Where To Invest In Emerging Markets: Lessons From The Taper Tantrum
CFA Institute Contributors - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Feb 11, 4:19AM CST
Reviewed by Larry Cao, CFA Emerging market investing offers great potential and yet is not without its risks, as was clearly demonstrated by the " taper tantrum " in 2013-14. So how can investors attain the best of both worlds,...
EMFT: 46.34 (-0.16), EMLB: 96.30 (unch), EWEM: 33.25 (unch), EDZ: 32.61 (-1.19), EMSA: 81.61 (unch), EMCR: 21.13 (+0.35), EET: 71.75 (+1.52), EEV: 18.10 (-0.44), DBEM: 22.23 (+0.13), SCHE: 24.91 (+0.24), XSOE: 25.37 (+0.46), EUM: 25.25 (-0.30), EEME: 45.57 (+0.77), EEM: 40.67 (+0.46), ADRE: 36.88 (+0.49), HEEM: 24.53 (+0.14), FEM: 22.44 (+0.16), VWO: 41.78 (+0.42), EDC: 25.03 (+0.81), IEMG: 48.87 (+0.48), GMM: 65.67 (+0.63)
Emerging Markets Start 2015 - The Good News Is We Are Range Bound
Emerging Money - Seeking Alpha - Tue Jan 06, 3:07PM CST
By Tim Seymour As we see global markets getting a fresh dose of new year reality on the back of plunging energy prices ("price is NOT truth" in our view) and "Grexit" conversations, it's nice to see that emerging market equities...
EEM: 40.67 (+0.46), EDZ: 32.61 (-1.19), EDC: 25.03 (+0.81), VWO: 41.78 (+0.42), EEV: 18.10 (-0.44), SCHE: 24.91 (+0.24), IEMG: 48.87 (+0.48)
2015 Investment Outlook: Emerging Markets Still Global Growth Drivers
Franklin Templeton Investments - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Jan 06, 3:48AM CST
By Mark Mobius, Executive Chairman, Templeton Emerging Markets Group We at Templeton Emerging Markets Group believe high economic growth rates will remain a key attraction of many emerging markets in 2015. Even with major economies like Brazil and...
EMFT: 46.34 (-0.16), EMLB: 96.30 (unch), EWEM: 33.25 (unch), EDZ: 32.61 (-1.19), EMSA: 81.61 (unch), EMCR: 21.13 (+0.35), EET: 71.75 (+1.52), EEV: 18.10 (-0.44), DBEM: 22.23 (+0.13), SCHE: 24.91 (+0.24), XSOE: 25.37 (+0.46), EUM: 25.25 (-0.30), EEME: 45.57 (+0.77), EEM: 40.67 (+0.46), ADRE: 36.88 (+0.49), HEEM: 24.53 (+0.14), FEM: 22.44 (+0.16), VWO: 41.78 (+0.42), EDC: 25.03 (+0.81), IEMG: 48.87 (+0.48), GMM: 65.67 (+0.63)
Late-year exit sent emerging market outflows sharply higher in 2014
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Jan 05, 2:16PM CST
EMCR: 21.13 (+0.35), EMSA: 81.61 (unch), EET: 71.75 (+1.52), EEV: 18.10 (-0.44), SCHE: 24.91 (+0.24), DBEM: 22.23 (+0.13), XSOE: 25.37 (+0.46), EUM: 25.25 (-0.30), ADRE: 36.88 (+0.49), EEM: 40.67 (+0.46), FEM: 22.44 (+0.16), GMM: 65.67 (+0.63), EEB: 30.27 (+0.35), BKF: 36.77 (+0.31), EMLB: 96.30 (unch), EMFT: 46.34 (-0.16), EWEM: 33.25 (unch), EDZ: 32.61 (-1.19), EEME: 45.57 (+0.77), HEEM: 24.53 (+0.14), BIK: 22.88 (+0.20), EDC: 25.03 (+0.81), VWO: 41.78 (+0.42), EMDD: 23.71 (+0.22), IEMG: 48.87 (+0.48)
No Rate Increase In 2015
Roger McKinney - Seeking Alpha - Mon Jan 05, 5:03AM CST
Mainstream economists and financial experts warned us early in 2014 to stay away from bonds because the Fed would raise interest rates and as everyone knows rising interest rates shoot buckshot-sized holes in bond portfolios. So most people avoided...
