HEDJ News and Press, WisdomTree Europe Hedged Equity Fund

2024-07-20 04:20:41 ET Summary Americans fear their country is spiraling out of control following an assassination attempt on Donald Trump, with worries growing that the Nov. 5 election could spark more political violence, a Reuters poll found. Markets are said to hate uncertainty...

2024-07-20 04:00:00 ET Summary The European Central Bank’s July monetary policy meetings tend to be uneventful, and this year proved no exception. Given the ECB’s reaction function, we expect the ECB to continue lowering rates at staff projection meetings and therefo...

2024-07-20 03:20:00 ET Summary Global consumer spending growth remained resilient in the second quarter, according to PMI survey data from S&P Global Market Intelligence, fueled by rising demand for both goods and services. The overall expansion in the second quarter nonethele...

2024-07-20 00:15:00 ET Summary This week, markets were influenced by trade war fears, US political developments, and a global cyber outage. In Asia, the Japanese yen weakened, and Chinese authorities remained silent on economic goals despite weak data. Next week, US PCE and GD...

2024-07-19 04:20:00 ET Summary The ECB decided to keep rates on hold as expected, and markets received little forward guidance. We see a continuation of the global macro trend for steeper curves, driven by the prospect of future cuts. We saw something similar for the Gilt curv...

2024-07-18 07:15:00 ET Summary The ECB is not likely to cut at this meeting and will likely refrain from committing to future cuts. Markets are very close to pricing in two more 25bp cuts for this year, which limits the scope for the short end of the curve to come down. In Fra...

2024-07-18 06:30:00 ET Summary More data was released indicating greater disinflationary progress in the US - which, in my view, means we will get a Federal Reserve rate cut this quarter. I think this will be a rather positive earnings season. S&P 500 companies are forecasted ...

2024-07-17 08:12:00 ET Summary Geopolitical conflicts are multiplying, and the spectre of recession is omnipresent in Europe and the United States. We’re in the early stages of an AI revolution, and investment spend on everything related to its buildout is at levels not see...

2024-07-17 05:52:00 ET Summary Markets are now pricing in 48bp of ECB cuts in 2024, just shy of two full 25bp cuts. The rate-cutting narrative building in the US was the main driver of the increase, but in our view, the spillovers will be more limited. The Fed’s Be...

2024-07-17 04:20:00 ET Summary Global growth is being supported by moderating inflation, more accommodative financial conditions and a pickup in global trade. S&P Global Market Intelligence analysts' forecast of global real GDP growth in 2024 is unchanged at 2.7% i...