Bloody January for Emerging Markets Outflows

Sinking asset prices in the developing world have stoked talk of an emerging markets crisis on par with the Asian sovereign debt crisis of the late 1990s, but some market observers believe select developing markets are more mature today than during prior crises and that the longer-term trend of increased institutional allocations to developing world debt remains intact. [Not All Bad for EM Bond ETFs]

iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF

 

ETF Trends editorial team contributed to this post. Tom Lydon’s clients own shares of EEM.