EMSA: 81.61 (unch), EMCR: 21.13 (+0.35), EET: 71.75 (+1.52), TFI: 24.12 (-0.02), EEV: 18.10 (-0.44), SCHE: 24.91 (+0.24), DBEM: 22.23 (+0.13), XSOE: 25.37 (+0.46), EUM: 25.25 (-0.30), PVI: 24.94 (-0.01), ADRE: 36.88 (+0.49), EEM: 40.67 (+0.46), RVNU: 26.11 (+0.06), VRD: 29.81 (-0.02), PRB: 24.60 (+0.07), FEM: 22.44 (+0.16), GMM: 65.67 (+0.63), EMFT: 46.34 (-0.16), EMLB: 96.30 (unch), EWEM: 33.25 (unch), EDZ: 32.61 (-1.19), MUB: 109.95 (-0.13), XMPT: 26.55 (-0.02), FMB: 51.97 (-0.03), EEME: 45.57 (+0.77), HEEM: 24.53 (+0.14), EDC: 25.03 (+0.81), VWO: 41.78 (+0.42), PZA: 25.34 (-0.13), IEMG: 48.87 (+0.48)
The Most Consistent Risk/Reward Speculation That I Have Ever Found
Scott Brown - Seeking Alpha - Fri Dec 19, 1:54PM CST
Everyone loves a good speculation. The problem is that every good speculation has a good bit of risk associated with it, thus the reason why it is considered speculation and not an investment. I've heard all sorts of market "experts" that...
EDZ: 32.61 (-1.19), TZA: 11.10 (-0.22), JNUG: 30.90 (+1.14), UVXY: 22.57 (-0.61), TNA: 83.54 (+1.47), DUST: 13.46 (-0.20), EDC: 25.03 (+0.81), NUGT: 15.78 (+0.22), SVXY: 57.74 (+0.73), JDST: 8.63 (-0.38)
Deutsche not buying emerging markets rally
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Dec 18, 9:53AM CST
EMFT: 46.34 (-0.16), EMLB: 96.30 (unch), EWEM: 33.25 (unch), EDZ: 32.61 (-1.19), EMSA: 81.61 (unch), EMCR: 21.13 (+0.35), EET: 71.75 (+1.52), EEV: 18.10 (-0.44), DBEM: 22.23 (+0.13), SCHE: 24.91 (+0.24), EUM: 25.25 (-0.30), EEME: 45.57 (+0.77), EEM: 40.67 (+0.46), ADRE: 36.88 (+0.49), HEEM: 24.53 (+0.14), FEM: 22.44 (+0.16), VWO: 41.78 (+0.42), EDC: 25.03 (+0.81), IEMG: 48.87 (+0.48), GMM: 65.67 (+0.63)
WisdomTree launches the ex-state-owned enterprises fund
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Dec 10, 12:35PM CST
EMFT: 46.34 (-0.16), EMLB: 96.30 (unch), EWEM: 33.25 (unch), EDZ: 32.61 (-1.19), EMSA: 81.61 (unch), EMCR: 21.13 (+0.35), EET: 71.75 (+1.52), EEV: 18.10 (-0.44), DBEM: 22.23 (+0.13), SCHE: 24.91 (+0.24), EUM: 25.25 (-0.30), XSOE: 25.37 (+0.46), EEME: 45.57 (+0.77), EEM: 40.67 (+0.46), ADRE: 36.88 (+0.49), BIDU: 212.13 (+7.11), HEEM: 24.53 (+0.14), FEM: 22.44 (+0.16), VWO: 41.78 (+0.42), EDC: 25.03 (+0.81), GMM: 65.67 (+0.63), IEMG: 48.87 (+0.48)
Emerging Markets Are Cheap
The Short Side Of Long - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Dec 01, 12:19PM CST
As regular readers would already know, I am not too bullish on U.S. equities due to their high valuations, huge bull market gains from March 2009 lows and over-owned status when it comes to consensus fund manager weighting. However, that doesn't mean...
