EZU News and Press, iShares MSCI EMU ETF From 07/03/19

Wednesday, July 3, 2019 - Another quarter down and investors (and the Federal Reserve) are still wondering which way this thing is going and whether it’s time to start taking some chips off the table. On the one hand, investors suffered through a minor pullback by equities in May only...

Brexit Is Supposed To Ruin The U.K. Economy Ever since anyone had the temerity to even think about leaving the European Union, let alone vote for it, we've been told that the very idea will immediately entirely tank the UK economy. Of course I am biased here, I used to work for Nigel Farage....

Chris discusses the key international events the iShares Investment Strategy team has been tracking this month. International events seem to matter more than ever for investors. From trade tensions to conflict in the Gulf to increasing populism, geopolitical events have at times roiled the...

By Erik Norland The eurozone's economic expansion has hit a soft patch. Manufacturing has been shrinking for four months - but not at an alarming pace that would indicate a recession. The services sector continues to expand but at a much slower pace than in 2017 and 2018. Except for France...

Overview: The approaching month/quarter-end and the G20 meeting dominate considerations. Although the S&P 500 closed on its lows for the third consecutive session yesterday, Asia Pacific equities liked the apparent increase in the prospect of a tariff freeze between the US and China and ...

By Ansh Chaudhary Ten years ago, following the Great Recession and financial crisis, Pacific Management Investment Corporation announced at its annual forum that we were entering a period of below-average growth the company called "the new normal," reports MarketWatch . "Their forecast wa...

Overview: The S&P 500 fell nearly one percent yesterday, its steepest fall this month and this was a weight on Asia-Pacific and European activity. Most markets have eased, though not as much as the US did. Hong Kong, India, and Singapore were notable exceptions in Asia, where the MSCI be...

Overview It is far from clear that the US sanctions against nine Iranian officials, with the foreign minister to be added later, brings negotiations any closer. At the same time, US officials are trying to keep expectations low for the weekend meeting between Trump and Xi. The heightened pol...

The big news last week was the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) statement on Wednesday, which removed the word "patient" and set the Fed up for potential 0.25% key interest rate cuts at its July and/or September FOMC meetings. Interestingly, the FOMC statement also acknowledged that there ...

A clear message from ECB President Mario Draghi last week kicked off a dovish shift by major central banks - from patience to inching toward more stimulus. We see the ECB and the Fed likely to ease soon. Yet, while market expectations for ECB easing appear reasonable, expectations for the Fed ...