Investors should be cautiously optimistic about the outlook for Canada and emerging markets, two top experts at BMO said during a conference call today.
The moral of the emerging market growth story is that it pays to support disciplined fiscal policies, open trade, and private capital formation while undertaking necessary public investments.
As the U.S. tries to disentangle itself from its economic woes, China has slowly started to weave a web around the global currency system.
As the Arab Spring rolled over into summer, many of your clients have following events in the Middle East and North Africa. Less attention has been paid to political churning in India this summer, but it could arguably have more of an impact on investors.
North Korea kicked off a four-day international trade fair in its northeast region, site of an economic development zone. We've got some more practical options for emerging markets investments, though.
As nervous investors grapple with the U.S. credit rating downgrade and the resultant market uncertainty and panic, the world continues to be reshaped. With renewed vigour, advocates of emerging markets are pointing out deteriorating debt metrics in the developed world, contrasting it with improving debt metrics in much of the emerging world. “There’s going to […]
Unprecedented geopolitical and economic changes have left a trail of destruction, but they’re also breeding new investment opportunities around the world. A panel of investment pundits discussed where those opportunities lie and how to capitalize on them at Franklin Templeton’s 2011 Investment Forum, in Toronto. Discussion rarely strayed far from the usual suspects: the debt […]
Franklin Templeton Investments launched today the Templeton Frontier Markets Fund, an emerging markets fund to be managed by investing guru Mark Mobius and his team. The fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets in frontier markets—countries with smaller economies that are in the early stages of development. These 61 countries show strong […]
As an underinvested and overambitious nation, India continues to emerge as one of the most promising investment destinations in the world. For investors who missed the boat on China, India could provide a second chance for high-growth, said Serge Pepin, head of investments, BMO Investments Inc. “We believe India has a bright future with its […]
Economic growth across emerging markets slipped to its lowest rate in two years, according to the HSBC Emerging Markets Index (EMI) for the second quarter. Decelerating growth, in the face of global economic fragility, the Japanese tsunami and amid the recent impact of strong inflation, suggests that world trade growth may have peaked in the […]