GEM News and Press, Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta Emerging Markets Equity From 03/23/21

A portfolio solely composed of funds aimed at outperforming the largest ETF (SPY) on a risk-adjusted basis. It's not only a reflection of our macro views, but predominantly a statement regarding the sectors we like, dislike, and/or neutral about. In this article we share the portf...

Despite the good news that came over the holidays and in early January, markets appear to have entered a period of consolidation. In my view, markets are only “taking a breather” as investors digest recent news and process what is already priced. So, what gives? ...

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 ...

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...

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...

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 ...

Our Emerging Markets Equity team examines the impact of the spread of coronavirus across emerging market economies during the month of February. Three Things We're Thinking About Today The Covid-19 coronavirus led the narrative in February, as a spike in new cases outside of China height...

Introduction Earlier this week, JPMorgan Chase ( JPM ) CEO Jamie Dimon said that the only financial market bubble out there right now is in sovereign debt . First of all, it's important to note that in spite of this perceived bubble, JPM has increased its holdings in US government bonds...