OVF News and Press, Overlay Shares Foreign Equity ETF From 07/19/22

The global economy and financial markets have suffered a dreadful H1 2022, ravaged by a severe commodity shock, strict COVID-19 lockdowns in the world’s second-largest economy, and one of the most aggressive Fed tightening cycles in recent history. H2 looks equally tough. In it...

According to a recent report released by the OECD, the Russian invasion of Ukraine, if prolonged, could knock 1.1 percentage points off the global GDP for 2021, while increasing global inflation by 2.5 percentage points over an already lofty inflation level. The damage won’t be...

US valuations remain very high despite a recent selloff across the market cap spectrum. Developed foreign markets retreated to reasonable PE10 levels. Emerging market valuations have not budged much even with a more than 20% drop since February 2021. For further details see:...

We see the Ukraine war reducing global growth, increasing inflation and putting central banks in a bind. We prefer developed stocks in the inflationary backdrop. Stocks led by European equities bounced from 2022 lows last week, as oil prices came off highs. The European Central Bank a...

Putin’s gamble, and the West’s response, has brought into view one of the few existential tail risks that isn’t a Black Swan: the risk of an escalation into war between Russia and NATO, and the exchange of nuclear weaponry. We also know that the war between Ukrain...

The most recent sanctions are wreaking havoc on global financial markets. The Russian ruble is also plunging, and the Russian economy is being squeezed. Most global equities are also down since the start of the war, and with investors on edge, volatility is spiking. The effects of thi...

While Covid remains a powerful force in the world economy and our lives, it does appear that the situation is improving in 2022. So, how did the stock funds react to the better news? By declining! Even if market timers could have predicted Covid and the economic effects, they were pro...

For investors who want to earn a reasonable return without taking excessive risks, diversification still works, and we think you’re going to need more of it this year. The weighing of the high-flyers is not over. Commodities had another good week, and the 1-year return is getti...

For those investors who like the idea of buying and holding for the long term, international stocks are likely to dramatically outperform over the coming years. The SPDR Developed World ex-US ETF offers a well-diversified portfolio of international stocks, with much stronger long-term...

Overlay Shares Cross $500 Million in Assets PR Newswire ATLANTA , Feb. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Liquid Strategies, the parent of Overlay Shares exchange-traded funds (ETFs), announced their suite of ETFs has crossed $500 million in assets under management sinc...