EMBH News and Press, iShares Interest Rate Hedged Emerging Markets Bond From 09/06/21

iShares Interest Rate Hedged Emerging Markets Bond ETF (NYSEARCA:EMBH) - $0.0434. 30-Day SEC Yield of 3.51% as of Sept. 02. Payable Sep 08; for shareholders of record Sep 03; ex-div Sep 02. For further details see: iShares Interest Rate Hedged Emerging Markets Bond ETF declares monthly ...

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...

GMI’s 10-year Sharpe ratio (SR) edged up for a fifth straight month to 0.86, the highest since January 2020, based on a rolling ten-year window via monthly data. Profiling GMI through a drawdown lens also reflects an extended stretch of low risk. GMI is useful as a baseline...

Ten year Treasury yield levels, which dipped below 1.20% earlier this month, seem to be at odds with a general narrative of non-transitory inflation and accelerating economic growth. Many emerging markets' central banks are ahead of the Federal Reserve with rate hikes, and although ra...

iShares Interest Rate Hedged Emerging Markets Bond ETF (NYSEARCA:EMBH) - $0.0426. 30-Day SEC Yield of 3.55% as of Aug 2. Payable Aug 09; for shareholders of record Aug 04; ex-div Aug 03. For further details see: iShares Interest Rate Hedged Emerging Markets Bond ETF declares monthly dis...

The projected risk premium for the Global Market held steady in July at an annualized 6.0%, unchanged from the previous month. Despite the recent bounce, GMI’s trailing 10-year performance remains well below the previous 8%-plus peak. No one really knows what risk premia wi...