SPEM News and Press, SPDR Index Shares Fund Portfolio Emerging Markets From 11/11/23

2023-11-11 10:45:00 ET Summary Multiple forces should propel the electric vehicle adoption rate across the world in the coming decade, in our view. Stated targets on the share of electricity required from renewable sources would require significant spending. Investments in EV ...

2023-11-08 23:36:00 ET Summary The third quarter was a more favorable environment for active managers in U.S. Large and Small Caps, Japan, Australia, and Canada equities, while being more challenging for Global, Global ex-U.S., Emerging Markets, Europe, UK, and Long/Short managers. ...

2023-11-08 17:42:07 ET Summary The SPDR S&P Emerging Markets Small Cap ETF (EWX) provides diversified exposure to small-cap companies in developing economies. EWX has historically outperformed broad EM benchmarks and has gained 11% in 2023. The fund's sector and country al...

2023-11-08 04:54:39 ET Summary iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF has not performed well since 2021, losing over 33% of its value since early 2021. EEM has an expensive expense ratio of 0.69% compared to other international market-focused ETFs with lower expense ratios. While E...

2023-11-06 15:07:00 ET Summary The US dollar has strengthened since July 2023 as US equities have weakened. The S&P 500 upside surprise or beat rate for Q3 2023 earnings is still 7%, which is pretty healthy. Non-US markets tend to be more regulated, less free-market orient...

2023-11-03 20:05:00 ET Summary The DXY (dollar index) and the UUP (Invesco dollar bullish fund) are lower today on the weaker US payroll report. It’s been a strong dollar rally the last three months, that started almost when the S&P 500 peaked in late July ’23, a...

2023-10-30 04:28:58 ET Summary Schwab Emerging Markets Equity ETF tracks the FTSE Emerging Index and has a 3% yield. Almost one third of assets is invested in Chinese companies and the heaviest sector is financials. Among close competitors, SPEM and VWO show more attractive ch...

2023-10-28 07:45:00 ET Summary Global growth outlook is mediocre, with only the US and China showing exceptionalism. Global inflation is falling, with US inflation not expected to reach the Fed's target rate until 2025. Rising US real yields are attracting global capital and i...

2023-10-27 23:25:00 ET Summary After two quarters of strong equity performance, markets paused and reversed in the third quarter of the year. U.S. equities lost -3.2% and European equities lost -2.1%. Clearly, the change of tone at the U.S. Federal Reserve (“Fed”) pl...

2023-10-27 15:55:32 ET Summary WisdomTree Emerging Markets SmallCap Dividend Fund ETF has performed well but is currently vulnerable. The DGS ETF provides exposure to small-cap equities of dividend-paying companies in emerging markets. The fund has outperformed larger emerging...