FIRST TRUST EMERGING ETF News

Over the last 40 years, bonds were the superheroes of investment portfolios. They generated high risk-adjusted returns given steadily declining yields and were

First Trust Advisors L.P. ("FTA") announces the declaration of the monthly distributions for certain exchange-traded funds advised by FTA.

EMs have less capacity to respond to the pandemic through fiscal and monetary stimulus than does the developed world. The Middle East, Africa, and Latin America

EM currencies have plunged against the dollar. Recent sales of emerging market bonds has been indiscriminate, impacting the at-risk issuers that have little pol

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As a share of gross domestic product (GDP) using purchasing power parity (PPP) dollars, EM countries have grown from approximately 37% of total global output in

Ladenburg Thalmann Financial Services Inc. decreased its position in shares of First Trust Emerging Markets Local Currency Bond ETF (NASDAQ:FEMB) by 5.8% during the 4th quarter, according to its most

As many investors recall from the Great Recession more than a decade ago, indiscriminate selloffs can generate big potential rewards. Today, nearly every fixed-

The whole world wants to give emerging markets US dollars at interest rates that are shockingly low compared to what prevails in their domestic financial market

While the full impact of COVID-19 on the global economy is still unknowable, we are gaining perspective on its economic impact, and thus its investment implicat

A number of factors lead us to think the outlook for emerging markets debt is positive. Last year's performance was clearly above average (primarily driven by f

The total debt for 30 large EM countries reached $72.5tn in 2019, a 168 percent rise over the past 10 years, according to BIS data. The majority of investable E

We believe changes in emerging markets debt spreads present a clear buying opportunity. We also like markets where negative domestic news has coincided with cha

The teens proved to be a difficult decade for emerging markets. That setback came after EM stocks delivered strong returns in the first decade of the 2000s, as