FNI News and Press, First Trust Chindia From 09/27/22

Summary Following a decade of turbocharged outperformance in the early 2000s, emerging-market stocks have been mired in a protracted losing streak versus their developed-market peers. Both developed and developing equity markets have been grappling with the extreme economic disloc...

Summary The effects of volatility in 2022 have been felt by investors globally — however, there may be opportunities to be selective within emerging markets. Accessing less-volatile stocks in emerging markets through minimum volatility ETFs may be attractive as a way to mai...

Summary Officials at the world's major central banks, led by the US Fed, grew increasingly united in their resolve to bring inflation under control. The August about-face pulled the Europe ex UK and both US Russell indexes back down to the bottom of the performance ranks for the y...

Summary The FOMC may consider a full-point rate hike but will likely settle on delivering its third consecutive 75 basis-point increase. The BoE will meet on Thursday and it has a big decision to make. The FX world is closely watching everything out of Japan. US ...

Summary Macro uncertainties have stolen the limelight, but Asia’s innovative small giants are rising out of the shadows. Asian Small Giants are enabling many large, global companies, by working together as strategic partners in a larger ecosystem. We find these small in...

Summary The main economic data release for the trading week is the US inflation report. The UK economy is in a precarious position and facing a recession. Chinese President Xi is expected to meet with Russian President Putin at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit in U...

Summary Global economic output contracted in August for the first time since June 2020, according to the latest PMI survey data. For the first time since early 2020, all four largest developed economies reported falling output. Reduced input cost inflation and worsening demand...

Summary One way for investors to gauge the prospects of a return to stability in China’s housing market is to compare what’s happening today with the sector’s previous recovery cycle in 2014–2016. Although the sector remains very important to the econom...

Summary The JPMorgan Global Manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index, compiled by S&P Global, fell from 51.1 in July to 50.3 in August, its lowest since June 2020. Output only rose in ten of the 30 economies for which data are available, and in five of those - including mainla...

Summary Non-China Asian exports are still growing, but the pace of increase has slowed and will slow still further as key export destinations struggle with inflation, energy security, and rising recession risks. In year-on-year terms, the rate of overall export growth is now skirt...