Salient to Investors: Binky Chadha at Deutsche Bank said the market had been pricing in that the Fed would normalize rates much more slowly than it has done historically, and the shock has spilled over across all of the asset classes. The World Bank said the world economy will expand 2.2 percent
READ MORE... →Salient to Investors: Alexander Friedman at UBS says: What Fed has done is not unexpected and the market reacted because it was ahead of itself. All the Fed was saying was that the US is doing OK, that the data is trending as it should, and that it has confidence
READ MORE... →Salient to Investors: A. Gary Shilling at A. Gary Shilling & Co. writes: Short stocks and commodities, go long the dollar and Treasuries – if stocks continue to decline, the safety of Treasuries and investment-grade bonds will outweigh concerns about the end of QE. World economies are growing slowly at
READ MORE... →Salient to Investors: Only 3 emerging-market stock pickers avoided losing money in half1 by making prescient currency bets and buying companies insulated from economic swings and government interference. They recommend Philippine retailers, Chinese Internet companies and Indian drugmakers. Lewis Kaufman Thornburg Developing World Fund said there are many going wrong. Kaufman is overweight
READ MORE... →Salient to Investors: The cost of 3-month puts on the iShares FTSE China 25 Index Fund have risen to the highest since September 2012. Morgan Stanley has joined UBS and Barclays in lowering predictions for China’s economic growth. Derrick Irwin at Wells Fargo Advantage Emerging Markets Equity Fund said investors are nervous about
READ MORE... →Salient to Investors: Sameer Samana at Wells Fargo Advisors said you are seeing some risks come back and the Turkish turmoil shows some of the risks in emerging markets. Read the full article at http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-06-03/emerging-stocks-drop-to-six-week-low-as-philippine-shares-slump.html Click here to receive free and immediate email alerts of the latest forecasts.
READ MORE... →Salient to Investors: Never put too much of your portfolio in a few investments, or in one country or industry. The employee with a significant chunk of his 401(k) in his employer’s stock, or gets his contribution matched in company stock, risks both job and retirement plans if a setback for
READ MORE... →Salient to Investors: Bruce Zimmerman at Utimco said that in the 3 months ending February 28, his fund reduced bullion holdings of $1.4 billion by $375 million, and bought $75 million in gold futures, $225 million in developed-market equities and $75 million in emerging-market equity futures. Zimmerman said the fund’s total exposure to gold has not
READ MORE... →Salient to Investors: JPMorgan Chase said that from June 2010 through 2012, the positive correlation between developed and emerging- market equities daily performance was 89.6 percent, but in 2013 there is a negative correlation of 60.3 percent as emerging-market stocks slumped. Andres Garcia-Amaya at JPMorgan said emerging markets could continue to
READ MORE... →Salient to Investors: Prapas Tonpibulsak at Krungsri Asset Mgmt said most governments are trying to boost economic growth and employment, supportive of equity investments. The MSCI Emerging Markets Index is at 10.5 times estimated earnings versus 13.4 for the MSCI World Index. Most developing market companies missed analyst estimates for the last 5 quarters whereas a majority
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