ZJPN News and Press, SPDR Solactive Japan ETF From 01/28/21

In Australian equities, nearly all managers remain positive on the outlook for the global economy. With the reopening trade in mind, value managers in Canada are bullish on oil stocks. With technology sector valuations at record highs, U.S. small cap growth managers have been rota...

Europe is clearly at risk of a double-dip recession, albeit a modest one. The IHS Markit Flash Eurozone Composite PMI (Purchasing Managers Index) clocked in at 47.5, down from December's 49.1. The UK is in a worse situation, at an even greater risk than the eurozone of a double-dip re...

The US is supposed to be entering the peak of the holiday COVID surge, but it could get much worse now that more states have found the highly contagious UK virus variant. China inflation expected to move back above 0.0%, mostly due to increasing commodity prices. Japan Machinery O...

Despite suffering steeper losses in the March panic and again in the September/October correction, the Russell 1000 finished 2020 with a threefold lead over its global peers (up 21% versus 6.8%, respectively). As was the case globally, P/E multiple expansion, rather than dividend or f...

Global stocks rose during 2020, fueled by massive monetary policy efforts from central banks and fiscal policy support aimed at preventing a total economic collapse under the coronavirus pandemic. For most of the year, growth stocks outperformed value by a wide margin. A broadenin...

The US can learn from Venezuela’s mistakes that made a rich country poor while artificially inflating its stock market. Japan is leading the way into uncharted economic waters, poking the bear. The US should not follow too closely. China is nipping at US heels on a path to ...

Flash PMI survey data show the US expansion losing pace amid rising virus numbers, while looser lockdowns in Europe boosted the PMI data. Services remain hardest hit by containment measures, manufacturers report stronger growth. COVID-19 containment measures will likely continue t...

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For a long time, Japanese stocks have been little more than a mirror image of the yen - they would rise when the yen lost ground and fall when it strengthened. However, this pattern has changed rather noticeably of late. It actually doesn't really matter what the justification for...

Flash Japan PMI signals a faster pace of decline in output during November. New business weakens at quicker rate. Job shedding continues… and business confidence slips. For further details see: Japanese Private Sector Economy Struggles To Gain Recovery Momentum