ADRE: 36.88 (+0.49), EEM: 40.67 (+0.46), EDZ: 32.61 (-1.19), EET: 71.75 (+1.52), EDC: 25.03 (+0.81), VWO: 41.78 (+0.42), EEV: 18.10 (-0.44), SCHE: 24.91 (+0.24), GMM: 65.67 (+0.63), IEMG: 48.87 (+0.48), EUM: 25.25 (-0.30)
Falling Oil And Rising Growth
Colin Lloyd - Seeking Alpha - Tue Nov 25, 7:03AM CST
The Oil Price Since the summer crude oil prices have fallen sharply from above $105 to below $75/barrel. This price move has led to discussion of lower demand stemming from a slow-down in global economic activity. While I expect a benign influence...
OLO: 7.58 (+0.02), EMSA: 81.61 (unch), EMCR: 21.13 (+0.35), BNO: 23.05 (+0.78), EET: 71.75 (+1.52), EEV: 18.10 (-0.44), DBEM: 22.23 (+0.13), SCHE: 24.91 (+0.24), CRUD: 26.94 (-0.43), EUM: 25.25 (-0.30), EEM: 40.67 (+0.46), ADRE: 36.88 (+0.49), DNO: 54.24 (-1.32), FEM: 22.44 (+0.16), OIL: 12.01 (+0.34), OLEM: 25.07 (+0.30), GMM: 65.67 (+0.63), EMHZ: 23.51 (+0.86), EMFT: 46.34 (-0.16), EMLB: 96.30 (unch), USO: 19.62 (+0.44), EWEM: 33.25 (unch), UCO: 9.19 (+0.39), EDZ: 32.61 (-1.19), DTO: 81.31 (-5.12), UWTI: 3.71 (+0.23), SCO: 70.05 (-3.45), EEME: 45.57 (+0.77), HEEM: 24.53 (+0.14), SZO: 60.00 (-4.31), DBO: 14.88 (+0.08), EDC: 25.03 (+0.81), VWO: 41.78 (+0.42), IEMG: 48.87 (+0.48), DWTI: 95.90 (-7.40), USL: 26.81 (+0.40)
Dynamics Of A New Regime: What's Changed Around The World?
Nanette Abuhoff Jacobson - Seeking Alpha - Fri Nov 21, 5:21AM CST
On October 15, the world suddenly seemed to change. At one point that day, the S&P 500 Index was down over 2%, European stocks fell 3.5%, sovereign spreads widened in peripheral European countries, 10-year U.S. Treasury yields briefly dropped...
IWS: 75.61 (+0.10), VTV: 85.39 (+0.23), IWR: 172.51 (+0.82), DBEU: 28.01 (+0.11), IWP: 96.90 (+0.78), VO: 127.37 (+0.66), EET: 71.75 (+1.52), SYV: 56.58 (+0.90), EEV: 18.10 (-0.44), CHXF: 53.10 (+0.30), IEUR: 45.70 (+0.01), IWY: 52.15 (+0.20), DBEM: 22.23 (+0.13), UPV: 47.14 (+0.37), IWX: 44.41 (+0.16), EES: 83.16 (+0.62), EWJ: 11.93 (+0.14), ADRE: 36.88 (+0.49), EEM: 40.67 (+0.46), VB: 119.86 (+0.63), EEH: 15.49 (+0.25), FTC: 47.74 (+0.03), PWB: 30.11 (+0.17), VLU: 81.38 (unch), VBR: 107.43 (+0.56), PGJ: 28.89 (+0.28), JPP: 44.14 (unch), SYG: 59.65 (unch), ILF: 31.60 (+0.44), GXC: 81.15 (+0.54), EMFT: 46.34 (-0.16), PWV: 31.71 (+0.11), ADRU: 23.27 (+0.13), EDZ: 32.61 (-1.19), SYE: 57.90 (+0.10), RWG: 