In Emerging Asia, we continue to underweight China and India but a little less so with somewhat improved terms-of-trade. In Emerging Europe/Middle East/Africa, the oil exporting markets of Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait, and U.A.E. are still overweighed although their terms-of-trade trend based on an 18-month trend has become more muted. In Latin America, we continue to overweight Brazil and Chile with inexpensive valuations. On the negative side, as metal/mining exporters, they have had decidedly downward terms-of-trade trend
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The Prospect of a Weaker Dollar Creates an Opportunity in Emerging Markets Jan7
The following report is provided free each week by McAlinden Research Partners exclusively to members of Hedge Connection. Today’s issue cluster focuses on Emerging Markets
... Read more »Venezuela’s Competing Presidents Upend Status Quo, Causing Markets to Move Jan25
The following report is provided free each week by McAlinden Research Partners exclusively to members of Hedge Connection. Today’s issue cluster focuses on Venezuela
... Read more »Beyond the Sugar Rush: Strategic Stimulus for Chinese Stocks Nov29
Whenever the Chinese economy slows and its stocks take a serious hit, investors have come to expect the government to unleash large-scale fiscal and monetary stimulus. Another heaping spoonful of sugar may do more harm than good this time around, however. It’s time for the ailing market to take some medicine
... Read more »Indian Economy at an Inflection Point Nov27
The fiscal stimulus injected in the Indian economy in the aftermath of the global financial crisis and India’s inability to withdraw it in timely manner drove India into vicious economic cycle during 2009 to 2013 with high fiscal deficit, slowing growth, sharp depreciation of the INR by 28% in 2013
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