BSCE News and Press, Invesco BulletShares 2023 USD Emerging Markets Deb From 09/22/22

Summary The effects of volatility in 2022 have been felt by investors globally — however, there may be opportunities to be selective within emerging markets. Accessing less-volatile stocks in emerging markets through minimum volatility ETFs may be attractive as a way to mai...

Summary A global multi-sector approach can deliver much more than just international diversification. If investors are willing to expand their horizons, in our view, they stand a much better chance of meeting their investment goals. No single fixed-income sector can dominate year ...

Summary Despite a rough first half of 2022, bonds still have an important role to play in your portfolio, offering potential income, diversification, and capital preservation. After adjusting to the Fed’s rate hikes, short-term corporate bonds may now offer potentially high...

Summary Since the beginning of 2022, emerging markets fixed-income investors have experienced negative returns as interest rates and credit spreads both moved higher due to several macro factors such as rate hikes, weaker local currencies, and downward GDP growth revisions. Emergi...

Summary In emerging markets valuations look attractive today after the losses across financial markets early this year. PIMCO’s investment process is founded upon our macroeconomic outlook and our in-house country and credit research. Although lower-quality frontier mar...

We now believe that EM debt could represent a buying opportunity for investors looking to take advantage of higher yields and improved valuations. The speed and extent of further monetary tightening in the United States are uncertain, and as a result, there are concerns about the impa...

Our expectation is that as valuations continue to improve, flows will return to the asset class, which may act as a catalyst for higher prices. This is supported by a 2021 International Monetary Fund paper concluding that growth optimism is not a key driver of hard currency bond flows...

Many of the downside risks flagged in our April World Economic Outlook have begun to materialize. Despite slowing activity, global inflation has been revised up, in part due to rising food and energy prices. As advanced economies raise interest rates to fight inflation, financial ...

In the second quarter, we've seen double-digit negative returns across the fixed income landscape. For corporate bonds on the investment-grade side of things, we've seen spreads tick 160. A lot of what's going on right now is just the aftermath of a pandemic that's disrupted the h...

Recent rate hikes by the U.S. Federal Reserve have weighed on emerging markets debt returns, which were already weak in 2021 and the first quarter of 2022. Looking back at previous Fed rate-hiking cycles, then, there is no clear pattern or trend to draw from conclusively: It is unclea...