Developing Economies

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Emerging Market Outflows Continue Bleeding

Posted by ETFalpha ⋅ August 29, 2015 ⋅ 1 Comment

Emerging Market (EM) fixed-income funds saw: the 2nd-largest weekly outflow recorded at $4.2 billion in the week ending Aug. 26, and overall EM net outflows of $10.5 billion in the past week are the largest since early 2008, Dimitra DeFotis from Barron’s reports. According to Morgan Stanley: Outflows have sharply accelerated in recent weeks and emerging market … Continue reading →

The Obesity Epidemic In Emerging Economies

Posted by ETFalpha ⋅ July 9, 2015 ⋅ Leave a comment

Originally posted on The Emerging Markets Hub:
We all read articles about the obesity epidemic in the ‘developed countries’ like the US for instance. Gastric bands surgeries offered to overweight patients on the NHS (the UK’s National Health system) caused polemic discussions and we also have seen various campaigns aiming to tackle obesity. Obesity concerns have…