FLBR News and Press, Franklin FTSE Brazil From 04/12/23

2023-04-12 02:00:00 ET Summary An ongoing decline in demand for goods leaves the global economic recovery largely dependent on reviving service sector activity. India reported the fastest expansion and is continuing to enjoy its strongest growth spell for over a decade. Geogra...

2023-04-12 01:39:00 ET Summary We believe that beyond China, EMs offer an attractive and differentiated opportunity set - one which drove our launch of our EM ex China Growth strategy. Ex China, EMs have much more technology (particularly semiconductor and broad hardware), materia...

2023-04-09 10:26:00 ET Summary On March 29, 523 business representatives from the Brazil and mainland China gathered for the Brazil-China Economic Seminar in Beijing. Bilateral trade grew by 10.1% year on year in 2022 and reached a record USD150 billion. Mainland China regards...

2023-04-05 02:22:00 ET Summary Earnings expectations have weakened this year; however, we still expect lower earnings per share growth than consensus expectations. Profit margin changes are a key driver of earnings growth. We expect further margin weakness ahead. Our weak earn...

2023-04-02 05:04:00 ET Summary Over the past several weeks a remarkable shift in the market’s perception of growth, inflation and policy trajectories means investors should consider calling the market equivalent of a time-out to reassess portfolios. Importantly, as the Fed&...

2023-03-28 21:59:00 ET Summary The global economy is in a moderate slowdown, with financial markets being whipsawed by tensions in the banking sectors of the US and Europe in the final weeks of the quarter. Thus far in 2023, global equity markets have proven to be resilient in the...

2023-03-08 01:26:00 ET Summary Higher US bond yields and interest-rate expectations have a negative impact on long duration assets, including technology companies. Selected companies in India and Hong Kong which are perceived to have below-average corporate governance have come un...

2023-03-07 12:50:00 ET Summary Global business activity grew at its strongest rate for eight months in February, reviving further from the low seen last October. Looking at the major developed economies, there was encouraging news from the US and Europe. Looking ahead, prospec...

Summary In the fog of domestic political and fiscal uncertainty, investors may still find Brazil equities poised to benefit from structural growth trends within their industries. We believe the tide is turning for Brazil equities, and high-quality companies could benefit the most. D...

Summary Uncertainty abounds in many key global macroeconomic drivers. However, some of this uncertainty, global growth and geopolitics in particular, may provide a strong tailwind for EM debt. All key global macroeconomic drivers are maximally uncertain – rates, FX, duration, IG ...