PAK News and Press, Global X MSCI Pakistan From 08/05/21

International equities generally performed well in Q2 after mixed results in Q1. The Global X FTSE Nordic Region ETF (GXF) was the top performer in Q2, with returns of 9.01%. The worst performer of Q2 2021 was the Global X MSCI Colombia ETF (GXG) which recorded a -2.15% decline. ...

The Delta variant of the coronavirus is rattling markets and poses real risks, but we should not be distracted from the successful impact of vaccinations. The effectiveness of vaccinations is the reason U.S. real GDP is back to pre-crisis levels amid this still-raging pandemic. Gl...

Once a quarter, I conduct a review of market valuations around the globe. Turkey is currently the cheapest market in the world by many measures. Turkey is cheap for many social, geopolitical, and economic reasons, including inflation, currency depreciation, and questionable centra...

As the world convalesced from the pandemic, stocks advanced in the second quarter and earnings rebounded across sectors. With business gains broadening amid complex market risks, we think investors should lean on quality to find stocks that will perform well in a normalizing world eco...

The global economy has reached an important milestone in the second quarter of 2021, surpassing the pre-pandemic real GDP peak attained in the fourth quarter of 2019. After a 3.5% contraction in 2020, global real GDP is projected to increase 6.0% in 2021, its strongest advance since 1...

The US-based S&P 500 outperformed broad international equity markets in Q1, returning 6.17% versus 4.57% for the MSCI All Country World Index (ACWI). Emerging markets fared worse with only 2.29% growth, which seems to reflect the slower vaccination rollout within the developing wo...

A year has now passed since the correction of March 2020, as markets first appreciated the implications of a global pandemic. With continued weakness in developed markets, we have seen a continuance of unprecedented fiscal and monetary stimulus. The concept of a world-leading emer...

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 ...

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. ...

The Asia-Pacific region went into this crisis first and many of its economies are emerging from it first as well. This is largely driven by stronger-than-expected performance among advanced economies in the region, as well as some large emerging market economies such as China, India, ...