EEMA News and Press, iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Asia Index Fund From 04/23/20

Original Post Editor's Note: The summary bullets for this article were chosen by Seeking Alpha Read more ...

After the COVID-19 earthquake and a historical contraction, China is rebounding, whereas advanced economies face a depression-like plunge. The consequent tsunami is about to hit Southeast Asia. As the total number of confirmed cases may exceed 3 million and deaths will surpass 200,000 in a m...

The lethal combination of a viral and financial crisis has no doubt taken a heavy toll on emerging markets, which saw their export-driven economies and currencies decimated by a halted global economy and safe-haven flows into the U.S. dollar respectively. Not to mention certain developing coun...

Our Emerging Markets Equity team examines the impact of the spread of coronavirus across emerging market economies during the month of February. Three Things We're Thinking About Today The Covid-19 coronavirus led the narrative in February, as a spike in new cases outside of China height...

Emerging markets ended 2019 on a high note, but can the momentum continue? Our emerging markets equity team weighs in, highlighting the market news and events it has an eye on. Three Things We're Thinking About Today Optimism surrounding the government's economic agenda has resulted in a...

Hindsight is 20-20, as we all know. Look around and forward vision for 2020 is cloudy at best, be it for geopolitics, economies, businesses or markets. Markets might look great having bounced back (through April from the sharp declines end of 2018 and then since October), due to corporate buyb...

As growth bottoms out and tail risks ease, attractive valuations support the case for emerging markets currencies. This edition of CIO Weekly Perspectives comes from guest contributors Rob Drijkoningen and Vera Kartseva of Neuberger Berman’s Emerging Markets Debt team. In mi...

Over the past 30+ years since the introduction of the MSCI Emerging Markets Index, investors have evolved from holding minimal positions in emerging markets funds to holding more substantial allocations. Additionally, the choice of investment options has evolved from broad-based emerging mar...

One of the best, if perhaps sometimes underappreciated, assets for income-seeking investors are closed-end funds. This is due to the tendency of these funds to pay out all of their investment returns (income and capital gains) to their owners in the form of distributions. It should therefore c...

(Source: Pexels ) Valuation measurements like P/E and EV/EBITDA are well-known and popular signals of future equity performance. As a general rule, equities with lower valuations are expected to outperform those with higher valuations, though with more potential downside risk. This article ...