Three allocation strategies that could let clients tap into the global infrastructure boom
Pimco, Fidelity and Capital Group are the biggest holders of Petrobras' 100-year bonds, which are down 15% since June, four times the average loss for emerging-market debt.
Only 10% in positive territory while at this time last year, 66% of ETFs were up.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: Investors gave no love to emerging market economies in the third quarter, as they saw the biggest quarterly outflows since 2008.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> 'The decision' for Fed on interest rates could rock these 6 markets.
Money manager's view contrasts with some big hedge fund managers who see beginnings of bear market
Bold bets, market fears have investors heading for the exits despite longer-term outperformance.
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Jeffrey Gundlach's $48.2 billion DoubleLine Total Return Bond Fund returned 0.7% over the past month while his peers showed losses.
Investor claims pile up as the territory sinks in the downward spiral of a government debt crisis.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: Nontraditional bond funds that sounded too good to be true are looking like a bust, so far.
They're less expensive than their U.S. counterparts and can lower portfolio volatility.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: Now that the dust has started to settle, China's stock market meltdown doesn't seem all that awful.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> Asia's biggest economy is slowing, the Fed is about to kick off an interest rate tightening cycle, and China has just devalued its currency. Is the current market turmoil foreshadowing yet another region-wide bust?
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: Despite the mood on Wall Street getting downright gloomy, some economists still think the Fed will raise interest rates next month.
<i>InvestmentNews</i> survey shows most financial professionals in "wait and see" mode, while some consider rebalancing. <i>(Don't miss: <a href="//www.investmentnews.com/article/20150824/FREE/150829959/investors-react-to-news-of-1000-point-fall"" target=""_blank"" rel="noopener noreferrer">Investors react to market's move</a>.)</i>
Panic selling off the opening bell leads to investors buying the drop but more losses possible as all eyes focus on China's problems.
Many American investors are still underinvested in Japan despite the fact that stocks there have the best valuations and fastest earnings growth of any developed market in the world. Here's why.
China's Shenzhen Composite Index, having more than doubled in 2015, began declining about a week after the legendary bond manager made a prediction that Chinese stocks were overheated and poised to fall, and it has since plunged about 27%.
Many investors obtain direct exposure to China through diversified emerging market mutual funds and ETFs. Do you know your exposure?
