Emerging market valuations appear attractive, but country-specific risks can be critical to monitor amid global inflation and rising interest rates.
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s hawkish comments dominated the markets on Friday, with the major indices all seeing a drop of over 3%.
Franklin Mutual Series explains how global investing may provide a path to better returns.
Investing is a numbers game, and at the beginning it can be very daunting.
Fed Chairman Powell delivered a forceful and unequivocal message today at Jackson Hole, pushing back against market expectations of an early pivot back to rate cuts.
In Jackson Hole, Federal Reserve officials unequivocally emphasized their commitment to bringing inflation under control – even as the U.S. economy slows.
The most significant element going into the June low was positioning.
The silver market is showing signs of scarcity that haven’t occurred in years. We break down what this means for silver owners and the ways it could be resolved.
U.S. stocks ended the day in the red, continuing last week's sharp drop following comments from Fed Chairman Jerome Powell last Friday that heightened inflationary concerns.
Review the latest Weekly Headings by CIO Larry Adam.
Across the developed markets, central banks have embarked on a tightening path—with one exception: the Bank of Japan (BOJ).
The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell more than 1,000 points on Friday, caused apparently by Fed Chairman Jerome Powell’s attempt to use a brief speech to channel the ghost of Paul Volcker.
A long negotiation cycle yields green investment, a smaller deficit and higher corporate taxes.
So many critical economic and market developments this year can be traced back in one way or another to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
With the recent increases in interest rates, the carry trade has had a sudden resurgence in performance, which could make it a tempting strategy for investors.
The bear market is over.
Everyone’s inflation experience is unique. We all have our particular spending patterns, so our experience will feel worse if inflation is more severe in the goods and services we normally buy. Or we might not notice it as much as others do.
Our last update was on August 15th.
An audacious communications campaign from Democrats in Washington is currently underway that is attempting to convince the public that there is no recession, inflation has been vanquished, even if inflation is still alive, targeted new Federal legislation will kill it.
The case for mid-cap stocks.
19% off the lows, and people are still bearish.
You might think these headwinds would be broadly negative for EM debt, but we see bright spots within the EM sovereign and corporate landscape.
Signposts for credit investors as the next recession approaches.
In this analyze out loud video, Chuck Carnevale, co-founder of FAST Graphs offers a by-the-numbers review of Magna International Inc. (MGA).
The value of completion mandates for defined benefit plans depends on the stage of the de-risking journey.
In small-cap markets, fundamental research is in short supply—and good environmental, social and governance (ESG) research is even scarcer.
This the name of a recent research piece from the San Francisco Federal Reserve written by Adam Shapiro.
In times of ongoing high market volatility and crisis, investors and portfolio managers face the challenging task of assessing investment-related risks and possible returns
Equity markets plunged to start the week based on increased FOMC pressure to raise rates to combat inflation.
David Mann, Head of Global Exchange Traded Funds Capital Markets, takes this quiet end-of-summer opportunity to pre-empt any of the typical ETF investor concerns that can pop up during busier times.
President Biden denies the US economy is in a recession despite the fact that we just endured two consecutive quarters of negative GDP growth, which many consider the classic definition of a recession.
The current stock market circumstances have created an incredible contrast between what investors say they think about the stock market versus what they are doing with their capital.
The tourism industry remains vulnerable to macroeconomic, public health and geopolitical risks.
Jerome Powell isn’t Paul Volker, and this isn’t 1982.
Implying that Bitcoin is an existential menace that jeopardizes human existence because of its “carbon footprint” is hyperbole.
One thing we must remember when looking at economic data, is that everything is distorted.
Over our decades of involvement in emerging country debt markets, we’ve witnessed many ups and downs.
Equity markets have clearly taken notice of rising inflation—and not in a good way.
Crude oil futures ended higher, reversing losses earlier in the week after news that U.S. crude inventories fell sharply.
Comcast (CMCSA) is a Dividend Contender with 15 consecutive years of raising its dividend.
Household, corporate and bank balance sheets are more resilient today than during past crises.
Economic slowdown but no recession!
We normally start our letters on a positive note.
We live in unprecedented times.
Deeper losses for equities may lay ahead.
Rick Friedman from GMO’s Asset Allocation team offers the following comments about the updated forecasts.
This is part 1 of Volume I Issue VI of the Macro Value Monitor, a publication focusing on Monetary History, Market Myths, Investing Legends, and Real Global Value.
Winter is coming for Europe, and energy prices are soaring as international sanctions on Russia curb the supply of natural gas, on which many European Union (EU) countries have increasingly become dependent.
Our own government cannot afford a short end of the curve much higher than it is now, and our own fiscal and monetary decisions have held down the long end of the curve in what I believe is a multi-decade period ahead that is best referred to as “Japanification”
U.S. Economist Matt Bush discusses the fast-moving economic data, and Managing Director Aditya Agrawal reports on developments in the Agency MBS sector.
