VWO News and Press, Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets From 07/13/22

Last quarter, the Asset Allocation Committee adopted an underweight view on global equities and leaned more heavily into cash, commodities and other alternative, diversifying assets. The Committee’s views on real and alternative assets are unchanged this quarter. The Asset ...

The performance edge for American stocks is no longer absolute, at least so far in 2022. Although the relative strength for US shares has wobbled this year, it’s not yet clear that the long-running trend is rolling over. Blindly assuming that US stocks will always and forev...

In several emerging markets, rates at the shorter end of the curve are trading at the highest levels in 20 years. Several emerging market central banks have tightened policy rates significantly earlier and substantially more than their developed market counterparts. While most eme...

Rising inflation, deteriorating economic situation, and poor sovereign financial health pose tough challenges to the growth and revival of many emerging markets. China's zero-COVID policy and the threat of global military conflict over the China-Taiwan situation are the biggest downsi...

Is Sri Lanka the modern day Thailand? While Sri Lanka represents a minimal percentage of an investment portfolio if all in isolation, it matters quite a bit for what may lie ahead. Bond problems are stock problems. Emerging market contagions are developed market problems. ...

My investment philosophy is heavily influenced by Ray Dalio, and this article elaborates on the role of geographical diversification. You will see why such consideration lead me to own British American Tobacco but not Altria, even though I think both are excellent businesses. Dive...

On November 9, 2021, I launched the ETF Reliable Retirement Portfolio. Working from various 2022 investment outlooks as well as other research material, I constructed a 16-ETF portfolio that seeks to balance diversity, growth, and current income. Q2 closed with the S&P 500 ind...

Bridgewater Associates' 13F portfolio value increased ~45% from ~$17.20B to ~$24.81B this quarter. They more than doubled their stakes in emerging market ETFs this quarter. The top three individual stock positions are Procter & Gamble, Alibaba Group Holding, and Johnson & ...

InvestorPlace - Stock Market News, Stock Advice & Trading Tips Ray Dalio’s Bridgewater Associates is having quite a year. The hedge fund’s flagship fund, Pure Alpha II, has returned 32% through the first half of the year. Pure Alpha II operates as a macro-based fund t...

The revised long-term outlook projects an annualized return of 4.9%. The current risk premium forecast for GMI suggests that multi-asset-class strategies overall will generate lower returns relative to results posted in recent years. Combining forecasts via several models may prov...