JEMTF News and Press, iPath GEMS Index ETN From 05/15/24

2024-05-15 08:35:00 ET Summary The dollar is trading weakly against G10 currencies and emerging market currencies as the market expects softer US CPI and retail sales data. US interest rates are softer, with Treasury yields at their lowest level since April 10. Equities are mo...

2024-05-14 04:05:00 ET Summary Active ownership has emerged as an essential engagement tool, extending beyond equities to encompass fixed income markets. Despite increasing availability, challenges persist in environmental, social and governance (ESG) data coverage ...

2024-05-07 03:30:00 ET Summary Emerging-market (EM) corporate bonds are too-often overlooked by investors who presume the asset class is too niche or too risky. The aggregate fundamentals of EM corporates are stronger than those of their developed market counterparts. Moody&#x...

2024-05-04 11:10:00 ET Summary The US economy's resilience and stickiness of price pressures have led to a reassessment of Fed policy, causing a rise in US interest rates and a stronger dollar. Concerns about US fiscal policy and the stronger dollar have heightened among countries...

2024-05-03 06:50:00 ET Summary The US dollar is trading with a softer bias ahead of the US jobs report, with recent survey data warning of downside risks. The Norwegian krone is the strongest G10 currency after the central bank delivered a hawkish hold on rates. Asian equities...

2024-05-02 07:00:00 ET Summary It appears that with the market challenging Monday's intervention, Japanese officials entered the market shortly after the US equity market closed yesterday, as the Asia Pacific session go underway and sold dollars again. The offshore yuan is trading...

2024-05-01 06:50:00 ET Summary The BOJ projected yesterday that commercial banks' deposits with it likely dropped by JPY7.56 trillion. The dollar gradually edged higher yesterday, and by the end of the North American session, it had recovered more than half of the intervention-ins...

2024-04-28 04:30:00 ET Summary The backing up of US rates did not lift the dollar broadly as it appeared to have done previously. The Bank of Japan had an opportunity to have protested the yen's weakness more adamantly but did not do so. The FOMC meeting concludes a couple of ...

2024-04-22 15:30:00 ET Summary The global economy is now back on a growth trajectory, but there is a potential fiscal crisis to watch for in 2025. US Treasury Credit Default Swaps Show Elevated Deficit Concerns. Global growth should make you rethink your commodity allocation a...

2024-04-18 08:15:00 ET Summary Emerging markets debt performed well in the first quarter of 2024, and we anticipate more of the same in the next quarter. We continue to believe that there are attractive opportunities for investors to increase exposure to long-duration securities t...