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Emerging Asian equities outpaced broader EMs in January. East Asian markets were largely buoyant. In many EMs, a central new reality is the rise of domestic demand as a driver of growth. Often overlooked, we believe that the frontier markets (FMs) asset class continues to exhibit ...

During the fourth quarter, our base case for emerging markets (EM) was the following: we saw favorable economics, questionable politics, and an exciting digital disruption theme that swept across emerging markets countries around the world. Emerging markets have traditionally underper...

Mexican pension funds have had a particularly large home bias in their equity allocations compared to other markets. An examination of the characteristics, performance and return-to-risk profiles of the equity market in Mexico from 2008 through September 2020 shows that maintaining 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

GDP has been patchy for years and the Mexican government has been very parsimonious in their stimulus measures to counter the effects of the health pandemic. Recently, there have been some positive signs with regards to remittances from abroad, consumer confidence, and the trend of ex...

Latin American and Caribbean economies need help, but organizations like the IDB are also stretched thin. With Latin America and the Caribbean potentially facing years of difficulties due to the pandemic and related economic crises, attention has shifted to what multilateral institutions...

The U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement includes tighter North American content rules for autos, new intellectual property protections, prohibitions against currency manipulation and new laws for digital commerce. More news on: iShares MSCI Mexico Capped ETF, iShares MSCI Canada ETF, Invesco Cu...

By Alejandro Werner, Director of the Western Hemisphere Department of the International Monetary Fund Latin America and the Caribbean have become the new COVID-19 global epicenter. The human cost has been tragic, with over 100,000 lives lost. The economic toll has also been steep. The Wor...

Mexico's central bank cuts its key interest rate by 50 basis points to 5% in response to the economic contraction caused by measures taken to slow the spread of COVID-19. More news on: iShares MSCI Mexico Capped ETF, Mexico Fund, Direxion Daily MSCI Mexico Bull 3X ETF, Global news and fo...

By Kathy Lien At A Glance Mexico's economy is highly sensitive to the U.S., which makes its currency one to watch in a volatile environment. The peso maintains a high correlation to oil markets and can move with OPEC news In the world of emerging market currencies, the Mexican peso i...