VWO News and Press, Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets From 12/15/23

2023-12-15 03:30:00 ET Summary The inverted yield curve remains anomalous. The dollar’s weakness against emerging market currencies mostly reflected monetary policy differences. The bear case for high yield has been based on credit spreads. Structured credit valuati...

2023-12-12 04:30:00 ET Summary The US stock market is still leading the field by a wide margin. Meanwhile, commodities are the downside outlier. The general upswing in most markets has lifted the Global Market Index (GMI) this year. Ongoing disinflation and softer economic gro...

2023-12-11 01:24:15 ET Summary Emerging Markets have a cheap forward P/E multiple of 11.6, making them compelling from a valuation perspective. Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF offers low cost and exposure to EM country stocks, but its technical situation remains weak. VWO h...

2023-12-07 23:00:00 ET Summary Interest rate cuts and shifting trade patterns bode well for emerging markets, according to Franklin Templeton Emerging Markets Equity. Consensus forecasts call for 18% earnings growth for the MSCI Emerging Markets Index in 2024, which compares to a ...

2023-12-06 14:45:00 ET Summary Q3 was a decent quarter. We were broadly in line, actually slightly ahead, and that continued the outperformance over the last year plus. Looking at the outlook for emerging markets, I mentioned that, you know, post quarter-end October has been a dif...

2023-12-06 12:15:00 ET Summary We are likely at the end of the Fed’s hiking cycle, but don’t anticipate rate cuts until the second half of 2024. The shape of the yield curve and the trajectory of growth will be key drivers of returns. Investors piled into cash in 202...

2023-12-05 02:00:00 ET Summary As we move into 2024, we expect the global economy to slow marginally, with a bumpy landing for major developed economies in the first half. We believe an increasing global risk appetite should favor equities, while the likelihood of falling rates co...

2023-12-04 13:00:00 ET Summary The expected return for the Global Market Index (GMI) held steady in November. GMI represents a theoretical benchmark of the optimal portfolio for the average investor with an infinite time horizon. GMI’s projections, however, are expected...

2023-12-03 11:19:58 ET Summary Foreign stocks, particularly those with solid yields, are relatively cheap compared to the S&P 500. The Vanguard International High Dividend Yield Index Fund ETF Shares offers low valuation and solid long-term growth trends. VYMI has a high d...

2023-11-28 00:51:00 ET Summary Market-cap-weighted equities in the US space, which are dominated by big-tech, are far and away the year-to-date leader, based on a set of ETFs through Friday’s close (Nov. 24). The iShares Technology ETF, which is heavily weighted in the like...