LDEM News and Press, iShares ESG MSCI EM Leaders ETF From 05/20/24

2024-05-20 14:15:00 ET Summary We stay dynamic on a strategic horizon to take advantage of sharp valuation shifts. We go overweight emerging market stocks for the first time since 2020. U.S. stocks hit all-time highs while 10-year yields fell after the CPI data met expectations. W...

2024-05-16 08:00:00 ET Summary Managers are increasingly focusing on sectors beyond tech that could benefit from the rise in AI in the short term. These include healthcare and consumer companies, which also have more attractive valuations. Globally, managers anticipate an increase...

2024-05-14 03:20:00 ET Summary The worldwide PMI surveys compiled by S&P Global Market Intelligence indicated that global trade expanded at the start of the second quarter of 2024. The seasonally adjusted Global PMI New Export Orders Index posted 50.6 in April, up from 49.8 in...

2024-05-12 09:50:00 ET Stock Traders Daily has produced this trading report using a proprietary method.  This methodology seeks to optimize the entry and exit levels to maximize results and limit risk, and it is also applied to Index options, ETFs, and futures for our subscribers. This...

2024-05-10 09:30:00 ET Summary Emerging market economic growth was sustained at a solid rate at the start of the second quarter of 2024. Cost pressures intensified for emerging market firms as average input prices rose at a faster rate. Of the four major emerging market econom...

2024-05-08 09:09:00 ET Summary We actually started off the year with still some continuation of the trends in the asset class that we've seen by the end of 2023. We also saw geographies like Taiwan and India, which were good performers last year, continuing to contribute positivel...

2024-05-07 08:50:00 ET Summary Chinese equities have rebounded, reversing the negative returns recorded in the first quarter. Investor expectations for US interest rate cuts have reset. The Commodities Research Bureau Index of commodity prices rose 7.4% year-to-date through th...

2024-05-06 09:35:00 ET Summary The IMF upgraded US growth forecasts for 2024 by +0.6% of GDP, and Chinese PMIs are back to expansion. There aren’t any bad EM stories right now, with almost all of the typical problem cases in EM making meaningful policy adjustments. The ...

2024-05-02 15:12:00 ET Stock Traders Daily has produced this trading report using a proprietary method.  This methodology seeks to optimize the entry and exit levels to maximize results and limit risk, and it is also applied to Index options, ETFs, and futures for our subscribers. This...

2024-05-02 03:00:00 ET Summary In last month’s Absolute Return Letter, I concluded that the “E” in ESG appears to have affected equity returns more than the “S” and the “G”. This month, I will look at a different aspect of ESG investing...