Tuesday, August 18, 2015

TheStreet: Time To Buy Emerging Market Debt?

By SIMON CONSTABLE

NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Emerging markets bonds have been on the skids, which is just one of the reasons you should consider adding some to your portfolio. Benefits of doing so include better yield and more diversification.
Overseas investors have become increasingly concerned by a slowing China, falling commodity prices and stagnant Europe. As a result, emerging market bonds have sold off.  For instance, the iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond  (EMB) exchange-traded fund, which tracks a basket of emerging market debt from countries such as Argentina, Poland, Uruguay and Peru, has dropped around 3% over the past three months. Read more here.

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