FLAX News and Press, Franklin FTSE Asia ex Japan From 04/29/24

2024-04-29 07:35:00 ET Summary The dollar soared to almost JPY160.20 before falling sharply to JPY154.55 and then rebounding to almost JPY156.00. The euro reached almost $1.0755 before turning lower ahead of the weekend, the highest level in slightly more than two weeks. Emerg...

2024-04-26 09:35:35 ET Summary AIA compares poorly to other competing products in this space. AIA's lack of exposure towards Indian equities could harm its prospects. AIA offers good earnings potential at cheap valuations, and the risk-reward on the charts looks encouraging. ...

2024-04-25 09:55:00 ET Summary Assets in U.S.-listed exchange traded funds have grown over the last five years, but ETFs still represent a small fraction of overall U.S. financial markets. ETFs represented 9.3% of equity assets in Europe and 1.8% of fixed income assets in Europe i...

2024-04-16 23:36:00 ET Stock Traders Daily has produced this trading report using a proprietary method.  This methodology seeks to optimize the entry and exit levels to maximize results and limit risk, and it is also applied to Index options, ETFs, and futures for our subscribers. This...

2024-03-16 06:25:00 ET Summary S&P Global Market Intelligence's global growth forecast for 2024 has again been revised upward in March. Our forecast of the initial cut in policy rates by the US Federal Reserve has been pushed back to June. Even with the tweaks to our monet...

2024-03-08 03:20:00 ET Summary The semiconductor sector, as represented by the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index, posted a 10% gain in February. The EV sector has been under pressure in recent months despite rapid growth in 2023. Egypt is expected to agree to an extension and p...

2024-02-26 21:44:00 ET Stock Traders Daily has produced this trading report using a proprietary method.  This methodology seeks to optimize the entry and exit levels to maximize results and limit risk, and it is also applied to Index options, ETFs, and futures for our subscribers. This...

2024-02-17 02:10:00 ET Summary Our annual global real GDP forecast for 2024 has been revised up from 2.3% to 2.5%. Global PMI data continues to point to a gradual improvement in economic conditions. Core inflation rates have continued to fall but the outlook is more unce...

2024-02-15 23:39:00 ET Summary Emerging markets have taken solace in the view that the U.S. hiking cycle is over, helping deliver strong returns in 2023. Slowing global inflation has been due to sharply lower core goods inflation, while service prices have remained stickier. E...

2024-02-09 12:30:00 ET Summary While the China macro story of ongoing transition is a headwind to the rest of Asia, there is more to the region's economic health than this. We see some glimmers of stronger export and production activity together with a more benign inflation backdr...