in China is showing signs of ending as U.S. retail sales drop. Fewer economic ris...

Despite a subdued macro stand, the rand continues to strengthen against the US dollar and euro. The main factors behind its appreciation are the growing prices for mineral commodities, the recovery of world trade, coupled with China's continued economic expansion. We assume the ra...

This ETF has performed well in 2020, despite the kind of devastating impact the COVID-19 pandemic had on emerging-market economies like South Africa or Brazil. We anticipate potentially larger macroeconomic discrepancies between the largest and smallest global economies due to the COV...

EZA gives U.S. investors the chance to invest directly in South African equities through a U.S.-listed, USD-denominated ETF. Unfortunately, South African equities look expensive. While the USD/ZAR exchange rate is probably significantly overvalued, there is still the risk that ZAR rem...