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Geopolitical calendar

Last year was a reminder of the interconnection between politics and markets. Many investors use ETFs for an efficient, flexible way to express a market view on a political event. Increasingly, investors are also using ETF options - both to express views and gauge market sentiment ahead of and during political events. With a full political calendar planned in 2018, consider watching ETF and ETF options activity to provide insight into market sentiment.

2018 geopolitical calendar

Date Country/Region Event Related iShares ETFs
First quarter
1/23 Japan Bank of Japan Meeting* EWJ† HEWJ†
1/25 Eurozone European Central Bank Meeting* EZU† HEZU†
1/28 Finland Presidential Election (1st round) EFNL  
2/11 Finland Presidential Election (2nd round, if needed) EFNL  
March North America NAFTA Negotiation deadline EWW† EWC†
3/4 Italy General election (Congress, Prime Minister) EWI† HEWI
3/8 Eurozone European Central Bank Meeting* EZU† HEZU†
3/11 Colombia Legislative Election ICOL  
3/18 Russia Presidential Election ERUS†  
3/21 USA Federal Reserve Meeting* IVV†  
Second quarter
4/8 Japan End of current term for Bank of Japan Governor Kuroda EWJ† HEWJ†
4/26 Eurozone European Central Bank Meeting* EZU† HEZU†
4/27 Japan Bank of Japan Meeting* EWJ† HEWJ†
5/27 Colombia Presidential Election (1st round) ICOL  
6/13 USA Federal Reserve Meeting* IVV†  
6/14 Eurozone European Central Bank Meeting* EZU† HEZU
6/17 Colombia Presidential Election (2nd round, if needed) ICOL†  
Third quarter
7/1 Mexico General election (President and Congress) EWW† HEWW
7/26 Eurozone European Central Bank Meeting* EZU† HEZU†
7/31 Japan Bank of Japan Meeting* EWJ† HEWJ†
9/13 Eurozone European Central Bank Meeting* EZU† HEZU†
9/26 USA Federal Reserve Meeting* IVV†  
Fourth quarter
October U.K. EU deadline for UK-EU agreement on Brexit Deal EWU† HEWU†
10/7 Brazil General election (President and Congress, 1st round) EWZ† EWZS
10/25 Eurozone European Central Bank Meeting* EZU† HEZU†
10/28 Brazil General election (President and Congress, 2nd round) EWZ† EWZS
10/31 Japan Bank of Japan Meeting* EWJ† HEWJ†
11/6 USA Legislative elections (midterm) and state governorships IVV†  
12/13 Japan General elections (House of Representatives, Prime Minister) EWJ† HEWJ†
12/13 Eurozone European Central Bank Meeting* EZU† HEZU†
12/19 USA Federal Reserve Meeting* IVV†  

* The Fed and ECB meetings shown are those accompanied by press conferences. The BoJ events shown are followed by the publication of the central bank’s outlook report.

† Funds with listed options available as of 12/31/17.
Dates reflected are as of 1/5/18 and are subject to change.


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