SPEU News and Press, SPDR® Portfolio Europe ETF From 10/26/23

2023-10-26 12:33:00 ET Summary The European Central Bank increasingly seems to embrace the idea that the peak in policy rates has already been reached. After 10 consecutive hikes, the ECB's decision to leave policy rates unchanged should have been an easy one. ECB President Ch...

2023-10-26 07:00:00 ET Summary Anxiety in the market due to geopolitics and market stresses, with bank shares under pressure. Equities are lower globally, except for Chinese markets suspected to be influenced by China's sovereign wealth fund. The dollar is trading with a firme...

2023-10-26 02:57:00 ET Summary During July and August, we observed higher-than-normal volatility in trading volumes across equities, fixed income, foreign exchange and derivatives. Credit volumes witnessed some strong highs and lows in the third quarter. Notably, July—a mon...

2023-10-25 23:45:00 ET Summary European indices and US futures were trading higher as yields dipped further lower after the US 10-year could not hold above the key 5% level for long on Monday. Global PMI data has been consistently very poor throughout much of this year, correctly ...

2023-10-25 11:05:00 ET Summary With the exception of a brief period of growth during the opening quarter of 2023, euro area manufacturing output has decreased continuously since the middle of 2022. The downturn in new orders and the accelerated depletion of backlogs of orders prom...

2023-10-25 06:45:00 ET Summary The US dollar is stronger due to divergence in flash PMI readings and concerns over possible BOJ intervention. Hungary's larger than expected rate cut keeps the forint under pressure, while most emerging market currencies are softer. China's stim...

2023-10-25 02:35:00 ET Summary We will focus on the apartment sector in the U.S. and Europe, with an emphasis on the moderately priced, or affordable segment of the market. Over the past 12 months, demand for apartments has remained near record levels across key strategic markets ...

2023-10-24 22:40:00 ET Summary Market leadership began to broaden throughout the third quarter relative to the narrowly led performance we experienced in the first half of the year. Relative outperformance was driven by inexpensive and cyclical sectors such as energy, autos, finan...

2023-10-21 08:30:00 ET Summary The US dollar had a mixed performance last week despite geopolitical tensions and strong US economic data. The Dollar Index fell by almost 0.5%, its biggest weekly loss in three months. Gold rallied 2.5% and oil prices surged, while the Dollar In...

2023-10-21 02:40:00 ET Summary The post-pandemic recovery is being tested by gathering global storm clouds. China’s economic story has disappointed as the property sector weighs heavily on consumption. Europe is heading for stagnation, weakened by China’s economic st...