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2024-01-26 02:00:35 ET Summary Stocks in Australia have been trading in the same range since 2020, but a breakout upwards is overdue. Bond yields have been rising in line with central bank interest rates, presenting an opportunity to buy bonds at par value with yields upwards of 4...

BlackRock's ( BLK +0.7% ) closes and liquidates eight of its U.S. iShares ETFs, with five of them currency hedged, as part of its ongoing review of it product lineup. More news on: BlackRock, Inc., iShares Trust - iShares Currency Hedged MSCI Spain ETF, iShares Trust - iShares Currency...

The Central Bank of Brazil lowered interest rates 25 basis points to 2%. The release had this interesting caveat (emphasis added): The Copom believes that the current economic conditions continue to recommend an unusually strong monetary stimulus but it recognizes that, due to prudentia...

Moody's Investors Service affirms the government of Australia's long-term issuer and senior unsecured ratings at Aaa, the agency's highest rating. More news on: iShares MSCI Australia ETF, Invesco CurrencyShares Australian Dollar Trust ETF, Aberdeen Australia Equity Fund, Global news and...

Australia suffered its first recession in 29 years . It’s a remarkable statistic considering all that has taken place in developed markets just in the last 13 years. Let’s go back in time for a moment. Recall the mid-2000s. It was a bull market for commodities , and Australia...

May saw another substantial fall in business activity across Australia, setting the scene for a deepening downturn in the economy during the second quarter. Even as lockdown measures were relaxed in mid-May, this only contributed to a minor easing of the rate of contraction in business activit...

Investment thesis: The international markets are still in a difficult situation but things are moving in the right direction. The China long ( FXI ) and Brazil short ( EWZ ) trades are still attractive. Chinese data is improving and tensions with the US are giving way to a bilateral pragmatism...

Flash PMI data pointed to a collapse in business activity across Australia's private sector economy in April as lockdown measures designed to prevent the spread of COVID-19 took their toll on demand, particularly for services. Consequently, workforce numbers were reduced sharply, contributing...

Australia is the first of 11 nations rated "AAA" by S&P to have been put on negative outlook since the coronavirus outbreak. More news on: iShares MSCI Australia ETF, Invesco CurrencyShares Australian Dollar Trust ETF, Aberdeen Australia Equity Fund, Global news and forex, News on ET...

Investment thesis: International news is still mostly bad. The latest EU PMI data shows a service sector crash. Data from Japan also shows weakness, as do the latest South Korean releases. On the plus side, China was modestly higher this week but it's still too early to think about taking a ...