SCHE News and Press, Schwab Emerging Markets Equity From 11/08/23

2023-11-08 23:36:00 ET Summary The third quarter was a more favorable environment for active managers in U.S. Large and Small Caps, Japan, Australia, and Canada equities, while being more challenging for Global, Global ex-U.S., Emerging Markets, Europe, UK, and Long/Short managers. ...

2023-10-30 04:28:58 ET Summary Schwab Emerging Markets Equity ETF tracks the FTSE Emerging Index and has a 3% yield. Almost one third of assets is invested in Chinese companies and the heaviest sector is financials. Among close competitors, SPEM and VWO show more attractive ch...

2023-10-28 07:45:00 ET Summary Global growth outlook is mediocre, with only the US and China showing exceptionalism. Global inflation is falling, with US inflation not expected to reach the Fed's target rate until 2025. Rising US real yields are attracting global capital and i...

2023-10-27 23:25:00 ET Summary After two quarters of strong equity performance, markets paused and reversed in the third quarter of the year. U.S. equities lost -3.2% and European equities lost -2.1%. Clearly, the change of tone at the U.S. Federal Reserve (“Fed”) pl...

2023-10-27 00:52:00 ET Summary The expectation that interest rates will remain at high levels for longer than anticipated is leading equity managers across the globe to favor companies with strong balance sheets. Conversely, managers are more cautious on companies reliant on loans or ...

2023-10-17 01:40:00 ET Summary Global policy meetings focused on debt affordability and climate transition in emerging markets. At last week’s International Monetary Fund and World Bank annual meetings in Marrakech, we caught up with policymakers, investors, multilateral ag...

2023-10-12 02:10:00 ET Summary Global economic growth near-stalled for a second straight month in September amid a sustained contraction of developed market activity and an easing in the rate of emerging market expansion. Slower expansions of both manufacturing and service sector ...

2023-10-11 08:20:00 ET Summary Core inflation remains elevated in several economies, especially the United States and parts of Europe. Major central banks, therefore, may need to keep interest rates higher for longer. Making debt more expensive is an intended consequence of tighte...

2023-10-11 00:30:00 ET Summary EM factor strategies have done well in both absolute terms and relative to the broader EM equity universe. Some emerging markets have not fulfilled their development potential in recent years. Many EM equity strategies have experienced poor absol...

2023-10-09 23:57:00 ET Summary We see markets adjusting to the new regime. This is not a typical business cycle - structural mega forces are shaping the outlook now, in our view. The 10-year U.S. Treasury yield jumped to 16-year highs as markets eyed higher-for-longer interest rat...