EZU News and Press, iShares MSCI EMU ETF From 05/04/19

In today's episode of Market Week in Review, Research Analyst Brian Yadao and Senior Investment Strategist Paul Eitelman unpack so much economic data, it's a wonder we could fit it into a single video. China/U.S. trade détente? How close are we? On the topic of the China/U.S. tra...

By David Zahn, CFA, FRM, Head of European Fixed Income, Senior Vice President, Franklin Templeton Fixed Income Group When investing in sovereign debt, there is a level of trust involved - faith a government will return an investor's principal plus interest without fail. But Franklin Temple...

Elga explains the reasons we see a European economic recovery in the second half of the year - including an easing of financial conditions, Chinese stimulus and solid domestic demand. Europe is still holding back global growth, having been a key support in prior years. Yet much of the euro...

Posted by Kristina Hooper, Chief Global Market Strategist on Apr 29, 2019, in Market & Economic Weekly Market Compass: Polarization is expected to increase, prompting new alliances and coalitions It is spring and elections are in the air - along with expectations for incr...

After the October through December downfall, the world is looking brighter with all of the major American equity indexes up significantly. In the last three months the DJIA is up 7.99% while the S&P 500 has risen 11.36% and the NASDAQ is up 15.91%. For the last year, the DJIA is up 9.18% w...

Europe's economy looks to be on the cusp of recovery - a potential support for the region's lagging risk assets. Yet, there is a key risk to our base case: trade tensions between the U.S. and Europe may heat up again. We would expect the direct economic fallout to be manageable, but it could h...

By Seema Shah, Global Investment Strategist, Principal Global Investors Surprise, surprise. European data is underwhelming. The German Ifo index is close to four-year lows, the European composite PMI remains sluggish, and industrial production is trailing. All this against a backdrop of re...

Overview: The record high close for the S&P 500 failed to lift global equities. Far East trading was mixed. The Nikkei opened strong and closed weaker, while the Shanghai Composite began softer and closed firmly. Australian shares and bonds rallied on the back of mild inflation, while th...

Posted by Kristina Hooper, Chief Global Market Strategist on April 22, 2019, in Market & Economic The view of future growth remains blurry for the world - including the US, China and Europe. In the past several months, we have seen central banks make an abrupt turn toward...

Welcome to the Tortoise QuickTake podcast . Thank you for joining us. Today, Tortoise provides a timely update on trending topics in the market. Hello, I’m Graham Allen Senior Portfolio Manager at Tortoise Credit. If you keep kicking the can down the road, eventually you run out of...