FLKR News and Press, Franklin FTSE South Korea From 11/15/20

Fifteen countries that make up nearly a third of the world's population and gross domestic product have formed the world's largest trading bloc.The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership, or RCEP, was signed by China, Japan, South Korea, Australia, New Zealand and the 10 ASEAN member cou...

Global business cycles are closely interconnected. Global business cycles are closely synchronized. Global equity markets respond accordingly. For further details see: Investing In Foreign Markets Sounds Exciting - But Isn't Always

Disaggregating international exposure allows investors to assign a different weight to specific countries relative to their respective weighting within a broad market-cap weighted index. Interestingly, the majority of the countries we anticipate performing well are in Asia, notably So...

First appeared as Policy Brief PB-20/70, Policy Center for the New South The “middle-income trap” has captured many developing countries: they succeeded in evolving from low per capita income levels, but then appeared to stall, losing momentum along the route toward the...

By Chetan Sehgal, CFA, Senior Managing Director, Director of Portfolio Management, Franklin Templeton Emerging Markets Equity, and Andrew Ness, ASIP, Portfolio Manager Franklin Templeton Emerging Markets Equity Our emerging markets equity team has often emphasized how emerging markets have...

By Christopher Vass, senior product manager From the beginning of February through March 23, the Korean won depreciated more than 9% versus the US dollar as South Korea was one of the countries with highest confirmed COVID cases outside of China. At the same time, the equity market was exp...

Achievements in successful export industries, which need highly skilled people, can create an area as flourishing as South Korea. - Stef Wertheimer Last week, on the Lead-Lag report , I had suggested that South Korea may likely end up as one of the countries that emerge in decent shape fr...

North Korea has blown up a liaison office shared with South Korea - just north of the tense Korean border - following weeks of threats to end a détente. More news on: iShares MSCI India Index ETF, iShares MSCI South Korea Capped ETF, WisdomTree India Earnings ETF, , Global news and ...

By Ansh Chaudhary The ETF Deathwatch decreased in size in May. Sixteen exchange-traded products ("ETPs") were added to the list, and 32 funds were removed. Twenty-one of those funds were removed due to increased health and 11 were due to asset managers closing their funds. That so many fun...

South Korean military and intelligence authorities indicate that North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is handling state affairs normally, according to Yonhap. More news on: iShares MSCI South Korea Capped ETF, Direxion Daily South Korea Bull 3x Shares ETF, Korea Fund, Global news and forex, N...