Goldilocks Year Awaits Emerging Markets Defying Pandemic Rout
- EM currencies remain undervalued based on Z-score analysis
- Positioning remains light in emerging bond and equity markets
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Emerging-market investors seem to have everything going for them right now, with the November rally offering a hint of what 2021 may have in store.
A plethora of tailwinds from accommodative central banks to an impending change of U.S. president and Covid-19 vaccine progress has put the assets of developing nations on course for some impressive milestones. Bonds have wiped out their year-to-date losses, while MSCI Inc.’s currency index is poised for the best month since January 2019 as well as a second successive annual gain. The MSCI stocks gauge is on track for its best month since March 2016.