circling the drain

emerging market equities at all time highs courtesy of etf buying principally by the japanese and other (eu) governments in a sober attempt at portfolio diversification with monopoly money

the emerging market bond risk premium (averages 5 % and now trades at 2.5%) is below the option adjusted spread for US high yields (3.5%) which in simple terms means that unenforceable bond contracts issued outside the US offer less return than those inside

underlying securities in em's are priced to some degree off of domestic economic factors and fund flows but the inescapable transmission is from em etfs' and foreign fund flows

to wit the smart money is turning

edz being the direxion funds 3x short offering for ems






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