Emerging Markets (ems)

US President Trump’s tariff and penalty on India has sparked concerns over trade, inflation and foreign flows. Global markets expert Seth Freeman does not believe the levies will trigger an outflow, and advised investors to keep a 'slow and steady' approach.

FIIs favour India vs other EMs so far in September, buying spree may build on, say experts

While the trend is expected to continue, experts caution that India will need strong earnings growth to absorb the significant liquidity

Short call | Will India be the top FII darling among EMs post Fed's policy pivot? Ashok Leyland, Emcure Pharma in focus

"An investor wants to go where the growth is" - Bill Gross

Emerging markets has become a redundant term

Innovations around EM indices are required with more thematic benchmarks

Veteran investor Mark Mobius to launch new fund in 2025, finds 'unprecedented opportunities' in innovation

As he prepares to launch the new fund in January 2025, Mobius addressed market volatility by citing the wisdom of Sir John Templeton: The best time to invest is when you have money.

India set to close In on China as emerging-market stock anchor

Meanwhile, Taiwan is competing fiercely with India in the race to replace China’s top spot in emerging market equity portfolios. As of the end of July, Taiwan accounted for 18.39% of MSCI’s EM index.

Risk-on environment to help India markets as bonds, US dollar ease from peak

Analysts believe a trend reversal in bond yields and the dollar would prove to be beneficial for emerging markets like India amid strong corporate earnings growth

3 horsemen — easing oil prices, yields, dollar — spell good news for India, says Mark Matthews

Retreating oil prices, treasury yields, and dollar rates will make foreign institutional investors return to Indian markets, Mark Matthews, head of research-Asia, Juluis Baer Group, has said

Chart of the Day: Financial conditions in EMs ease, but keep an eye on the dollar

BIS review says, ‘As EME currencies recouped more than half of their 2022 losses against the dollar, their stock markets followed suit, and turned from under- to over-performance against global benchmarks’

Indian markets look pricey but foreign investors bet on robust fundamentals

While the market level valuation ratios look high compared to other markets, one needs to keep in mind that India is a more domestic economy with less impact of global factors

The US dollar may cheer emerging markets 

The US dollar index (DXY) has halted in its tracks and is unable to rally as forcefully as was the case in the last few months

Ruchir Sharma writes | A quiet comeback is starting in emerging markets

The drive in commodities, manufacturing, data flows and economic reform could make 2021 the year the tide turned 

The pandemic stimulus has backfired in emerging markets

The overdrive saw higher inflation, higher interest rates and currency depreciation, partly neutralising the sugar high of stimulus 

EM issuers raise record $191 billion on foreign debt markets in early 2021

Borrowing through eurobonds — debt issued overseas, mostly in dollars, euros and yen — reached a new quarterly peak in the three months to March, according to data from Dealogic and Moody’s Investors Service

Dollar threatens the emerging markets party

The currencies of developing economies have fared less well than anticipated, while the dollar has gained nearly 3 per cent in the first quarter of 2021

Bull market, but ‘far from excess bullish’

The Bank of America survey of global fund managers finds net overweight on emerging markets almost back to pre-COVID levels

Expect Budget 2018 to focus on growth capex; Nifty target at 11,600: Goldman Sachs

Would look for distribution of capital expenditures more towards growth as opposed to subsidies from Budget 2018, said Caesar Maasry, Head of Emerging Market Equity Strategy, Goldman Sachs.

CLSA's Balanco sees start of re-rating for EMs; has 12K as Nifty target for H1CY18

It is start of a re-rating for emerging markets and the positive trade is to move out of international assets into emerging market assets, said Laurence Balanco of CLSA.

UBS still overweight on India, positive on EM equities; see FY18 GDP growth at 6.6%

The house is still constructive on EM equities for next year and still remain overweight on India, said Geoffrey Dennis, Head-Global Emerging Markets, UBS Investment Bank.

EMs like India make a great bet for asset allocation: Expert

The focus is to look at companies that have the potential to grow significant cash flows over the medium to long-term, say 5-10 years, says Jeff Chowdhry, Senior Portfolio Manager, LGM Investments.

Budget 2017: Cartica Cap hopes govt sticks to fiscal consolidation; likes EMs

Talking about her expectations from the Union Budget 2017 in India, Katalin Gingold, Head of Equity Research, Cartica Capital hopes that the government would resist making it a populous Budget and continue it path of fiscal consolidation.

Long-term bullish on India; China data constructive: Julius Baer

Mark Matthews of Bank Julius Baer & Co said despite the geopolitical tensions in India, the house is still bullish on the country as it has been since the election of Narendra Modi as the Prime Minister.

JP Morgan AMC doesn't rule out a Fed hike in Sept, like India

The market is still pricing in a 30 percent possibility of a hike in September. So, the house does not entirely rule out a September rate hike by Fed, said Ian Hui, JP Morgan AMC.

Fed rate hike unlikely to rattle EMs; like China, India: Experts

Global market experts believe although there are definite chances of a rate hike before 2016 ends, it would not rattle the emerging market space. However, short-term there could be some hurdle for the emerging markets (EMs).

India growth story solid, expect flows to come in: Ashmore

From a global perspective, Jan Dehn, Head-Research, Ashmore Investment Management thinks the deeply entrenched negative sentiment about the US economy is driving sentiment at the moment