ROAM News and Press, Hartford Multifactor Emerging Markets From 02/10/21

As we enter 2021, the macroeconomic backdrop for emerging markets is extremely promising. We believe the key long-term trend driving emerging markets is their transition from export-led growth to reliance on buoyant domestic demand. We see significant opportunities with global gro...

The global economic recovery is currently underway. This is a very good environment for active investors. We certainly don't want blind exposure to beta. Charting the portfolio implications for the year ahead across a range of asset classes, including rates, credit and emerging ma...

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 ...

In Australian equities, nearly all managers remain positive on the outlook for the global economy. With the reopening trade in mind, value managers in Canada are bullish on oil stocks. With technology sector valuations at record highs, U.S. small cap growth managers have been rota...

The Bank of America's Global Fund Manager Survey for November 2020 shows that more investors prefer allocating funds to emerging markets now. We believe China's early exit from the lockdown and stimulus measures should benefit EM more broadly, as will the recovery in the global demand...

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority pegs the HKD to the USD at a range of 7.75-7.85. A rise in US yields threatens to disrupt this rigid currency peg. Hong Kong yields/rates would have to also rise as the HKMA buys HKD (reducing local HKD liquidity) and to prevent carry trade outflow...

Unwavering consensus expectations for a blowout EPS growth recovery this year have been a major force behind the recent equity bull run. As such, sentiment is likely to remain tightly tethered to the revision cycle in months ahead. So where do EPS growth forecasts stand now? ...

Shares in emerging markets led a broad rally in global shares last week, based on a set of exchange traded funds representing the major asset classes through Friday's close (Jan. 22). Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets rallied 2.9% last week, marking the ETF's fourth consecutive weekly ad...

Our research indicates risky assets could continue to perform well as the economy transitions from a recovery to an expansionary regime. We believe the macro backdrop remains supportive for equity and credit premia, cyclical factors, and risk assets more broadly. We expect the EM ...

The cyclical rebound from 2020's stop-start pattern is likely to be vigorous and highly synchronized globally in 2021. Emerging markets are typically a levered play on global manufacturing growth. Following the initial lockdown, manufacturing growth rebounded strongly and remained res...