IGOV News and Press, iShares S&P/Citigroup International Treasury Bond From 03/31/21

With a broad-based economic reopening coming closer into focus, investors are planning for the next stage in the cycle. Our K2 Advisors team believes geographical, asset class and sector rotations will be key to driving returns over the next 12 months. We expect hedge-fund manager...

Global growth looks set to rebound even more strongly in 2021 than we had anticipated in our January Cyclical Outlook. Over the next several months, a combination of base effects, recent increases in energy prices, and price adjustments in sectors where activity ramps up is likely to ...

In the first quarter, the global economy continued to recover from the steep losses of a year ago, but at a weaker pace as a result of still high COVID-19 cases and slow starts to vaccinations in many countries. The MSCI Emerging Market Index outperformed EAFE, ending 2020 up 18.7%. ...

The jarring retreat in global bond markets this year has provoked comparisons to the mid-2013 Taper Tantrum, when the Fed hinted at the prospect of scaling back its QE program. While today's upheaval shares many similarities with that earlier event, there are also some notable differe...

Convention has it that "capital flows" are determined by the portfolio effects of interest rate differentials. Should Treasury yields begin to rise, then it's said "capital" flows back "home" leaving the EM system from which it came vulnerable to standard ill-effects. Rising yield...

VanEck CEO Jan van Eck's latest investment outlook explores the recent bitcoin rally and the underlying trends supporting it. He discusses what economic growth looks like in 2021 after the worst year for the economy since World War II. He also discusses the impact of higher intere...

Global manufacturing PMI buoyed by further strong gains in production. Robust growth seen in the US, Eurozone, India and Brazil despite supply chain delays close to record high. Expansion limited by further slowdown in China, in turn linked to shipping and logistics problems. ...

Interest rates are low, and “lower for longer” has become something of a mantra among policy makers, regulators, and other market watchers. Since 2012, a number of central banks introduced negative interest rate policies. At the time of introduction, many questioned ...

In Europe, the recovery from COVID-19 will take several years to get back to pre-pandemic levels. In this type of environment, we think the ECB is going to remain very accommodative and is likely to continue its asset purchasing program. Given the likelihood of a slow recovery, we don...

Broadly-defined commodities were the clear leader last month. US and foreign stocks also posted solid gains as did real estate investment trusts. The overall trend for markets was bullish last month, based on the Global Market Index (GMI). For further details see: Major ...