VGFO News and Press, Virtus WMC Global Factor Opportunities ETF From 06/07/20

By Philip Lawlor, head of Global Markets Research The risk-on rally since late March gained traction in May, extending what has been a remarkably swift rebound from a historically sharp collapse in global equity markets this year. It took just 24 trading days for the FTSE All-World Index...

By Seema Shah, Chief Strategist, Principal Global Investors Consider a crowded street fair, commonplace to so many of us just 6 months ago. Today, does the thought of visiting the food stalls and shops fill you with fear and anxiety? If your answer is yes, it is possible that you also view...

By Kristina Hooper, Chief Global Market Strategist The European Union, Japan, and China propose a variety of spending initiatives to help businesses and workers Last week I wrote about the need for more fiscal stimulus in order to counteract the negative economic impact of the pand...

The World Bank on May 19, as it does every six years, released the results of the most recent International Comparison Program ((ICP)), which measures price levels and GDPs across 176 countries. The new results are striking. It is surprising that they have received almost no attentio...

By Felix Suntheim, Financial Sector Expert, Global Financial Stability Analysis Division, IMF Monetary and Capital Markets Department, and Jérôme Vandenbussche, Senior Economist, IMF Monetary and Capital Markets Department The damage from the 2011 floods in Thailand amounted to a...

Overview: The heightened tensions between the US and China sapped risk-appetites before the weekend, but appear to be missing in action today. Equity markets have rebounded strongly. Nearly all the equity markets in the Asia Pacific region rose (India was a laggard) led by an almost 3% rally...

Mary-Catherine Lader: The coronavirus has spread to more than 180 countries. As the virus has progressed worldwide, how has that impacted different countries at different points, and what lessons can we learn from how regions have navigated the pandemic? Welcome to The Bid, where we break ...

By Ed Moya Brewing geopolitical risks helped investors take some risk off the table heading into the long weekend. The dollar rallied against most of its peers as tensions remain front and center for the world's two largest economies. Renewed unrest in Hong Kong will continue to weigh on t...

By Tobias Adrian, Financial Counsellor and Director of the IMF's Monetary and Capital Markets Department and Fabio M. Natalucci, Deputy Director of the Monetary and Capital Markets Department Much the same way COVID-19 hits people with pre-existing health conditions more strongly, so is th...

Ongoing efforts to control the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic led to sharp declines in output and employment across the major developed world economies for a third successive month in May, according to the latest business survey data, but rates of decline showed a welcome easing...