MSF News and Press, Morgan Stanley Emerging Markets Fund Inc. From 09/02/21

The main foreign-traded assets at risk from these events are the bonds and equities in Pakistan. We don’t see the fall of the government, for now, having a drastic impact on the Indian equity story. And for us, the Indian equity story continues to be supported by the long-term ...

The winning streak for American shares rolled on in August. US stocks rose for a seventh straight month and posted the strongest gain for the major asset classes. US bonds also lost ground in August. The Bloomberg Aggregate Bond Index slipped 0.2%, the first monthly decline for the be...

Emerging-market stocks have hit a rough patch, but shares of smaller companies have held up well. Smaller EM stocks have held up well. Smaller-cap stocks offer a less-trodden path to EM stocks. For further details see: Smaller Stocks Defy Emerging-Market Weakness

Whether or not you should invest in “emerging markets” today really comes down to one thing, and that one thing is China. There is a great deal of uncertainty about the co-evolution of China’s markets with those of the US, Europe and non-China Asia-Pacific in the ...

Looking ahead, as the global economy gradually reopens, monetary and fiscal policies continue to be accommodative to support the recovery, and pent-up demand is being released in advanced economies. Fluctuations in aggregate demand, oil price movements, and supply disruptions contribu...

The intensity of the income need only grows as investors move closer to - and enter - their retirement years. While diversified credit portfolios offer benefits, the potential drawdowns could be too much for some investors’ risk tolerances. For tax-sensitive investors, the ...

The government is legislating to improve consumers’ data protection against private companies, and particularly tightening private companies’ ability to transfer sensitive data abroad. We have seen a very rapid transformation of the opportunity set across emerging market...

Earlier this year there were expectations that a global economic recovery would be a boon for the export-reliant and commodity-sensitive emerging markets (EM). The highest dividend quintile within the MSCI EM Index has outperformed the bottom dividend quintile by over 1,000 basis poin...

US-China tension and rivalry will continue under Biden. Medeiros: New listings and IPOs in India from tech unicorns coming to market. Medeiros: There's a higher risk premium for Chinese tech companies as a result of the regulatory crackdown. For further details see: Chin...

The U.S. is passing the baton in leading the economic restart to other developed markets; but we see fresh challenges in many emerging markets. Better-than-expected U.S. jobs data drove U.S. 10-year bond yields to the highest level in two weeks. U.S. stocks hit record highs. China...