EMF News and Press, Templeton Emerging Markets Fund From 02/04/24

2024-02-04 08:20:00 ET Summary Fourth quarter was a good quarter for the fund and the asset class. Most major emerging markets are demonstrating decent fiscal and monetary discipline. China is still struggling with the dual issues of deflation and a huge property market draggi...

2024-02-03 22:33:00 ET Summary After a difficult year in 2023, we’re seeing signs that a recovery may be brewing for emerging-market equities. Over the longer run, since 2001, EM stocks have outpaced the MSCI World. Innovation, reshoring efforts by global manufacturers,...

2024-02-03 09:12:00 ET Summary Emerging market assets were resilient in 2023, gaining ground despite conflict in the Middle East, concerns over slowing economic growth in China, and the US dollar’s strength against other regional currencies. Lower US interest rates have oft...

2024-01-31 02:26:00 ET Summary In the US, December’s Consumer Price Index rose 3.3% year over year, well off its peak of 8.9% in June of 2022, but still above the Fed’s 2% target. We expect labor markets to stay resilient in 2024, but with job creation slowing to mor...

2024-01-30 09:22:00 ET Summary Interest rates in most parts of the world appear to be stabilizing as we enter 2024, as inflation trends continue to decline from the high levels seen in the summer of 2022. The Federal Reserve remains laser-focused on inflation and suggested there m...

2024-01-25 00:19:00 ET Summary The fourth quarter of 2023 was a more favorable environment for active managers in the UK, Europe, Emerging Markets, U.S. Small Cap and Listed Infrastructure, while being more challenging for U.S. Large Cap, Global, Global ex-U.S., Japan, Australia, Cana...

2024-01-18 23:00:00 ET Summary Non-U.S. equities, including EM equities, are likely beneficiaries of falling interest rates in the United States and the dollar weakening rather than strengthening. Global markets surpassed expectations in 2023. Growth equities rebounded during the ...

2024-01-18 00:00:00 ET Summary Emerging markets equities saw positive performance in 4Q 2023, driven by valuation re-rating and currency strength. Taiwan Region, India and South Korea boosted benchmark returns, while China underperformed. Brazil remains the Strategy’s l...

The following Funds announced today their share repurchase activity during the fourth quarter of 2023. Share Repurchases seek to enhance shareholder value by purchasing the Fund’s shares when trading at a discount to the Fund’s net asset value (“NAV”) per share. Al...

2024-01-16 20:56:00 ET Summary Emerging markets will also be looking closely at economic conditions in mainland China, which will be a key determinant of broader emerging market growth in 2024. A key reason for diverging emerging and developed market performance was the marked var...