FEM News and Press, First Trust Emerging Markets AlphaDEX Fund From 09/23/21

First Trust Emerging Markets AlphaDEX Fund (NASDAQ:FEM) - $0.0554. 30-Day SEC Yield of 3.93% as of Aug. 31. Payable Sep 30; for shareholders of record Sep 24; ex-div Sep 23. For further details see: First Trust Emerging Markets AlphaDEX Fund declares quarterly distribution of $0.0554

China could behave differently, for better or for worse, from the rest of emerging markets. The KraneShares Emerging Markets Consumer Technology fund returned -11.01%1 for the quarter-to-date period. US markets continue to exhibit stretched valuations on an absolute basis and disp...

Equity markets were broadly higher in August, propelled by a late-month resurgence in risk appetite. The FTSE Emerging index rose 2.8% in for all of August, and along with Japan and the US, outperformed the FTSE Developed index gain of 2.6%. Small caps enjoyed a similar renaissanc...

Emerging market manufacturing slips into contraction for the first time since June 2020. Supply constraints and price pressures affecting developed markets to a greater extent. Risk of capital outflows for emerging markets with divergence in growth momentum from developed markets....

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...

The main foreign-traded assets at risk from these events are the bonds and equities in Pakistan. We don’t see the fall of the government, for now, having a drastic impact on the Indian equity story. And for us, the Indian equity story continues to be supported by the long-term ...

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...

Emerging-market stocks have hit a rough patch, but shares of smaller companies have held up well. Smaller EM stocks have held up well. Smaller-cap stocks offer a less-trodden path to EM stocks. For further details see: Smaller Stocks Defy Emerging-Market Weakness

Whether or not you should invest in “emerging markets” today really comes down to one thing, and that one thing is China. There is a great deal of uncertainty about the co-evolution of China’s markets with those of the US, Europe and non-China Asia-Pacific in the ...