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)
With China Slowing, Can Asia Still Be The World's Growth Engine?
CFA Institute Contributors - Seeking Alpha - Fri Feb 06, 3:07AM CST
By Larry Cao, CFA It is widely known in business and finance circles that China has been a significant contributor to global growth. By some estimates, China contributed to as much as a third to worldwide growth from 2010 to 2013. With recent...
XPP: 73.36 (+0.86), EEMA: 60.60 (+0.55), YINN: 38.57 (+0.69), CHXF: 53.10 (+0.30), MCHI: 52.12 (+0.31), EEME: 45.57 (+0.77), YANG: 9.94 (-0.17), FXP: 38.91 (-0.47), PGJ: 28.89 (+0.28), FCA: 23.21 (+0.38), GMF: 87.70 (+0.63), YAO: 28.18 (+0.30), AZIA: 9.94 (+0.18), YXI: 27.30 (unch), CN: 34.87 (+0.34), FXI: 42.98 (+0.27), GXC: 81.15 (+0.54)
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
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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)
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)
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)
Contrarians Can See The Wolf But What Warning Can We Call Out To Those Who Don't Get It?
Bart Gruzalski - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Nov 21, 6:49AM CST
SPY: 209.78 (+0.86), QQQ: 106.91 (+0.91), DIA: 180.34 (+0.50), FCA: 23.21 (+0.38), FXE: 112.16 (-0.15), UUP: 24.91 (-0.01), EEME: 45.57 (+0.77)
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...
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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)