VWO News and Press, Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets From 08/10/22

With inflation at multi-decade highs in many countries and pressures broadening beyond food and energy prices, policymakers have pivoted toward tighter policy. Stable prices are a crucial prerequisite for sustained economic growth. The high uncertainty clouding the economic and in...

Our investment principle is heavily influenced by Ray Dalio, and this article elaborates on the role of geographical diversification. Diversification across specific funds or stocks is the last step. The grand scheme starts with risk isolation, asset class allocation, and geographical...

July was the highest revenue generating month of 2022. The US hard to borrow equity market pushes revenues higher. Fixed income continues to see strong demand. Corporate bonds are in for an impressive 2022. Global securities finance revenues totalled $1.215 bln, ...

Emerging Market stocks appear to be turning a corner following 18 months of weakness at the hands of the strengthening dollar. The EEM's weakness since its peak in February 2021 has occurred in lockstep with the strengthening dollar. The dollar is now significantly overvalued in r...

After months of battering, global equity markets enjoyed a reprieve in July, lifted by hopes that worsening economic signals and falling commodity prices might give central banks, led by the Fed, some leeway to dial back their tightening campaigns. Despite their recent outperformance,...

Global economic growth slowed to a crawl in July, according to the latest PMI survey data, led by the developed world falling into contraction for the first time in two years. Emerging market growth as a whole consequently remained broadly resilient at one of the fastest rates seen ov...

Global equity markets went into a protective crouch last quarter, and factor performance followed suit. The collapse in Consumer Discretionary and/or Technology stocks was a dominant driver of global factor performance in Q2. The Quality premium versus Value has returned to its lo...

Output fell in the United States, Eurozone, UK and Japan, while mainland China saw a reduced rate of expansion and the rest of Asia as a whole likewise mustered only modest growth. The global manufacturing PMI survey's Output Index signaled stalled production in July. The worsenin...

The long-term expected return for the GMI remains moderately below the index’s trailing realized 10-year performance through July, based on the average of three forecasting models. For historical perspective on how GMI’s realized total return has evolved through time, co...

Central banks in major economies expected as recently as a few months ago that they could tighten monetary policy very gradually. Central bank actions and communications about the likely path of policy have led to a significant rise in real (inflation-adjusted) interest rates on gover...