Senior Portfolio Manager, Nigel Bliss, reviews the international equity markets for the first quarter 2024, highlights our portfolio performance and provides an outlook for the markets going forward.
While emerging markets face an uncertain economic and political landscape, we remain optimistic about long-term prospects, especially in undervalued markets.
According to our valuation standards, Local Currency EMD benefits from high PRYs and attractive currency valuations while Hard Currency EMD is tainted by very low credit spreads and an overvalued US dollar.
The last 15 years have been challenging for EM returns, especially when compared to the MSCI World Index, and even more so versus the S&P 500. However, there are several compelling reasons to consider EM equities.
Senior Portfolio Manager, Nigel Bliss, reviews the international equity markets, highlighting the impact of strong currency gains and opportunities in Japan.
Recent equity market volatility has led some to question the Japanese equity market renaissance. In this paper, we revisit the rationale for our positioning in Japan and to consider what, if anything, has changed more recently.
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