Recent news about iShares MSCI Japan Value ETF (EWJV)

What does debt ceiling relief look like on Wall Street? Stocks holding last week’s gains, gold rallying, and Treasury yields dropping. Meanwhile, crude oil and the dollar are modestly weaker.

In light of the recent Debt Ceiling Circus, it seems relevant to consider some information from our friends at Strategas. If you look at the table below, you’ll see 60% of the budget is consumed by entitlements which are automatically renewed without Congressional approval annually. Meanwhile, the disconnect between the bears and the market continues, explains Nancy Tengler, CIO at Laffer Tengler Investments.

SkyWater Technology (SKYT) specializes in helping its customers develop and then manufacture customized integrated circuit devices. Setting the company apart is a trifecta of differentiation, notes George Gilder, editor of Gilder’s Moonshots.

In the more than 70 years since hedge funds were first brought to market by Alfred Winslow Jones in 1949, they’ve become ubiquitous in the investing industry. I like to look off the beaten path to see which smaller-cap companies the best hedge funds are buying, and one such stock is Turtle Beach Corp. (HEAR), writes Nancy Zambell, editor at Cabot Money Club.

Most US-based investors think primarily of US stocks when they consider stock investments. That home-country bias cost them so far in 2023 and is likely to cost them more over the next few years. Instead, consider the Japanese stock market and funds like the iShares MSCI Japan Value ETF (EWJV), suggests Bob Carlson, editor of Retirement Watch.

52-week high summary: This Japan ETF hits a new 52-week high. Are more gains in store for this ETF?