VWO News and Press, Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets From 01/16/24

2024-01-16 20:56:00 ET Summary Emerging markets will also be looking closely at economic conditions in mainland China, which will be a key determinant of broader emerging market growth in 2024. A key reason for diverging emerging and developed market performance was the marked var...

2024-01-11 03:41:00 ET Summary Economic growth is now cooling as global monetary tightening gradually takes its toll. Most central bankers have now adopted a more dovish stance, and rate cuts are likely in 2024. Rate cuts failing to materialize may drive extended U.S. Treasury...

2024-01-10 02:35:00 ET Summary This is a hyper rate-sensitive environment given the aggressive tightening by many Western central banks. I’m optimistic that policymakers will remain vigilant in 2024 and quickly react to any issues that arise from their past tightening. ...

2024-01-09 22:45:00 ET Summary Emerging markets (EMs) have regained their footing in 2023, but the recovery from October 2022 lows has been anything but uniform across individual markets. As a new EM cycle unfolds, we expect that the heterogeneous dynamics and secular themes that ...

2024-01-08 21:20:00 ET Summary Drivers for emerging markets in 2024 include a potential recovery in earnings growth, the likelihood of a US soft landing, and evidence that interest rates have peaked. In 2024, more than four billion people will take part in elections, starting with...

2024-01-08 13:25:00 ET Summary The runup in yields for most of the major asset classes has peaked, based on a trailing 1-year payout rates for a set of ETFs through Jan. 5, 2024. The main catalysts that could drive payout rates higher again include a sharp drop in asset prices and...

2024-01-05 15:28:21 ET Summary The Freedom 100 Emerging Markets ETF focuses on investing in emerging markets that score well on personal and economic freedoms. The FRDM ETF's portfolio is heavily invested in Taiwan, South Korea, and Poland, with top holdings in semiconductors, bat...

2024-01-03 09:15:00 ET Summary The long-term return forecast for the Global Market Index ticked lower in December, easing to an expected 6.7% annualized total return, based on the average of three models. In line with recent history, the ex-ante return for US stocks is the outlier...

2024-01-03 03:41:00 ET Summary Global equity markets posted healthy gains in 2023, but investors enter the new year with many concerns. As macroeconomic uncertainty lingers after a year of extreme market concentration, equity allocations should be prepared for a range of scenarios...

2024-01-02 14:50:00 ET Summary Real estate securities rebounded sharply in December, leading the broad-based gains for the major asset classes in the final month of 2023, based on a set of ETFs. Commodities, by contrast, were the downside outlier for December and for the calendar ...