EDBI News and Press, Legg Mason Emerging Markets Diversified Core ETF

Emerging market manufacturing slips into contraction for the first time since June 2020. Supply constraints and price pressures affecting developed markets to a greater extent. Risk of capital outflows for emerging markets with divergence in growth momentum from developed markets....

US-China tension and rivalry will continue under Biden. Medeiros: New listings and IPOs in India from tech unicorns coming to market. Medeiros: There's a higher risk premium for Chinese tech companies as a result of the regulatory crackdown. For further details see: Chin...

The U.S. is passing the baton in leading the economic restart to other developed markets; but we see fresh challenges in many emerging markets. Better-than-expected U.S. jobs data drove U.S. 10-year bond yields to the highest level in two weeks. U.S. stocks hit record highs. China...

Fortunately, the current year has been a bit kinder to prognosticators than the previous one. The bull market that began in 2009 didn’t end when the coronavirus panic pushed the S&P 500 down 34 percent from its previous high. The post-Covid rally, and particularly the fasci...

Growth-oriented asset classes are likely to shine, but not equally. Above-trend growth is a supportive environment of risky assets like equities or credit. On valuation grounds, equities are looking a little cheaper. Geraldine Sundstrom and Erin Browne discuss PIMCO’s views...

The world economy has performed about as well as could be expected, if one takes as given the pandemic and the inadequate public health response. Global growth in 2020 was negative 3.3 per cent, which is very low historically. But the economic outlook is stronger now than one would ha...

Investors in EM stocks are facing challenges with countries like India and Brazil still struggling to contain COVID-19. As the earnings outlook improves, we believe that three powerful long-term trends, driven by innovation, are creating growth opportunities that will persist through ...

With all the talk about inflation expectations, central bank policy, rising Treasury yields and fiscal policies, equity investors are trying to make sense of the market by focusing on the interest rate sensitivity of valuations and the tug of war between growth stocks and value stocks. ...

The growth and productivity performance of emerging market and developing economies since the 2008 global financial crisis failed to repeat the achievements of the previous decade. Besides frustrating expectations that they might become the new growth pole in the global economy, their...

Last year's pandemic crisis U-trip took just 128 days - significantly less than the long-term average, despite a once-in-a-generation healthcare crisis. While the recovery speed has varied, the global economy is clearly on the mend. We believe that the next phase of the reopening/...