Global investors generally tend to invest in emerging market equities primarily for their price appreciation potential. The reasoning behind this theory is that the economies of these markets are still developing and they have plenty of room to grow in order to catch up with their developed world peers. Hence stocks should soar higher and …
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The Global Financial Crisis (GFC) started in the U.S. in 2008 and by any measure has ended. As a result of the crisis the Federal Reserve slashed the Fed funds rate to almost 0% effectively handing out money to banks and other institutions for “free”. The Federal Reserve has kept the rate between 0 to …
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Emerging market stocks have lagged the performance of developed stocks this year. While the S&P 500 is up 18.6% year-to-date most emerging markets are in the negative territory or have yielded meager returns. A sampling of emerging market returns YTD are listed below: China’s Shanghai Composite: -4.8% India’s Bombay Sensex: 1.5% Brzail’s Sao Paulo Bovespa: …
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