Emerging market equities represent less than 1 % of the money held in Canadian mutual funds.
Not exact matches
Take 2008: BRIC
equities from the major
emerging markets led the decline, falling 49 %, while Canadian small caps, down 46 %,
represented a close second worst.
«Each of the
market reversals of the past few weeks has in common that they
represented widely held positions — long
equities, overweight small caps, overweight tech, underweight
emerging markets, and short duration,» says Loeys.
Collectively, they provide detailed
equity market coverage for more than 80 countries across developed,
emerging and frontier
markets,
representing 99 % of these investable opportunity sets.
Yet despite
emerging market stocks
representing about one - eighth of global
equity market capitalization, the vast majority of investors has much smaller allocations to them, dramatically underweighting the asset class.
Emerging markets represent about 13 % of global
equity capitalization, and more than half of global GDP.
Regions / sectors are
represented by the following indices: US Large Cap (S&P 500), US Mid Cap (Russell Mid Cap), US Small Cap (Russell 2000), Europe (MSCI Europe), Japan (MSCI Japan), Pacific ex Japan (MSCI Pacific ex Japan),
Emerging Markets (MSCI
Emerging Markets), International
Equities (MSCI ACWI ex USA), Global
Equities (MSCI World).
For instance, this year through the end of November, EM debt in USD, as
represented by the J.P. Morgan EMBI Global Index (EMBIG), returned 2.77 percent, outperforming EM
equities, as measured by the MSCI
Emerging Markets Index.
Foreign Developed and
Emerging Markets equity valuations are also attractive relative to their own history as
represented by the 70th (CAPE) and 50th (P / B) historical percentile ranking for the MSCI EAFE Index, and the 25th (CAPE) and 64th (P / B) historical percentile ranking for the MSCI
Emerging Markets Index.
When looking at various countries or regions where we invest, we consider
emerging markets as
representing a disproportionate amount of where
equity value exists today after several years of underperformance relative to developed
markets.
The funds are listed alongside ETFs
representing some traditional asset classes — US
Equities (SPY), bonds, (AGG),
emerging markets (EEM), Treasury - inflation protected securities (TIP), Gold (GLD) and real estate (VNQ):
International investments, especially in
emerging markets,
represent the best long - term value from here in fixed income and
equity.
Figure 5 displays the relationship between real global 10 - year
equity returns7 (
represented by the S&P 500, MSCI EAFE, and MSCI
Emerging Market indices) and the average of the starting dividend and trailing 12 - month earnings yields.
Notes: U.S. stocks
represented by Dow Jones U.S. Total Stock
Market Index through April 2005, MSCI US Broad
Market Index through June 2013 and CRSP US Total
Market Index thereafter;
emerging markets stocks are represented by MSCI Emerging Markets Index; REITs by FTSE NAREIT Equity REIT Index; dividend stocks by Dow Jones U.S. Select Dividend Index; commodities by S&P GSCI Commodity Index; high yield bonds by Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Corporate High Yield Bond Index; emerging markets bonds by Bloomberg Barclays EM USD Aggregate Index; investment - grade corporate bonds by Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Corporate Index; U.S. Treasury bonds by Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Treasury Bond Index; Hedge fund index by HFRI fund - weighted total return Index and international bonds by Bloomberg Barclays Global Aggregate ex-USD Bon
emerging markets stocks are represented by MSCI Emerging Markets Index; REITs by FTSE NAREIT Equity REIT Index; dividend stocks by Dow Jones U.S. Select Dividend Index; commodities by S&P GSCI Commodity Index; high yield bonds by Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Corporate High Yield Bond Index; emerging markets bonds by Bloomberg Barclays EM USD Aggregate Index; investment - grade corporate bonds by Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Corporate Index; U.S. Treasury bonds by Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Treasury Bond Index; Hedge fund index by HFRI fund - weighted total return Index and international bonds by Bloomberg Barclays Global Aggregate ex-USD Bond
markets stocks are
represented by MSCI
Emerging Markets Index; REITs by FTSE NAREIT Equity REIT Index; dividend stocks by Dow Jones U.S. Select Dividend Index; commodities by S&P GSCI Commodity Index; high yield bonds by Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Corporate High Yield Bond Index; emerging markets bonds by Bloomberg Barclays EM USD Aggregate Index; investment - grade corporate bonds by Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Corporate Index; U.S. Treasury bonds by Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Treasury Bond Index; Hedge fund index by HFRI fund - weighted total return Index and international bonds by Bloomberg Barclays Global Aggregate ex-USD Bon
Emerging Markets Index; REITs by FTSE NAREIT Equity REIT Index; dividend stocks by Dow Jones U.S. Select Dividend Index; commodities by S&P GSCI Commodity Index; high yield bonds by Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Corporate High Yield Bond Index; emerging markets bonds by Bloomberg Barclays EM USD Aggregate Index; investment - grade corporate bonds by Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Corporate Index; U.S. Treasury bonds by Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Treasury Bond Index; Hedge fund index by HFRI fund - weighted total return Index and international bonds by Bloomberg Barclays Global Aggregate ex-USD Bond
Markets Index; REITs by FTSE NAREIT
Equity REIT Index; dividend stocks by Dow Jones U.S. Select Dividend Index; commodities by S&P GSCI Commodity Index; high yield bonds by Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Corporate High Yield Bond Index;
emerging markets bonds by Bloomberg Barclays EM USD Aggregate Index; investment - grade corporate bonds by Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Corporate Index; U.S. Treasury bonds by Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Treasury Bond Index; Hedge fund index by HFRI fund - weighted total return Index and international bonds by Bloomberg Barclays Global Aggregate ex-USD Bon
emerging markets bonds by Bloomberg Barclays EM USD Aggregate Index; investment - grade corporate bonds by Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Corporate Index; U.S. Treasury bonds by Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Treasury Bond Index; Hedge fund index by HFRI fund - weighted total return Index and international bonds by Bloomberg Barclays Global Aggregate ex-USD Bond
markets bonds by Bloomberg Barclays EM USD Aggregate Index; investment - grade corporate bonds by Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Corporate Index; U.S. Treasury bonds by Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Treasury Bond Index; Hedge fund index by HFRI fund - weighted total return Index and international bonds by Bloomberg Barclays Global Aggregate ex-USD Bond Index.
EM
equity returns were
represented by the MSCI
Emerging Markets Index.