EDD News and Press, Morgan Stanley Emerging Markets Domestic Debt Fund Inc. From 08/02/23

2023-08-02 06:45:00 ET Summary The global macro environment continues to improve, with U.S. economic resilience offsetting some of the disappointment surrounding Chinese growth. EM debt is one of the longer-duration segments of the fixed-income market. We believe both local an...

2023-07-28 05:00:45 ET AI is popular. Emerging market bonds, needless to say, are not . Which is perfect for us responsible contrarians striving to retire on dividends. The more neglected an asset, the better. But what’s the catalyst for these big yields? I’m t...

2023-06-27 03:05:00 ET Summary Striking the right balance between interest-rate and credit risk can be a good idea in the late stages of a credit cycle. We think it’s a particularly good idea in this credit cycle. Why? Consider that over the last 18 months, investors have g...

2023-06-20 17:21:48 ET Morgan Stanley Emerging Markets Domestic Fund ( NYSE: EDD ) declares $0.08/share quarterly dividend , in line with previous. Forward yield 6.61% Payable July 14; for shareholders of record June 30; ex-div June 29. See EDD Dividend Score...

2023-06-13 03:30:00 ET Summary ESG-labeled bonds have come a long way quickly, and innovation shows no signs of slowing. Given the SLB market's nascency, its sample size is significantly smaller. The good SLBs can offer compelling yield and close alignment with investors' ESG ...

2023-05-31 01:55:00 ET Summary Historically, we have requested for executive compensation to be tied to financial metrics, such as return on invested capital and earnings per share growth. However, companies are now increasing the resources spent on measuring, disclosing, and sett...

2023-05-26 03:30:00 ET Summary Borrowing by the Asian region’s governments, companies, consumers, and financial firms is well above levels prior to the global financial crisis. In particular, industries that rapidly increased leverage while interest rates were low are now a...

2023-04-14 01:35:00 ET Summary Shorter securities with appealing characteristics are available across fixed income markets. Recent market volatility aside, we believe central banks will have to maintain current policy for longer, with inflation likely not getting back to the 2% ta...

2023-04-06 19:29:23 ET Summary For the second consecutive month, equity CEFs (-0.26%) on average witnessed negative performance while their fixed income CEF cohorts (+0.87%) posted gains for the second month in three. At month end, 13% of all CEFs traded at a premium to their NAV,...

2023-04-01 04:12:48 ET Summary We review CEF market valuation and performance through the fourth week of March and highlight recent market action. CEFs were relatively flat on the week; however, discounts continued to mostly push wider, offsetting NAV gains. With the Fed widel...