44.68 (unch), GVT: 46.00 (+0.27), VBK: 131.16 (+0.86), MCHI: 52.12 (+0.31), EWV: 57.41 (-1.86), VUG: 108.09 (+0.63), IEV: 44.50 (+0.15), EDC: 25.03 (+0.81), IWL: 47.61 (+0.22), FJP: 47.44 (+0.59), YXI: 27.30 (unch), EMSA: 81.61 (unch), EMCR: 21.13 (+0.35), YINN: 38.57 (+0.69), SJL: 61.99 (unch), EUM: 25.25 (-0.30), ESTX: 46.67 (+1.43), GML: 50.91 (+0.29), GMM: 65.67 (+0.63), IELG: 32.47 (-0.06), EWEM: 33.25 (unch), EMDR: 50.00 (-0.01), EEML: 35.30 (+0.54), EEME: 45.57 (+0.77), FWDD: 43.17 (unch), VV: 96.51 (+0.44), FLN: 18.13 (+0.31), IEMG: 48.87 (+0.48), FEX: 46.98 (+0.22), FEZ: 38.50 (+0.17), VGK: 54.96 (+0.18), SCHA: 56.51 (+0.33), FIEU: 115.69 (+1.37), FEP: 31.22 (+0.12), SCHE: 24.91 (+0.24), UKW: 116.13 (+4.04), SDK: 60.50 (-0.50), SCHG: 53.88 (+0.28), FEU: 35.83 (+0.27), NKY: 17.98 (+0.14), HEDJ: 61.99 (+0.12), DXJ: 51.69 (+0.57), ITF: 51.12 (+0.79), ERW: 52.50 (+0.63), LBJ: 11.15 (+0.46), SCHM: 42.58 (+0.28), FXP: 38.91 (-0.47), FEM: 22.44 (+0.16), YAO: 28.18 (+0.30), SCHV: 44.39 (+0.19), FXI: 42.98 (+0.27), EMLB: 96.30 (unch), XPP: 73.36 (+0.86), SCHX: 50.21 (+0.25), JPNL: 47.02 (+1.91), FNX: 54.08 (+0.40), FNY: 30.15 (+0.14), JPNS: 24.62 (+0.12), EZU: 38.29 (+0.09), EZY: 66.55 (+0.16), YANG: 9.94 (-0.17), HEWJ: 28.57 (+0.39), HEEM: 24.53 (+0.14), FNK: 31.54 (+0.35), SFK: 20.51 (-1.28), FYX: 49.83 (+0.38), FEUZ: 32.37 (+0.11), MIDU: 107.67 (+1.78), FYT: 33.24 (+0.39), IESM: 32.22 (+0.28), UVU: 95.57 (+3.57), EPV: 56.50 (-0.44), MIDZ: 10.84 (-0.18), EZM: 95.35 (+0.77), TILT: 88.64 (+0.39), DBJP: 38.86 (+0.50), FCA: 23.21 (+0.38), EZJ: 86.49 (+2.11), CZA: 50.71 (+0.03), HEZU: 27.28 (+0.10), EMHZ: 23.51 (+0.86), EURL: 33.01 (+0.29), FEEU: 111.93 (+1.22), VOE: 91.87 (+0.27), JKI: 127.14 (+0.16), JKJ: 141.02 (+0.91), EURZ: 38.16 (+1.12), JKK: 139.90 (+0.81), JKL: 130.09 (+0.58), JKE: 118.72 (+0.78), JKF: 86.27 (+0.16), EQL: 57.76 (+0.20), VWO: 41.78 (+0.42), JKG: 152.83 (+0.97), EWRM: 52.21 (+0.31), JKH: 161.07 (unch), VOT: 105.07 (+0.76), CN: 34.87 (+0.34), FYC: 30.67 (+0.13), JKD: 123.43 (+0.31)
Volatility In The Emerging Markets
The Angry Bear - Seeking Alpha - Thu Oct 30, 5:49AM CDT
By Joseph Joyce Emerging Markets Volatility has returned to the financial markets. Stock prices in the U.S. have fallen from their September highs, and the return on 10-year Treasury bonds briefly fell below 2%. Financial markets in emerging...
