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Investors Looking to Increase Allocations to Emerging Markets

May 02, 2016 | Author: Marc Zeitoun, CFA | Categories: Chart of the Week, Emerging Markets
The EGA EM Investor Sentiment Survey score increased 9% from 495 in the fourth quarter of 2015 to 538 in the first quarter, indicating investors were neutral towards EM. 51% of respondents expect to stay the course with their EM equity allocation in the next 12 months, while 44% expect to increase their EM equity allocation, up 33% from last quarter....
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EM Fund Flows Spring Back in Q1 2016

April 25, 2016 | Author: Marc Zeitoun, CFA | Categories: Chart of the Week, Emerging Markets
Flows are back. While the quarter started with outflows in January, flows turned positive in February as emerging markets rebounded and they saw a sharp reversal in March. A total of $3.2 billion was added to EM mutual funds and exchange-traded funds in Q1 2016....
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Stellar Gains for EM to Start 2016

April 18, 2016 | Author: EGA Investment Strategy | Categories: Chart of the Week, Emerging Markets
The MSCI Emerging Markets (EM) Index gained 5.7% in Q1 2016, outperforming the MSCI World Index (-0.2%). The force was not with the S&P; 500 Index anymore as it finished a distant second (+1.3%). S&P; 500 Index had a disappointing start to the year with the worst 10-day start on record losing 7.9%....
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EM Consumer Sectors Appear to Have a Bright Future

April 11, 2016 | Author: EGA Investment Strategy | Categories: Chart of the Week, Emerging Markets
The period spanning from 2000 through to the 2008 financial crisis was a golden era for emerging markets (EM), characterized by booming economic growth and rising standards of living. Over this time frame, the standard of living in developing and emerging economies, measured by gross domestic product (GDP) per capita at purchasing power parity, began to converge to that of the U.S. at an accelerating pace. According to International Monetary Fund (IMF) forecasts for 2016 and beyond, EM can once again expect to experience a more rapid pick up in per capita GDP compared to the U.S....
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The Impact of U.S. Monetary Normalization on Emerging Asia GDP Growth

April 06, 2016 | Author: EGA Investment Strategy | Categories: Chart of the Week, Emerging Markets
The impact of U.S. monetary normalization will be moderate on Emerging Asia. The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) 2016 outlook, like many other sources, projected growth in the Emerging Asia region (Southeast Asia, China and India) above 6% in both 2015 and 2016, led by India, at above 7% in both years. According to the results of the OECD simulation, the increase of 25 basis points would lower the gross domestic product (GDP) of the Emerging Asia as a whole by 0.56%....
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