28 February 2021 There's a whiff of inflation in the air: commodities are soaring, bond yields are rising, and yield curves are steepening. And, while these trends actually began last Summer (and despite Federal Reserve Chairman Powell's reassuring comments in Congress), equity market volatility is increasing. In the period ahead, financial markets will confront several [...]
Category: bonds
EM Investing: Harder than it Used to Be!
1 March 2018 Emerging Market investing is a lot more complicated than it used to be -- and not just because it is difficult to replicate last year's stellar performance. Prior to the Global Financial Crisis (GFC), EM's superior growth prospects garnered investors' attention. In addition, EM growth and inflation cycles tended to be in [...]