FEMS News and Press, First Trust Emerging Markets Small Cap AlphaDEX Fund From 01/06/21

A long history of extremely low yields in Japan suggests that low yields do not necessarily map to low returns. Amid the dramatic sell-off in risk assets in March 2020 as the global pandemic took hold, and again in September 2020 when equity markets pulled back sharply, government bon...

Largely tied to the fate of the US dollar, the underperformance of emerging markets relative to their developed counterparts may finally be ending. A rising US dollar causes the domestic currency of emerging economies to fall and inflation to rise amid weaker economic growth. On a...

First Trust Emerging Markets Small Cap AlphaDEX ETF (FEMS) declares $0.2508/share quarterly dividend, -40.1% decrease from prior dividend of $0.4185.Forward yield 2.51%Payable Dec. 31; for shareholders of record Dec. 28; ex-div Dec. 24.See FEMS Dividend Scorecard, Yield Chart, & Dividend ...

Global business cycles are closely interconnected. Global business cycles are closely synchronized. Global equity markets respond accordingly. For further details see: Investing In Foreign Markets Sounds Exciting - But Isn't Always

Despite a growing economic and technological decoupling between China and the West, the financial divide is actually shrinking. China's bond market - now the second largest in the world - has seen increased foreign participation, especially in its government bond market, where foreign...

First Trust Emerging Markets Small Cap AlphaDEX ETF (FEMS) declares $0.4185/share quarterly dividend, 23.9% increase from prior dividend of $0.3378.Forward yield 5.01%Payable Sept. 30; for shareholders of record Sept. 25; ex-div Sept. 24.See FEMS Dividend Scorecard, Yield Chart, & Dividen...

By Laurent Saltiel, Sergey Davalchenko, & Naveen Jayasundaram Emerging market stocks are having a difficult time in the COVID-19 crisis, but not all industries - or countries - are struggling. And many businesses have the right qualities to benefit from structural changes now and long ...

Emerging markets ended 2019 on a high note, but can the momentum continue? Our emerging markets equity team weighs in, highlighting the market news and events it has an eye on. Three Things We're Thinking About Today Optimism surrounding the government's economic agenda has resulted in a...

Hindsight is 20-20, as we all know. Look around and forward vision for 2020 is cloudy at best, be it for geopolitics, economies, businesses or markets. Markets might look great having bounced back (through April from the sharp declines end of 2018 and then since October), due to corporate buyb...

As growth bottoms out and tail risks ease, attractive valuations support the case for emerging markets currencies. This edition of CIO Weekly Perspectives comes from guest contributors Rob Drijkoningen and Vera Kartseva of Neuberger Berman’s Emerging Markets Debt team. In mi...