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With Elections Approaching In The Philippines, Investors Remain Cautious
By Qingzhen Chen With presidential elections in the Philippines less than a year away, uncertainty regarding the future of economic policies has caused investors to remain cautious. The Philippines have experienced huge improvement under President Aquino’s administration. His administration’s economic reform has led to solid economic growth, and his anti-corruption campaign has improved governance. Last year, … Continue reading
The Philippines: A Big Winner From Falling Oil Prices With Robust Growth, Strong Banking Sector – Moody’s
Moody’s Investors Service said on Tuesday that the Philippine government’s sovereign rating of Baa2 is supported by improvements in government finances alongside ongoing debt reduction in addition to benefiting from low oil prices. “The country has favorable prospects for strong economic growth, and as a net oil importer, stands to benefit from a prolonged period of lower oil … Continue reading
The Philippine Economy Is Powering Into 2015
By Gilberto M. Llanto The Philippines never had it so good. But with a slowing global economy and an election coming up in 2016, what can it expect from the future? The economy has been performing creditably. GDP grew at an average of 5.9 per cent over the last three years amid a lingering global … Continue reading
Thailand ETF Again Shrugs Off Political Fears
By Todd Shriber ETF Trends The iShares MSCI Thailand Capped ETF (NYSEArca: THD) is about two months away from celebrating its seventh anniversary and over those seven years, the lone Thailand-specific ETF has endured several bouts of political volatility. Another one of those bouts could be coming after the Thai parliament today voted to impeach … Continue reading
Philippines Remittances, India, and Poland
By EM Bits November Philippine overseas remittances were the lowest since January 2009 Bonds in India continue their downtrend National Bank of Poland meets and is expected to keep rates steady at 2.0% November Philippine overseas remittances were the lowest since January 2009. Remittances are estimated to account for around 10% of domestic consumption, so … Continue reading
Philippines ETF Remains An Emerging Markets Star
By Todd Shriber After finishing lower for a second consecutive year in 2014, diversified emerging markets exchange traded funds are off to decent though not spectacular starts in 2015. Off to a more impressive start than broader peers, such as the iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF (NYSEArca: EEM) and theVanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF (NYSEArca: … Continue reading
Weekly Emerging & Frontier Market ETF Dashboard: Quantitative Asset Allocation Insight (19-Dec-2014)
By ETFalpha Global Emerging Markets expressed as iShares MSCI EM ETF (EEM) have been remaining in both negative trend and momentum. However, if the recent market bounce appears to be sustainable during the week commencing December, 21st we may see momentum turing into positive territory. Assuming that’s the case we would be recommending to increase … Continue reading
Weekly Emerging & Frontier Market ETF Dashboard: Quantitative Asset Allocation Insight
By ETFalpha Contact(at)ETFalpha.uk What an interesting week for global stocks and Emerging Markets. The levels of volatility jumped significantly with the VIX Index reading increased by more than 78% for the week! Both Emerging and Frontier Markets lost around 6% predominantly due to plummeting oil and generally commodity prices. Technically things look awful as both … Continue reading
Your Weekly Emerging & Frontier Market ETF Dashboard: Quantitative Asset Allocation (Iconographic)
Emerging and Frontier Markets are an asset class itself these days and offer investors amazing opportunities. The challenge is to harness the amount of volatility relatively bigger versus the other equity asset classes. Also the universe of ETFs in that space is pretty big and any successful asset allocation approach has to follow a well … Continue reading
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