IGF News and Press, iShares Global Infrastructure ETF From 04/11/22

Demand for infrastructure comes from two primary sources. First is the need to upgrade developed world infrastructure. Second is the need for the developing world to build out new infrastructure to support economic growth. Both are powerful long-term revenue drivers and will drive growth at...

According to data by Johns Hopkins , new COVID-19 cases in China reached a record high of 447,104 between Feb. 28 and March 6. The numbers have come down since then, but the seven-day average for daily new COVID-19 cases in China remains higher than at any point in 2020. In the U.S....

In an uncertain macroeconomic environment, the certainty of future earnings and growth will be key: infrastructure and utilities significantly outperform other equities on this measure. With a base case of slowing growth and higher inflation, our playbook for infrastructure portfolios...

We have seen crypto disruption expand across the financial system and expect this to continue. Inflation pressures may linger through 2022 and pose a risk of spiraling into a more persistent economic factor. Historically in these market environments, real assets—including n...

If my assumption is correct, the COVID-19 crisis pushed the global markets into a 6+ month Summer, Autumn, and Winter seasonal cycle. My belief is the COVID-19 crisis created a full Kondratieff Seasonal rotation in the global markets. As we explore the Kondratieff Seasonal cycles ...

Industrial production rose 0.4 percent in June, the eighth gain in the last nine months. However, manufacturing output, which accounts for about 75 percent of total industrial production, decreased 0.1 percent. All other industries combined (total excluding energy, high-tech, and moto...

The importance of transit hesitancy on the future on commercial real estate. Is this the right time to buy retail assets? How to play the "once in a generation" build-out of new infrastructure. For further details see: Global Real Estate And Infrastructure: Should Altern...

franckreporter/E+ via Getty Images At a G7 summit over the weekend, President Biden pressed world leaders to take concrete steps to counter China's rising influence and put a heavy focus on the path toward decarbonization. The result? A global infrastructure project called "Build Back Better ...

iShares Global Infrastructure ETF (IGF) - $0.6776.30-Day SEC Yield of 2.25% as of May 28.Payable Jun 16; for shareholders of record Jun 11; ex-div Jun 10. For further details see: iShares Global Infrastructure ETF declares semi-annual distribution of $0.6776

With greater clarity on the sustainability of the economic recovery, we also saw the opportunity set across markets broaden to include sectors beyond those seen as the primary beneficiaries of an economic reopening. As expected, the recovery hasn't been smooth sailing for all, with su...