EMHZ: 23.51 (+0.86), EMFT: 46.34 (-0.16), EMLB: 96.30 (unch), EWEM: 33.25 (unch), EDZ: 32.61 (-1.19), EMDR: 50.00 (-0.01), EMSA: 81.61 (unch), EMCR: 21.13 (+0.35), EET: 71.75 (+1.52), EEV: 18.10 (-0.44), DBEM: 22.23 (+0.13), SCHE: 24.91 (+0.24), EUM: 25.25 (-0.30), EEME: 45.57 (+0.77), EEM: 40.67 (+0.46), ADRE: 36.88 (+0.49), HEEM: 24.53 (+0.14), FEM: 22.44 (+0.16), VWO: 41.78 (+0.42), EDC: 25.03 (+0.81), IEMG: 48.87 (+0.48), GMM: 65.67 (+0.63)
No Market Is An Island
Nanette Abuhoff Jacobson - Seeking Alpha - Fri Oct 24, 4:21PM CDT
As the final quarter of the year begins, I sense that we've entered a new regime - one defined by the interplay among central bank policies in the U.S., Europe, and Japan and their impact across asset classes. The U.S. is nearing its first rate hike...
VTV: 85.39 (+0.23), IWS: 75.61 (+0.10), IWR: 172.51 (+0.82), IWP: 96.90 (+0.78), VO: 127.37 (+0.66), IEFA: 58.11 (+0.39), EET: 71.75 (+1.52), SYV: 56.58 (+0.90), EEV: 18.10 (-0.44), IWY: 52.15 (+0.20), DBEM: 22.23 (+0.13), IWX: 44.41 (+0.16), EES: 83.16 (+0.62), ADRE: 36.88 (+0.49), EEM: 40.67 (+0.46), ADRD: 23.54 (+0.20), VB: 119.86 (+0.63), EEH: 15.49 (+0.25), FTC: 47.74 (+0.03), PWB: 30.11 (+0.17), VBR: 107.43 (+0.56), VLU: 81.38 (unch), SYG: 59.65 (unch), EMFT: 46.34 (-0.16), PWV: 31.71 (+0.11), EDZ: 32.61 (-1.19), SYE: 57.90 (+0.10), RWG: 44.68 (unch), GVT: 46.00 (+0.27), VBK: 131.16 (+0.86), VUG: 108.09 (+0.63), DBEF: 28.78 (+0.18), EDC: 25.03 (+0.81), IWL: 47.61 (+0.22), EMSA: 81.61 (unch), VEA: 39.68 (+0.28), EMCR: 21.13 (+0.35), SJL: 61.99 (unch), EUM: 25.25 (-0.30), URTH: 73.00 (+0.31), GMM: 65.67 (+0.63), IELG: 32.47 (-0.06), EFZ: 32.73 (-0.25), EWEM: 33.25 (unch), EMDR: 50.00 (-0.01), EEME: 45.57 (+0.77), EFU: 40.00 (-0.54), FWDI: 27.01 (+0.25), EFO: 102.75 (unch), FWDD: 43.17 (unch), VV: 96.51 (+0.44), EFA: 63.82 (+0.42), IDHQ: 19.81 (+0.23), IEMG: 48.87 (+0.48), MFLA: 190.00 (unch), FEX: 46.98 (+0.22), SCHA: 56.51 (+0.33), SCHE: 24.91 (+0.24), UKW: 116.13 (+4.04), SCHG: 53.88 (+0.28), SDK: 60.50 (-0.50), SCHM: 42.58 (+0.28), ERW: 52.50 (+0.63), FEM: 22.44 (+0.16), SCHV: 44.39 (+0.19), TIP: 112.66 (-0.23), EMLB: 96.30 (unch), SCHX: 50.21 (+0.25), HEFA: 26.82 (+0.18), FNX: 54.08 (+0.40), FNY: 30.15 (+0.14), FDT: 49.43 (+0.45), EZY: 66.55 (+0.16), DPK: 30.55 (-0.96), HEEM: 24.53 (+0.14), IFSM: 45.62 (-0.22), FNK: 31.54 (+0.35), FYX: 49.83 (+0.38), SFK: 20.51 (-1.28), MIDU: 107.67 (+1.78), FYT: 33.24 (+0.39), IESM: 32.22 (+0.28), UVU: 95.57 (+3.57), MIDZ: 10.84 (-0.18), EZM: 95.35 (+0.77), TILT: 88.64 (+0.39), DZK: 65.00 (+0.99), CZA: 50.71 (+0.03), EMHZ: 23.51 (+0.86), VOE: 91.87 (+0.27), JKI: 127.14 (+0.16), JKJ: 141.02 (+0.91), JKK: 139.90 (+0.81), JKL: 130.09 (+0.58), JKE: 118.72 (+0.78), EQL: 57.76 (+0.20), JKF: 86.27 (+0.16), VWO: 41.78 (+0.42), JKG: 152.83 (+0.97), JKH: 161.07 (unch), EWRM: 52.21 (+0.31), VOT: 105.07 (+0.76), FYC: 30.67 (+0.13), JKD: 123.43 (+0.31)
Emerging market funds see lower outflows
