EDD News and Press, Morgan Stanley Emerging Markets Domestic Debt Fund Inc. From 06/02/21

The Global Market Index’s (GMI) expected risk premium held steady at 5.9% annualized in May, matching the previous month’s estimate. The framework for estimating equilibrium returns was initially outlined in a 1974 paper by Professor Bill Sharpe. Keep in mind, too, t...

With numerous options for accessing hard currency debt, the diversified opportunity set allows for more efficient management of concentration risks. We also believe there is a strong disconnect between perceived and actual risk in EM hard currency debt. Although EM credit metrics ...

The major asset classes delivered across-the-board gains for a second month in a row in May. Everything apart from cash was up last month, led by a sizzling rally in foreign inflation-linked government bonds. The FTSE Russell World Inflation Index ex-US surged 4.0% last month, the...

As most financial asset returns continue their relentless march higher in 2021, amid new waves of fiscal and monetary stimulus, investors are increasingly being forced to confront the growing tension between their wants (assets purchased with a margin of safety) and their needs (income). ...

Oil, stocks and gold all cannot rise without a corresponding rise in UST yields. The idea that inflation hedge and risk assets can be up but yields down is untenable. A rise in US yields and stronger USD short circuits emerging market economies especially those with USD currency board...

While many yields are at, or near, their historic lows, opportunity remains in select segments of emerging-market debt, triple B-rated corporate bonds and certain areas of the mortgage-securities market. A good way to approach value stocks has been to find those that are attractively ...

As the cyclical upswing takes hold, emerging markets are likely to benefit from the recovery. Asia is leading in terms of the emerging market recovery, followed by Europe, followed by Latin America. Andrew Balls, CIO Global Fixed Income, explains PIMCO's view. For further de...

With greater clarity on the sustainability of the economic recovery, we also saw the opportunity set across markets broaden to include sectors beyond those seen as the primary beneficiaries of an economic reopening. As expected, the recovery hasn't been smooth sailing for all, with su...

Emerging markets offer attractive alternatives to fixed income investors searching for yield amid the trillions of dollars of negative-, zero-, and low-yielding debt globally. Within emerging market hard currency investment grade bonds, we think it is prudent to be shorter duration or...

We stick to our pro-risk stance and tweak our tactical views as the U.S. leads a powerful global economic restart and our new nominal theme plays out. Stocks were little changed on the week as markets digested strong first-quarter earnings reports and bond yields eased. The Federa...