SPEM News and Press, SPDR Index Shares Fund Portfolio Emerging Markets From 05/10/24

2024-05-10 09:30:00 ET Summary Emerging market economic growth was sustained at a solid rate at the start of the second quarter of 2024. Cost pressures intensified for emerging market firms as average input prices rose at a faster rate. Of the four major emerging market econom...

2024-05-08 09:09:00 ET Summary We actually started off the year with still some continuation of the trends in the asset class that we've seen by the end of 2023. We also saw geographies like Taiwan and India, which were good performers last year, continuing to contribute positivel...

2024-05-07 08:50:00 ET Summary Chinese equities have rebounded, reversing the negative returns recorded in the first quarter. Investor expectations for US interest rate cuts have reset. The Commodities Research Bureau Index of commodity prices rose 7.4% year-to-date through th...

2024-05-06 09:35:00 ET Summary The IMF upgraded US growth forecasts for 2024 by +0.6% of GDP, and Chinese PMIs are back to expansion. There aren’t any bad EM stories right now, with almost all of the typical problem cases in EM making meaningful policy adjustments. The ...

2024-04-26 16:43:00 ET Summary Momentum strategies outperformed in Q1 2024 due to strong investor sentiment and economic strength, with the MSCI All Country World Index rising by 8.3%. Russell Investments' Factor Portfolios like Global Large Cap Growth, Momentum, and Quality outpe...

2024-04-25 15:15:00 ET Summary The first quarter was a more favorable environment for active managers in U.S. Large Cap, U.S. Small Cap, Emerging Markets, the UK, Europe, Australia, Canada, Long/Short and Global Real Estate, while being more challenging for Global, Global ex-U.S., Jap...

2024-04-19 07:45:00 ET Summary This year started on a strong note, with global equity markets gaining 8.9%. With better-than-expected economic data being published in the U.S., but also in Europe and China, market confidence grew, leading to a regional broadening of the bull marke...

2024-04-17 09:25:00 ET Summary Investors have traditionally considered emerging markets a riskier investment opportunity set than developed markets. But the risk-return characteristics of EMs may be changing, as reflected recently in compressed EM sovereign spreads and realized eq...

2024-04-09 02:00:00 ET Summary Emerging markets growth accelerated at the end of the first quarter of 2024, rising in March at the fastest pace since May of last year. Supporting the latest expansion were improvements across both the manufacturing and service sectors. The GDP-...

2024-04-08 12:20:00 ET Summary Working-age populations are declining in major economies. We favor countries that are better adapting and sectors set to benefit from spending shifts. U.S. yields jumped last week but U.S. stocks remain near all-time highs. The strong March U.S. jobs...