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6 Alternatives To The Emerging Markets Definition
By James Kynge Emerging markets is one of the most powerful terms in the world. Companies plan global expansion strategies with reference to it, multilateral organisations use it to analyse key economic and social trends and some $10.3tn is invested in EM stock and bond markets by international funds via an alphabet soup of EM indices. … Continue reading
Emerging Market Currencies Perfectly Positioned To Crash Following The Devaluation Events in China, Vietnam And Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan’s currency fell by a record 23% in trade on Thursday, August 20th, after the country abandoned control of its exchange rate, as it became the latest emerging market to scrap efforts to prop up its currency before the U.S. Federal Reserve hikes interest rates. Vietnam’s Central bank has devalued the nation’s currency on Wednesday, August 19th, for the … Continue reading
Sell-Off In Commodities And Emerging Markets Probably Over Says BofAML
“Fund managers are bailing on emerging markets, commodities and energy-related stocks at a record pace, suggesting that capitulation could be at hand, according to the latest fund-managers survey from Bank of America Merrill Lynch,” MarketWatch reports. Fears on Greece have been replaced by fears of Chinese recession / EM debt crisis. This has manifested … Continue reading
12 Signs That An Imminent Global Financial Crash Has Become Even More Likely
Did you see what just happened? The devaluation of the yuan by China triggered the largest one day drop for that currency in the modern era. This caused other global currencies to crash relative to the U.S. dollar, the price of oil hit a six year low, and stock markets all over the world were … Continue reading
Emerging Market Stocks Fall Into Bear Market As China Devalues
Emerging market stocks fell into a bear market on Tuesday amid concerns over China, following a move by its Central Bank to devalue the nation’s currency. The benchmark MSCI Emerging Markets Index has fallen 20 percent since its September 2014 peak, which is the threshold for a bear market. The benchmark MSCI EM gauge fell 1.1 percent and the iShares MSCI Emerging Markets … Continue reading
Now Is The Time – Fear Rises As Financial Markets All Over The Planet Start To Crash
Can you feel the panic in the air? CNN Money’s Fear & Greed Index measures the amount of fear in the financial world on a scale from 0 to 100. The closer it is to zero, the higher the level of fear. Last Monday, the index was sitting at a reading of 36. As I … Continue reading
The Stock Market Will Start To Fall In July? The Dow Plummeted More Than 500 Points Last Week
Was last week a preview of things to come? There are quite a few people out there that believe that the stock market would begin to decline in July, and that appears to be precisely what is happening. By Michael Snyder Last week, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell by more than 530 points. It … Continue reading
Six Financial Sector Challenges For Emerging And Developing Economies
The relatively weak economic growth outlook, particularly for emerging and developing economies (EMDE), provides an important backdrop for the financial challenges that some of them currently face. By Erik Feyen Recently, financial volatility returned because of various concerns in the marketplace – including (just to name a few) shifting expectations of the shape of the … Continue reading
U.S. Weighing Expulsion Of Russia From SWIFT Interbank Payment System
The U.S. Treasury Department is still evaluating and discussing the impacts of expelling Russia from the SWIFT interbank payment system, U.S. Treasury Assistant Secretary for International Finance Ramin Toloui said at a U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on Tuesday. During the Committee hearing, U.S. Senator Marco Rubio asked the panel that if Russia was to violate the Minsk Protocol, what the … Continue reading
Can Turkey ETF Survive Political Woes?
By Zacks Equity Research iShares MSCI Turkey ETF (TUR) – the sole ETF focusing on Turkey – saw a terrible start to the year and is in fact the worst performing ETF in the emerging equities space this year. TUR has plunged roughly 17% this year as against flat returns by the broad emerging market funds … Continue reading
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