EWT - iShares MSCI Taiwan Capped ETF
| Previous Close | 32.92 |
| Open | 32.55 |
| Bid | 0.00 x 38800 |
| Ask | 0.00 x 800 |
| Day's Range | 32.41 - 32.76 |
| 52 Week Range | 31.55 - 39.35 |
| Volume | 5,973,684 |
| Avg. Volume | 6,748,930 |
| Net Assets | 3.48B |
| NAV | 33.33 |
| PE Ratio (TTM) | 10.86 |
| Yield | 3.06% |
| YTD Return | -8.04% |
| Beta (3Y Monthly) | 0.82 |
| Expense Ratio (net) | 0.59% |
| Inception Date | 2000-06-20 |
- Zacks•12 days ago
Trump-Jingping Truce to Boost These ETFs
Xi Jinping and Trump agree on not announcing any new tariff for 90 days, putting these ETFs in focus.
Market Realist•last monthQualcomm Invests in Taiwan to Settle Antitrust Violation
In October 2017, the TFTC (Taiwan Fair Trade Commission) fined Qualcomm (QCOM) $774 million for antitrust violations. The Taiwan (EWT) FTC stated that Qualcomm did not license its modem technology to other industry players. Qualcomm appealed the fine’s amount and the calculation method, as it did not justify the revenue it had earned from Taiwan.
- ETF Trends•last month
Asia ETFs Could Indirectly Benefit from U.S., China Trade War
As the U.S. and China duke it out over the ongoing trade war disputes, other Asian economies and country-specific ETFs could benefit from the side. Some researchers argue that countries exporting similar products that compete with China could end up as beneficiaries in the trade war between the U.S. and China, the Wall Street Journal reports. For example, Bank of America Merrill Lynch economists predict Taiwan, Vietnam and South Korea have the most to gain, given the countries' similar export profiles to China.
- InvestorPlace•2 months ago
7 Emerging Markets Funds to Diversify Your Portfolio
Broadly speaking, emerging markets funds are getting slammed this year. The widely followed MSCI Emerging Markets Index, which serves as the benchmark for a slew of active and passive emerging markets funds, is down nearly 15% year-to-date.
Market Realist•2 months agoThe Impact of Tariffs on the Global Semiconductor Supply Chain
China (FXI) is the global manufacturing hub of semiconductor and consumer electronics. The US tariffs would make goods manufactured in China expensive for US companies, encouraging them to move their operations or supply chains away from China. According to DRAMeXchange, 40% of the global server demand comes from North America as big cloud companies like Google and Amazon order in bulk.
Market Realist•2 months agoSupply Shortage Hurts Intel’s Global PC Shipments in H2 2018
The technology industry faced a GPU (graphics processing unit) supply shortage in Q1 2018 as crypto miners gobbled up inventory. After recovering from this shortage, the industry was hit with a CPU (central processing unit) supply shortage. Intel (INTC), the world’s largest CPU maker, has been unable to meet the unexpected growth in CPU demand.
- Investopedia•2 months ago
3 Country ETFs to Watch for the Remainder of 2018
As talks of trade war and other geopolitical factors have dominated headlines over the past several months, it has been natural for most North American investors focus their efforts on allocating capital domestically. In the paragraphs below, we'll take a look at the charts of three international exchange-traded funds (ETFs) that could be worth a closer look as we head into the final quarter of 2018. Despite the recent news that Swiss-based Novartis AG ( NVS) is laying off 2,000 employees, Switzerland is continuing its role as a hotbed for foreign investment, and on the chart of the iShares MSCI Switzerland Capped ETF ( EWL), the price has recently been able to close above the long-term resistance of its 200-day moving average.
Market Realist•3 months agoThe US–China Trade War Impacts Apple
Apple (AAPL) is adding more Asian suppliers to strengthen its negotiating power with suppliers. As we discussed in the previous article, it recently replaced some of its Taiwanese (EWT) suppliers with Chinese (FXI) suppliers to reduce production costs. In a September 5 letter to Robert Lighthizer, the United States Trade Representative, Apple CEO Tim Cook stated that the proposed tariffs would increase the prices of a wide range of Apple products such as Apple Watch, AirPods, Mac mini, and adapters and chargers for several products.
Market Realist•3 months agoTaiwanese Apple Suppliers Concerned about High iPhone Prices
Apple (AAPL) launched its most expensive iPhones to date with the premium iPhone XS Max reaching $1,449 plus tax. Citing industry sources, DigiTimes stated that lower-than-expected sales of the iPhone XS and iPhone XS Max due to high prices could significantly impact the fourth-quarter earnings of Apple’s iPhone assembly partners Foxconn Electronics and Pegatron.
- Zacks•5 months ago
Beyond China, These Asia ETFs to Feel the Heat of Trade War
Why these country ETFs may suffer due to trade tensions between the United States and China.
- Investopedia•6 months ago
3 Charts Suggest Emerging Markets Downtrend Just Getting Started
In the paragraphs below, we'll take a look at several charts suggesting that the emerging markets are in the early days of a major downtrend and that lower prices could be a consistent theme over the coming weeks or months. Retail investors who seek exposure to emerging markets commonly turn to exchange-traded products such as the iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF ( EEM).
Market Realist•7 months agoDoes Graphics Units’ Price Decline Mark the Crypto Boom’s End?
Previously, we saw that Advanced Micro Devices’ (AMD) and NVIDIA’s (NVDA) discrete GPU (graphics processing unit) demand rose in June 2017 and further in January 2018 before cooling a little in March, following Ethereum prices.
Market Realist•11 months agoThe State of Micron’s Cash Flow in Fiscal 2018
Micron Starts Fiscal 2018 with Strong Revenue Growth
- Market Realist•11 months ago
How Micron Plans to Improve Its Gross Margin in Fiscal 2018
Micron Starts Fiscal 2018 with Strong Revenue Growth
- Market Realist•11 months ago
Micron’s Product Strategy for Fiscal 2018
In the previous part of this series, we saw that Micron Technology (MU) focused on developing value-added memory solutions like SSD (solid-state drives) and graphics memory in fiscal 2017. The advent of smart cities, smart homes, smart cars, and smart factories would require higher DRAM (dynamic random access memory) content to process large quantities of data at the edge. Apart from product technology, Micron is also developing manufacturing process technology.
