FEM News and Press, First Trust Emerging Markets AlphaDEX Fund From 02/16/21

The "average, annual" returns of Emerging Markets and non-US investing have lagged that of the S&P 500 and large-cap growth for many years now. The weekly S&P 500 earnings update from this weekend shows positive revisions for forward quarters even though the largest names have...

Though history is often a good guide, it's important to recognize that markets can - and have - changed. If Value stocks are extremely cheap versus the market, it is necessarily the case that Growth stocks are very expensive. The goal of the backtest was to ensure that despite its...

Gold had a strong start to the year, moving to its monthly high of $1,959 per ounce on January 6. Reddit/WallStreetBets is the first black swan phenomenon since the COVID crash. Weighing the pros and cons, we believe history provides the best guide. For further details see: ...

I think we're not alone in being quite amazed by the resilience that the US market has shown following the very violent selloff in February and March. One of our big themes, digital innovation, continues to lead, transforming what I would call the more traditional or, sort of, classic...

Emerging Asian equities outpaced broader EMs in January. East Asian markets were largely buoyant. In many EMs, a central new reality is the rise of domestic demand as a driver of growth. Often overlooked, we believe that the frontier markets (FMs) asset class continues to exhibit ...

As we enter 2021, the macroeconomic backdrop for emerging markets is extremely promising. We believe the key long-term trend driving emerging markets is their transition from export-led growth to reliance on buoyant domestic demand. We see significant opportunities with global gro...

The global economic recovery is currently underway. This is a very good environment for active investors. We certainly don't want blind exposure to beta. Charting the portfolio implications for the year ahead across a range of asset classes, including rates, credit and emerging ma...

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 ...

In Australian equities, nearly all managers remain positive on the outlook for the global economy. With the reopening trade in mind, value managers in Canada are bullish on oil stocks. With technology sector valuations at record highs, U.S. small cap growth managers have been rota...

The Bank of America's Global Fund Manager Survey for November 2020 shows that more investors prefer allocating funds to emerging markets now. We believe China's early exit from the lockdown and stimulus measures should benefit EM more broadly, as will the recovery in the global demand...