IXSE News and Press, WisdomTree India Ex-State-Owned Enterprises Fund From 06/18/21

Growth in emerging Asia is likely to remain uneven amid a slow vaccine rollout, pushing out our expectations for a full recovery into 2022. The main bottleneck, in our view, is the limited supply of vaccine doses. We expect uneven economic performance across EM Asia in 2021 and ha...

The second wave of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) virus pandemic in India appears to be receding, with recorded new daily infections steadily declining from their peak of over 450,000 cases in early May. However, pressures on healthcare systems remain, suggesting that lockdowns c...

Brazil: Manufacturing PMI is currently running at 53.0 for 2Q 2021 for two months into the quarter, down from 1Q 2021 reading of 55.9. Russia: Manufacturing PMI remains at the same level through the first two months of 2Q 2021 (51.2) as in 1Q 2021, implying steady, but relatively weak...

When it comes to Chinese equity targets, whether by activists or regulators, the picture is murky. Because a chunk of our emerging markets equity business excludes all companies with more than 20% state ownership, we had none of the 44 PLA-affiliated companies in the WisdomTree Emergi...

There is no doubt this current second COVID-19 wave will leave a dent in India’s economic recovery, which could last for 1-2 quarters. While the COVID-19 situation in India is serious with case numbers spiking across the nation and hospitals under stress, reaction to this secon...

In this note, we look at the several headwinds that appear to have contributed to the recent underperformance along with the positive factors underlying these markets. The most obvious headwind to Asian markets this year has been the correction in technology. Another potential hea...

April PMIs for BRIC economies show continued strengthening in the recovery in China and Russia, moderation in the recovery momentum in India and deepening collapse in the recovery in Brazil. BRIC as a group underperformed Global PMIs in April in both Services and Manufacturing, althou...

While recovery in economic growth could remain muted this year in many markets, we expect more normalization in 2022. EM equities rebounded in April but trailed their DM counterparts. Emerging Asian equities rose in April. Among the top regional markets were Taiwan, South Korea an...

Global PMI employment index hits highest for 14 years as companies step up hiring amid surging demand and optimism about the year ahead. Job gains led by the developed world, notably the US and UK. Banking reports fastest ever jobs growth, only tourism and recreation reports falli...

After a decent start, emerging markets have lagged behind developed markets. Emerging markets don't necessarily correspond to neat value vs. growth or cyclical vs. defensive narratives. The best environment for emerging market economies is one of synchronized global growth. ...