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The global economy showed resilience in the second half of 2020, exceeding expectations set during the darkest days of the COVID-19 pandemic. The global recovery has paused temporarily in the first quarter of 2021 as another wave of COVID-19 virus infections and new lockdowns dealt mu...
Excessive market power in the hands of a few firms can be a drag on medium-term growth, stifling innovation, and holding back investment. A pandemic-driven rise in market power across multiple industries would exacerbate a trend that goes back over four decades. What can governmen...
VanEck CEO Jan van Eck's latest investment outlook explores the recent bitcoin rally and the underlying trends supporting it. He discusses what economic growth looks like in 2021 after the worst year for the economy since World War II. He also discusses the impact of higher intere...
Global PMI signals fastest rise in firms costs for over 12 years as higher material prices are accompanied by record jump in service sector costs. Charges for goods and services rise at steepest rate for over a decade, led by the US and Brazil. Weak consumer services price inflati...
Global PMI at second-highest since August 2018. Manufacturing reports robust expansion despite supply delays, services impeded by COVID-19. Consumer services remain hardest hit, financial services boom. For further details see: Global Growth Accelerates As COVID-19 Restr...
After last year's sharp equity market rally, the recent selloff serves as a reminder that the exit from the pandemic will be bumpy. Despite the volatility, investors preferred expensive stocks and companies with strong sales growth to an unusual degree. For risk-aware investors, p...
An analysis of aggregate growth and returns outside versus inside the United States provides some insight into the performance differential we have seen over the past decade. Specifically, returns (as measured by ROIC) of non-U.S. companies are approximately 30% better than those of U...
With the Nasdaq index more oversold than the S&P 500, I suspect we will see a rally shortly in these stocks, which we will use as a "selling" opportunity to reduce exposure. Both international and emerging markets are well ahead of any expected growth in the U.S. economy, so the r...
U.S. equities have been the strongest performing asset class for a long time, but that may be changing. It may be a good time to think internationally as global economic recovery is taking shape. iShares exchange traded funds (ETFs) can offer simple ways to access international eq...
Official export data combined with PMI data help to generate timely estimations of global trade growth. Latest reading signals modest expansion in January 2021. Going forward, forecasts can provide further insight into the global recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. For furt...
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Headline of release should read: Franklin Templeton to Reposition Four ETFs in U.S. (instead of Franklin Templeton to Reposition Four ETFs U.S.). The updated release reads: FRANKLIN TEMPLETON TO REPOSITION FOUR ETFS IN U.S. Franklin Templeton today announced plans to rep...
Franklin Templeton today announced plans to reposition and rename four index-based ETFs, effective on or about August 1, 2022. With this repositioning, the firm will change the ticker symbols and investment goal, strategies and policies for each Fund. The index provider for each Fund wi...