EMBH News and Press, iShares Interest Rate Hedged Emerging Markets Bond From 11/02/21

US real estate investment trusts (REITs) and stocks posted the strongest returns for the major asset classes in October - by wide margins. US REITs surged 7.7% last month, reversing September’s sharp decline. The recovery puts American property shares in the lead for 2021 with ...

Electric vehicle engines need far fewer components than internal combustion engines but have much heavier and more complex batteries. These in turn use a higher proportion and greater variety of minerals - around six times more than conventional vehicles. Increased mineral extraction ...

Fixed-income markets are certainly different than they were 20 years ago—or even 10 years ago. There are many advantages to the evolution of fixed-income markets over the past decade or so. Investors are setting a high bar for their managers, and rightfully so. For fu...

Ignoring sustainability in emerging markets debt is no longer sustainable. Data suggests that emerging countries contain around 80% of world’s population, contribute around 60% of the world’s GDP and generate two-thirds of its carbon emissions. To ensure that capital...

Consensus remains cautiously positive on the economic and market outlook for the coming year, but for the first time in 18 months, we have started trimming risk in our views, advocating building dry powder to take advantage of opportunities that arise due to potential short-term market vo...

When facing a rising-rate environment, investors who can’t stomach too much risk should limit - but not eliminate - duration, or sensitivity to interest-rate changes. Investors shouldn’t just shorten their portfolio’s duration; they should get a chunk of it from a...

The strong economic and market trends of the first half of 2021 wavered during the third quarter. The coronavirus delta variant caught up with the US at the height of the summer, just as vaccinations slowed and concerns grew that inflation might flare and persist. Even so, equity mark...

Sustainable funds differ from conventional funds because they have a sustainability objective while also seeking financial returns. The growing popularity of investing in sustainable funds means more capital available to firms with a high sustainability rating, boosting firms’ ...

Over the last several years, the market has commanded a premium for ESG leaders and stars, and a reason why we seek to invest in companies with potential or realized ESG momentum. Our sovereign research that demonstrates the strong correlation between country credit ratings and ESG sc...

Risk-adjusted performance continued to rise in September for the Global Market Index (GMI), an unmanaged, market-value-weighted portfolio that holds all the major asset classes (except cash). GMI’s 0.97 Sharpe ratio is close to the highest levels reached in recent history. ...