WDIV News and Press, SPDR S&P Global Dividend From 12/09/21

Global economic growth will be slower but still above trend in 2022. This forecast should allow equities to outperform bonds. Inflation has yet to peak, but it will likely decline over the year and as a result any central bank tightening will be modest. 2021 was a year of rebound ...

The US Census Bureau today reported that US imports of goods and services reached a record monthly high of $290.7 billion in October 2021. China’s GAC says imports into that country continue to rise at a seemingly decent rate, up a sizzling 31.7% year-over-year in October. ...

A 2021 international investing review from the perspective of an asset manager with decades of direct investments and participatory business consulting expertise in a wide group of frontier and emerging markets. How this perspective can offer investment opportunities not easily access...

As we look ahead to 2022, our base case is for positive global growth and elevated inflation in the near term. Though we see inflation moderating during the year, there are upside risks to our forecast. We believe growth assets, such as equities and credit, will tend to deliver positi...

The discovery of the Omicron COVID-19 variant has resulted in surging market volatility and declines in global equity markets. We believe developed nations are motivated to avoid the blanket lockdowns of 2020. Investors continue to be in a difficult spot with risk premia on global...

For investors, the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ latest inflation report may raise feelings of déjà vu and concerns about economies, and subsequently markets, being stuck in their own time warp; a return to the inflationary 1970s. Organic demand growth in terms of new d...

In the second week in November, portions of the US and European markets topped out, while China’s market was already in decline. This week, a new COVID variant, Omnicron (B.1.1.529), from Africa emerged and is growing very fast. On Friday, most of the world’s stock marke...

There's one thing markets hate, and that's uncertainty. Sadly, science does not deal in absolutes, just guidance based on the available evidence, of which, right now, there isn't much. The next few weeks could be choppy. For further details see: Variant Volatility

The S&P 500 was down 2.2% last week, which, in normal times, would be barely worth a mention. But in today’s speculative market, that qualifies as a correction. The first two quarters of this year were a big rebound, but last quarter was a bummer with the emergence of the D...

After a 3.4% decline in 2020, world real GDP is projected to increase 5.5% in 2021 and 4.2% in 2022. With some critical supply shortages and shipping bottlenecks persisting into 2022 and beyond, inflation pressures will subside only gradually. The US economy is proving its resilie...