EEMS News and Press, Ishares MSCI Emerging Markets Small Cap Index Fund From 03/24/21

We believe the Brazilian bond market has overpriced policy tightening over the next 12 to 18 months. Real rates will likely remain quite low for some time given the protracted post-COVID recovery and available spare capacity in the economy. While Brazil is among the first major EM...

Stocks in emerging markets continued to lead the major asset classes in January as the top monthly performer. Emerging markets shares have been up for four straight months, pushing this slice of the world's equities to a wide one-year lead of nearly 28%. US stocks are posting the ...

My December 2019 Seeking Alpha article, "Mean Reversion + Valuation = Opportunity" identified underperforming asset classes that were attractively valued and poised to generate above average returns in the future. Here we revisit how those assets have performed since the beginning of ...

A long history of extremely low yields in Japan suggests that low yields do not necessarily map to low returns. Amid the dramatic sell-off in risk assets in March 2020 as the global pandemic took hold, and again in September 2020 when equity markets pulled back sharply, government bon...

Largely tied to the fate of the US dollar, the underperformance of emerging markets relative to their developed counterparts may finally be ending. A rising US dollar causes the domestic currency of emerging economies to fall and inflation to rise amid weaker economic growth. On a...

Global business cycles are closely interconnected. Global business cycles are closely synchronized. Global equity markets respond accordingly. For further details see: Investing In Foreign Markets Sounds Exciting - But Isn't Always

Despite a growing economic and technological decoupling between China and the West, the financial divide is actually shrinking. China's bond market - now the second largest in the world - has seen increased foreign participation, especially in its government bond market, where foreign...

By Laurent Saltiel, Sergey Davalchenko, & Naveen Jayasundaram Emerging market stocks are having a difficult time in the COVID-19 crisis, but not all industries - or countries - are struggling. And many businesses have the right qualities to benefit from structural changes now and long ...

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...