SCHE News and Press, Schwab Emerging Markets Equity From 07/26/23

2023-07-26 09:41:13 ET The International Monetary Fund said Tuesday that while it still sees moderating global economic growth in 2023, the slowdown will not be as dramatic as it had initially feared, with inflation coming down quicker than previously thought and expansion in developing cou...

2023-07-26 03:37:00 ET Summary Economic activity in the first quarter of the year proved resilient, despite the challenging environment, amid surprisingly strong labor markets. The global tightening of monetary policy has brought policy rates into contractionary territory. Lab...

2023-07-26 01:56:00 ET Summary In 2022, North America and Western Europe scored highest on the democracy index, and Middle East and Africa scored the lowest. Much of Western Europe, Australia & New Zealand and Canada/United States fall into the least corrupt category, but corr...

2023-07-22 03:35:00 ET Summary Allocation and stock selection in Brazil and Georgia lead to fund outperformance in Q2 2023. The VanEck Emerging Markets Fund slightly outperformed the MSCI EM IMI Index on the QTD basis ending June 30, 2023 (+2.24% for Fund vs +1.62% for Index). ...

2023-07-21 22:31:00 ET Summary According to S&P Global Manufacturing PMI data, output growth across emerging economies excluding mainland China recorded its strongest quarterly average for 12 years in the second quarter of 2023. Monetary policy makers in emerging markets were ...

2023-07-20 03:20:00 ET Summary Flexible exchange rates and anchored inflation expectations can alleviate the effects of a strong dollar. The US dollar’s strengthening last year to a 20-year high had major implications for the global economy. In emerging market economies...

2023-07-19 12:22:50 ET BlackRock said Wednesday that it favors assets tied to emerging markets rather than those related to more developed economies, basing its analysis in part on recent policies by central banks around the world. “A brighter EM [emerging market] macro and polic...

2023-07-18 08:00:00 ET Summary Concerns about the debt of overexposed sectors of U.S. commercial real estate have grown. Investors might be switching their attention from concerns about inflation and monetary policy to optimism about nominal growth. Downward pressure could com...

2023-07-17 12:57:00 ET Summary A few weeks ago, it appeared to me that stocks were starting a correction. I was clearly wrong about that as the S&P 500 and NASDAQ have moved higher since then and the rally has broadened out. Small cap, real estate, and commodities continue to ...

2023-07-17 11:10:00 ET Summary We favor emerging market to developed market assets on a brighter macro backdrop. We get granular and harness mega forces, per our playbook. U.S. bond yields slumped last week on softer CPI inflation data. We think still-tight labor markets will comp...