emerging market bond ETFs

With news of the Federal Reserve's first interest rate hike of 2016 and just its second in the past decade, 10-year Treasury yields closed at 2.52 percent Wednesday. While that may appear to be a remarkable rise off the less than 1.4 percent seen in early July, there remain fixed income assets...

Price action confirms that, as expected, emerging markets assets did not enjoy the outcome of last month's U.S. presidential election. The ensuing rally in the U.S. dollar ensured previously hot emerging markets bonds suffered last month as well. Emerging Markets And The U.S. Presidential...

Exchange-traded funds holding emerging market bonds, including the iShares JPMorgan USD Emer Mkt Bnd Fd ETF (NYSE: EMB), have had the wind at their backs this year, as the Federal Reserve has held off on raising interest rates, suppressing the dollar in the process. Contextual Backdrop The case for...

Put simply, a big reason why investors are flocking to emerging markets bond exchange-traded funds this year is yield. Just look at the iShares JPMorgan USD Emer Mkt Bnd Fd ETF (NYSE: EMB) and the PowerShares Emerging Markets Sovereign Debt Portfolio (NYSE: PCY). The two largest emerging markets...