EEM News and Press, iShares MSCI Emerging Index Fund From 11/06/22

Summary China stocks are a value trap investment. The policy-turnaround favoring re-globalization needed for the bullish case. The China reopening rumor is a short-squeeze trigger. One of the worst investments ever The iShares China Large-Cap ETF ( FXI ) is p...

Summary Expectations coming into Thursday’s CPI and Core CPI print are leaning “heavy” so to speak, meaning the street is expecting another hot number. Inflation matters to bond yields and bond yields matter to stock P/E levels and valuations. It’s all ...

Summary Considering the strategic fundamentals, the MSCI EM index is essentially a bet on the future prospects of Asia’s largest economies. Over the past 30 years, the S&P 500 has returned more than three times as much as the emerging markets index for a US-based invest...

Summary Leveraged ETFs have a non-linear, unpredictable behavior. A drift dashboard with 22 of them. A closer look at one or the worst: LABD. For further details see: LABD: A Bad Bad Drift

Summary With inflationary pressures and recessionary fears remaining top-of-mind, equity managers see no short-term end to the bumpy ride in markets. One of the key risks cited by equity managers in our third-quarter report is the possibility of inflation remaining stuck at high l...

Summary Investment-grade EM borrowers continue to achieve positive demand. Both the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Emirates NBD enjoyed healthy demand, further confirming the strong investor sentiment towards stronger GCC credits. Nigeria's debt stress should not currently requir...

Summary Yield and risk continue to disagree with the latter taking the cue to rise from the former. I believe this is unsustainable and will resolve itself in one-of-three ways. In scenario 1 of stagflation, EM shorts would lose as would gold and commodity short-positions. Tankers...

Summary Stocks, bonds, and just about all other markets are down double-digits in 2022. With global recession looming, we are in a broad bear market that likely has further to go. During times of uncertainty, investors favor assets perceived to be safe and familiar. In the US, tha...

Summary The VWO's underlying FTSE EM index now trades at its cheapest level since the global financial crisis, cheaper even than the height of the Covid crash. This is particularly noteworthy considering that global inflation expectations are significantly higher, which should sup...

Summary Equity and fixed income securities once again suffered sharp declines during the quarter, with equity mutual funds posting their worst September returns since 2011. While conventional funds suffered net redemptions for Q3, their ETF counterparts once again attracted net ne...