ROAM News and Press, Hartford Multifactor Emerging Markets From 07/04/23

2023-07-04 00:47:00 ET Summary Equity valuations are more relevant over a medium- or long-term horizon, but they’re also tactically important in helping determine an entry or exit point. The global business cycle is a key influence on EM’s relative performance. T...

2023-07-03 23:39:00 ET Summary We think investors should focus on the changing dynamics in EM economies and markets that could reignite returns in the years ahead. Our research shows that over the last four decades, EM stocks delivered prolonged periods of returns superior to thos...

2023-06-22 02:27:00 ET Summary The exit from a decade of very low interest rates, via the most aggressive hiking cycle since 1980 has laid bare the distorted financing incentives that became entrenched in the years between the Global Financial Crisis in 2008 and the end of pandemic-er...

2023-06-16 02:29:00 ET Summary Banking sector crises have historically been one of the key drivers of risk for emerging-market (EM) countries’ asset returns. Naturally, the recent banking crises in the US and Europe raise concerns about EM exposure to financial sector risks...

2023-06-14 06:28:00 ET Summary We’ve seen signs of improvement that are positive for the Chinese internet services sector, but that space also continues to be a place of extreme competitive aggression. As a result of the creation of economic zones, increased availability of...

2023-06-14 04:30:00 ET Summary Emerging Markets Funds are made up of funds that seek long-term capital appreciation. Nigeria and Emerging Markets Europe have been the two areas that have seen the highest year-to-date and May returns. With the U.S. looking to pause rate hikes, ...

2023-06-12 10:40:00 ET Summary BlackRock investment leaders at our Outlook Forum agreed the new regime is playing out. They eye assets that price that in and benefit from structural trends. Developed market (DM) stocks ticked up last week, led by U.S. tech. Bond yields rose as mar...

2023-06-07 08:30:00 ET Summary The first few years of the 2020s have seen a number of acute economic, financial, and geopolitical disruptions on a worldwide scale, and it will take time for the ultimate consequences of these shocks to be fully felt. With the era of volatility-supp...

2023-06-07 00:31:00 ET Summary Emerging markets are gaining attention from foreign investors, with AI-driven chip demand and China's deposit rate cuts stimulating growth. The transition to a greener future presents significant investment opportunities in renewable energy, decarbon...

2023-05-25 23:45:00 ET Summary As inflation remains high in many developed markets, emerging market central banks were quicker to hike interest rates coming out of the pandemic that helped to steady their economies. So emerging markets started raising interest rates first, and the...