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  • Emerging Markets: Equities vs. Bonds

    By Federico Zaldua - April 17, 2013 | Tickers: ABV, PHI, PCY, VIP

    As an Emerging Markets (EM) bond investor (see my blog) I have had a great year. From Turkey and Indonesia to Mexico and Bolivia new bond issuances are achieving record low yields. As a matter of fact, this year Turkey issued a 30-year bond at a yield below 5% and Mexico made a 10-year issuance at a rate well below 3%. As I have expressed in this blog before, I more »

  • Emerging Markets: Equities vs. Bonds

    By Federico Zaldua - April 17, 2013 | Tickers: ABV, PHI, PCY, VIP

    As an Emerging Markets (EM) bond investor (see my blog) I have had a great year. From Turkey and Indonesia to Mexico and Bolivia new bond issuances are achieving record low yields. As a matter of fact, this year Turkey issued a 30-year bond at a yield below 5% and Mexico made a 10-year issuance at a rate well below 3%. As I have expressed in this blog before, I more »

  • Emerging Markets: Equities Vs. Bonds.

    By Federico Zaldua - April 15, 2013 | Tickers: ABV, PHI, PCY, VIP

    As an Emerging Markets (EM) bond investor (see my blog) I have had a great year. From Turkey and Indonesia to Mexico and Bolivia new bond issuance's are achieving record low yields. As a matter of fact, this year Turkey issued a 30-year bond at a yield below 5% and Mexico made a 10-year issuance at rate well below 3%. As I have expressed in this blog before, I more »

  • The Case for Emerging Market Bon ETFs

    By Andrés Cardenal - November 8, 2012 | Tickers: IEF, EMB, EMLC, PCY, ELD

    Depending on the investor´s risk appetite and investment horizon, among other things, bonds can be an important part of diverse portfolios and investment strategies. Unfortunately, the current scenario of historically low interest rates makes bond investing a difficult task, in which the risk and return trade off doesn't look very convenient from a long term perspective. Emerging market bond ETFs could be a smart alternative to internationally diversify more »

  • The Emergence of Emerging Market Bonds

    By Peter Pham - September 7, 2012 | Tickers: FXE, TLT, IEI, EMB, PCY

    One of the advantages of working in a frontier market like Vietnam is that one can see first-hand the growth that is occurring here.  It also gives you a sobering look at the amount of potential risk you face as well.  While equity markets locally are often thinly traded and extremely volatile, bonds offer a completely different way to play the growth story of an up-and-coming country, without having to more »