'..Falling commodity prices, country specific challenges, as in India, Indonesia, Brazil, and Turkey, coupled with anticipation that the days of low interest rates in the high income countries are largely behind us, is spurring a reversal of fortune for the emerging markets, as an asset class. Those countries with current account deficits are particularly vulnerable to this switch.
Reports indicate that those funds are not moving to the US, where expectations for Fed tapering next month running high, lifting the 10-year yields to almost 2.90% yesterday. Rather, reports indicate that Europe has been the biggest beneficiary of inflows over the past week or two. In fact, it may not just be a flow from the emerging markets into Europe, but there also has been an outflow from US fixed income and equity funds too.
It seems to reflect two related forces. First, is market positioning. It does appear that many global investors were under weight Europe, preferring US and Japanese equities through much of the first half and into Q3. Second, this left many investors ill-prepared for the European reflation story, which has gained traction over the past couple of weeks...'
www.marctomarket.com/2013/08/...beneficiary-of-flows-from.html
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