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Oct 17, 2:16PM CDT
EMHZ: 23.51 (+0.86), EMFT: 46.34 (-0.16), EMLB: 96.30 (unch), EWEM: 33.25 (unch), EDZ: 32.61 (-1.19), EMDR: 50.00 (-0.01), EMSA: 81.61 (unch), EMCR: 21.13 (+0.35), EET: 71.75 (+1.52), EEV: 18.10 (-0.44), DBEM: 22.23 (+0.13), SCHE: 24.91 (+0.24), EUM: 25.25 (-0.30), EEME: 45.57 (+0.77), EEM: 40.67 (+0.46), ADRE: 36.88 (+0.49), HEEM: 24.53 (+0.14), FEM: 22.44 (+0.16), VWO: 41.78 (+0.42), EDC: 25.03 (+0.81), IEMG: 48.87 (+0.48), GMM: 65.67 (+0.63)
After Yesterday's Decline of 3.88%, Direxion Daily Emerging Markets Bear 3X Shares Offers Investors Better Value
Comtex SmarTrend(R) - Mon Oct 06, 5:04PM CDT
Direxion Daily Emerging Markets Bear 3X Shares (NYSE:EDZ) traded in a range yesterday that spanned from a low of $33.15 to a high of $34.02. Yesterday, the shares fell 3.9%, which took the trading range below the 3-day low of $35.13 on volume of 1.5 million shares. Often times after large one-day declines, short-term traders may play for some degree of mean reversion.
EDZ: 32.61 (-1.19)
Watch for Direxion Daily Emerging Markets Bear 3X Shares to Potentially Rebound After Falling 3.88% Yesterday
Comtex SmarTrend(R) - Mon Oct 06, 5:03PM CDT
Direxion Daily Emerging Markets Bear 3X Shares (NYSE:EDZ) traded in a range yesterday that spanned from a low of $33.15 to a high of $34.02. Yesterday, the shares fell 3.9%, which took the trading range below the 3-day low of $35.13 on volume of 1.5 million shares. Often times after large one-day declines, short-term traders may play for some degree of mean reversion.
EDZ: 32.61 (-1.19)
Direxion Daily Emerging Markets Bear 3X Shares Up 14.9% Since SmarTrend Uptrend Call (EDZ)
Comtex SmarTrend(R) - Tue Sep 30, 9:18AM CDT
SmarTrend identified an Uptrend for Direxion Daily Emerging Markets Bear 3X Shares (NYSE:EDZ) on September 15th, 2014 at $30.56. In approximately 2 weeks, Direxion Daily Emerging Markets Bear 3X Shares has returned 14.94% as of today's recent price of $35.12.
EDZ: 32.61 (-1.19)
Direxion Daily Emerging Markets Bear 3X Shares Down 16.4% Since SmarTrend Downtrend Call (EDZ)
Comtex SmarTrend(R) - Fri Sep 12, 11:10AM CDT
SmarTrend identified a Downtrend for Direxion Daily Emerging Markets Bear 3X Shares (NYSE:EDZ) on May 12th, 2014 at $35.75. In approximately 4 months, Direxion Daily Emerging Markets Bear 3X Shares has returned 16.35% as of today's recent price of $29.90.
EDZ: 32.61 (-1.19)
Direxion Daily Emerging Markets Bear 3X Shares Rises 2.10% on Heavy Volume: Watch For Potential Pullback
Comtex SmarTrend(R) - Thu Sep 11, 5:16PM CDT
Direxion Daily Emerging Markets Bear 3X Shares (NYSE:EDZ) traded in a range yesterday that spanned from a low of $29.06 to a high of $29.31. Yesterday, the shares gained 2.1%, which took the trading range above the 3-day high of $29.22 on volume of 1.6 million shares. Often times after large one-day gains, short term traders will seek to take profits and, as such, investors should be cautious.
EDZ: 32.61 (-1.19)