Time to invest in emerging markets?
Equities are looking up in Brazil, Russia and Turkey
by Bryan Borzykowski for Moneysense
There may have been no worse place to invest over the last few years than in emerging markets. Between 2011 and 2015, the MSCI Emerging Market Index was down about 32%—our own troubled market only fell by about 3.2% over that same time period. But if there’s one thing to know about developing nations, it’s that things can go from bad to good seemingly overnight. Since Jan. 21, when global markets began to rise after their post New Years correction, the index is up 31%. Read more 
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DM Monthly Newsletter – Nov 2016
U.S. ELECTION REVIEW – This is why we shun the forecast game that fuels the financial media and in which so many managers are willing to partake! If asked for predictions, we would have been 0 for 2 on the US election, never having fathomed a Donald Trump presidency and certainly not guessing that stocks would be up at the market’s open. In light of the unexpected landscape that greeted us this morning, here are some of the points that will inform our thinking going forward:
- Clearly, that market is placing significant weight on the “pro-growth” aspects of the president elect’s platform….
- Within DM portfolios, there isn’t yet a stark delineation between “winning” and “losing” groups….
- Bond yields have risen….
Click here to read more: dm-monthly-report-nov-16
