EDD News and Press, Morgan Stanley Emerging Markets Domestic Debt Fund Inc. From 10/01/21

Borrowing with a sustainability ilk is on a tear for 2021 so far. USD borrowing is now ahead of EUR borrowing for corporates. US corporates are embracing sustainability-linked loans. A more global sustainable tune is being played for 2021 as the reach extends to Asia and ...

Global markets suffered their broadest retreat in a year during September. The bullish exception: commodities, which delivered a solid gain last month. Notably, US stocks and bonds lost ground, giving support to concerns that the historical diversification benefits of pairing the two ...

We stay tactically pro-risk amid the broadening economic restart, with negative real rates supporting risk assets - as per our new nominal theme. The Fed signaled it will start to taper around the year-end. Its reluctance to confirm inflation is meeting its new objective supports our ...

Discounts widened a bit but remain very tight relative to historical comparisons going back to 1996. Munis are now in line with taxable avg. premiums. At this time, a counter-cyclical approach is warranted. I have been advocating rotating from leveraged, junkier, and discount suscepti...

Over the medium term, these countries’ success in developing their oil-exporting capacity could be transformative in galvanizing large amounts of export revenue. We are acutely aware of the East African oil and gas sector being negatively impacted by a focus on green products. ...

Risk-adjusted performance continued to rise in August for the Global Market Index. Sharpe ratios in global markets generally are elevated. GMI represents a theoretical benchmark for the “optimal” portfolio. For further details see: Major Asset Classes | Aug...

The expected risk premium for the Global Market (GMI) ticked up in August, reaching an annualized 6.1%, slightly above the previous month’s estimate. Despite the comparatively high GMI forecast, the current estimate remains well below the index’s realized risk premium fo...

Why yields have been falling, and whether bond markets are trying to signal to any important trends to investors, particularly in light of the fact that we've seen equities reach new highs. This is a market environment, or a trading environment, that feels like people want to add dura...

The winning streak for American shares rolled on in August. US stocks rose for a seventh straight month and posted the strongest gain for the major asset classes. US bonds also lost ground in August. The Bloomberg Aggregate Bond Index slipped 0.2%, the first monthly decline for the be...

Risks in many emerging markets (EMs) are driven by political instability or high external vulnerabilities, meaning there is little scope for systemic crises. Given this outlook, we believe there are opportunities in EM debt markets in Africa, the Middle East, and Ukraine. We expec...