Sector Investors News and Insights

Worldwide Wednesday

Worldwide Wednesday: Core Europe Remains a Key Defensive Exposure for Equity Investors

October 15, 2025 We talked last week about strength in EM Asian Technology shares, particularly in Korea and Taiwan.  Those exposures continue to hold up well despite some near-term risk-off sentiment around the AI trade.  The flip side of the coin is how investors should think about positioning for potential corrections as investors have begun […]

Worldwide Wednesday: Core Europe Remains a Key Defensive Exposure for Equity Investors Read More »

Worldwide Wednesday: Emerging Markets, Emerging Leadership

October 8, 2025 Emerging markets (charts below), particularly across Asia, have been the bright spot in global equities this year. The rally reflects a combination of macroeconomic tailwinds, strong earnings from leading technology exporters, and renewed investor confidence in the region’s long-term growth story. Companies such as Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSMC), Wiwynn, Alibaba, and Tencent

Worldwide Wednesday: Emerging Markets, Emerging Leadership Read More »

, , ,

Worldwide Wednesday: When the Long AI Trade is On, EAFE Lags

September 10, 2025 In our last Worldwide Wednesday column on August 6, we remarked that some deterioration in US stock market breadth (upside participation at the stock level) was weakening and some continued rotation into ex-US exposures was likely.  That dynamic shifted rather quickly as Fed chairman Powell came out with clear dovish remarks at

Worldwide Wednesday: When the Long AI Trade is On, EAFE Lags Read More »

, , , ,

Worldwide Wednesday: EM Asia Ramping for more Growth

July 23, 2025 As the dialogue on tariffs has evolved over the past months, investor perspective has evolved from a glass half empty (Q1’s near 20% correction) to a glass half full (April/May recovery) to something more optimistic (New all-time highs for US and EAFE equities). At a conceptual level, realignment on global trade away

Worldwide Wednesday: EM Asia Ramping for more Growth Read More »

,

Worldwide Wednesday: ex-US Bull Market Led by Banks and Tanks: Bank Focus

July 16, 2025 As the S&P 500 consolidates new highs and positive expectations ramp on global trade resolution we’ve seen ex-US equities in aggregate struggle to keep pace with domestic equities.  In our last WWW column we talked about the idea that ex-US equities are likely to remain a haven trade.  We also, outlined areas

Worldwide Wednesday: ex-US Bull Market Led by Banks and Tanks: Bank Focus Read More »

, , , ,

ETFSector.com Strategy Series:  Finding Your Strategy’s Wing Man, Elev8 and EQL

July 2, 2025 At Etfsector.com our goal is to help sector investors come up with strategies that are capable of outperforming the US equity market in any number of circumstances. Our elevate model is an example of an actively managed trend following sector rotation strategy.  That strategy seeks to overweight sectors exhibiting strong stock-level momentum

ETFSector.com Strategy Series:  Finding Your Strategy’s Wing Man, Elev8 and EQL Read More »

Worldwide Wednesday: Are ex-US Equities Just a Safety Trade? 

June 25, 2025 Ex-US equities outperformed the MSCI All Country World Index (ACWI) by >10% from December 2024 through early April 2025.  During that same period (chart below, top panel), US equities lagged ACWI by 4% outlining a clear haven rotation to ex-US shares while equities remained under pressure from trade related anxieties. Two and

Worldwide Wednesday: Are ex-US Equities Just a Safety Trade?  Read More »

, , ,

Worldwide Wednesday: US Equities back in the Driver’s Seat vs. Rest of World

May 14, 2025 Positive developments on global trade have investors rotating back to US shares from havens overseas.  In this WWW report we look for clues of emerging leadership in the international space.  Germany and China had seen the most sustained improvement during the correction.  Will the re-emergence of US shares dampen that enthusiasm? While

Worldwide Wednesday: US Equities back in the Driver’s Seat vs. Rest of World Read More »

, , , ,
Scroll to Top

Subscribe to our Newsletter

Stay updated with the latests analysis and insights fromm etfsector.com

If you haven’t received your newsletter email, check your spam/junk folder and add us to your contacts to ensure delivery.