Emerging Market Economist, Emerginomics

Tatiana Orlova

Emerging Market Economist

Emerginomics

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

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<p>Russian PM Medvedev is no President Erdogan and has not previously sought to influence central bank policy. Nevertheless, on Thursday 6 September, his casual remark caused a 1.3% weakening of the RUB vs. USD. A joint statement by the UK, US, Canada, France and Germany condemning the government which "most certainly" approved the Skripal poisoning, added fuel to the fire.</p>
<p>Understandably, Russian markets remain on tenterhooks while US Congressmen are deciding on the proposed new sanctions. However, we think the sharp market move also reflects how extremely jittery EM investors have become. </p>
<p>What could put an end to the indiscriminate selling of EM assets, or at least slow it down? </p>
<p><strong>First, policymakers in most affected EM economies need to demonstrate to investors that they still have tools required to stabilise markets and willingness to improve their policies. </strong></p>
<p><strong>Second, we think that the US Federal Reserve should at least acknowledge at the upcoming September meeting that the spreading EM crisis could eventually have some negative effects on the US economy.</strong> In the long run, the US needs to assume at least some responsibility for the health of the global economy to ensure that the US dollar retains its role as the global reserve currency. With the US Administration actively engaging in isolationist policies that may harm global growth, it is the Fed who needs to give a positive signal to the global markets.</p>
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Russian PM Medvedev is no President Erdogan and has not previously sought to influence central bank policy. Nevertheless, on Thursday 6 September, his casual remark caused a 1.3% weakening of the RUB vs. USD. A joint statement by the UK, US, Canada, France and Germany condemning the government which "most certainly" approved the Skripal poisoning, added fuel to the fire.
Understandably, Russian markets remain on tenterhooks while US Congressmen are deciding on the proposed new sanctions. However, we think the sharp market move also reflects how extremely jittery EM investors have become. 
What could put an end to the indiscriminate selling of EM assets, or at least slow it down? 
First, policymakers in most affected EM economies need to demonstrate to investors that they still have tools required to stabilise markets and willingness to improve their policies. 
Second, we think that the US Federal Reserve should at least acknowledge at the upcoming September meeting that the spreading EM crisis could eventually have some negative effects on the US economy. In the long run, the US needs to assume at least some responsibility for the health of the global economy to ensure that the US dollar retains its role as the global reserve currency. With the US Administration actively engaging in isolationist policies that may harm global growth, it is the Fed who needs to give a positive signal to the global markets.


Rouble Plunges Again Despite Efforts to Contain the Rout. What Is Required to Contain EM Sell-Off?

Managing Director, MTS Research

Peter Beuttell

Managing Director

MTS Research

MTS Research Limited is an independent investment research company specialising in technical analysis. 

MTS Research provides technical analysis services in the form of regular publications and consultancy advice, catering for a number of different investment approaches from absolute or relative returns to long-only and long/short.  The company has a global client base of blue-chip financial institutions ranging in size and stretching from Los Angeles to Tokyo, via New York, London, Frankfurt and Hong Kong.  

MTS was founded in 1989 at the request of Morgan Grenfell Investment Services Limited (MGIS), the ERISA arm of Morgan Grenfell Asset Management (subsequently Deutsche Asset Management), by Peter Beuttell, a Portfolio Manager at MGIS between 1987 and 1989. 

Peter is a qualified Chartered Accountant and self-taught market technician with over 30 years experience.  At MGIS, Peter managed money in European, Australasian and Far East markets for US clients, such as American Airlines and American Petrofina.  He achieved first quartile perfomance on their behalf by blending fundamental and technical analysis in his investment decision-making.  

After an initial focus on the EAFE markets (Europe, Australasia and Far East), the company has recently expanded its coverage to include the Americas, thanks to the recently-completed two-year Knowledge Transfer Partnership with the University of Plymouth.  The resulting software – the Technical Overlay Program (TOP) – allows fund managers to access an immediate Technical view on any market, sector, stock, bond yield, currency or commodity within their selected universe.

MTS Research consists of a team of five based in Penzance and London. 

Technical Analysis

<p><strong>The right configuration for some sort of a Crash is in place, so the answer is “much higher than normal”.  This is not a forecast as such, because real Crashes are rare and these set-ups can appear without the worst happening.  However, the bull market wave patterns which began pre-2010 are ending; some US and (many?) global indices have probably already rolled over into bear markets.  If we have indeed correctly read the patterns, it won’t be like 1987, more like Q3 1937, or perhaps Summer 2002 - a persistent decline of about 20% from June’s highs to below SPX 2,250 - although that may not be the full extent of the bear market.  So this is really more of an alert to think about what you would do if you find prices sliding through support you thought would hold.</strong></p>

The right configuration for some sort of a Crash is in place, so the answer is “much higher than normal”.  This is not a forecast as such, because real Crashes are rare and these set-ups can appear without the worst happening.  However, the bull market wave patterns which began pre-2010 are ending; some US and (many?) global indices have probably already rolled over into bear markets.  If we have indeed correctly read the patterns, it won’t be like 1987, more like Q3 1937, or perhaps Summer 2002 - a persistent decline of about 20% from June’s highs to below SPX 2,250 - although that may not be the full extent of the bear market.  So this is really more of an alert to think about what you would do if you find prices sliding through support you thought would hold.

Chief Economist

Diana Choyleva

Enodo Economics

Enodo Economics is an independent macroeconomic forecasting company that untangles complexity, challenges the consensus, and makes sense of the future. Our focus is on China – one of the most misunderstood economies in the world, but one of the most important to figure out.  Enodo’s chief economist, Diana Choyleva, has been analysing China for almost 20 years, while Enodo’s team boasts a combined 140 years’ experience covering China’s economy, politics and markets. 

Macroeconomics

<h2>China News That Matters</h2><ul>
<li>Stock market sell-off intensifies</li>
<li>Foreign investment encouraged in market shake-up</li>
<li>China to lead in 5G development</li>
<li>New measures to tackle house price inflation</li>
<li>More global trade woes</li>
<li>People’s Bank of China eases</li>
<li>China and the EU talk investment and trade</li>
</ul><div class="content-remarks"><p>In my weekly digest China News That Matters, I will give you selected summaries, sourced from a variety of local Chinese-language and international news outlets, and highlight why I think the news is significant. These posts are meant to neither be bullish nor bearish, but help you separate the signal from the noise.</p></div>

China News That Matters
Stock market sell-off intensifies
Foreign investment encouraged in market shake-up
China to lead in 5G development
New measures to tackle house price inflation
More global trade woes
People’s Bank of China eases
China and the EU talk investment and trade
In my weekly digest China News That Matters, I will give you selected summaries, sourced from a variety of local Chinese-language and international news outlets, and highlight why I think the news is significant. These posts are meant to neither be bullish nor bearish, but help you separate the signal from the noise.

China’s Financial Risks/Deleveraging/Technology Race/Housing Crackdown/Trade War/EU Talks/RRR Cut

Technical Analyst, Vermilion Research

Joe Jasper

Technical Analyst

Technical and Quantitative Research

Vermilion Research

Vermilion’s objective is to deliver timely, actionable, and unique technical research to professional investors through the application of our various technical indicators.

Our research strategists seek to highlight securities which we believe are at major inflection points, based on our various technical and quantitative indicators, and offer asymmetric risk/return profiles. Our unique research methodology, centered on relative strength, enables our strategists to deliver superior investment recommendations.

Our process begins by organizing the universe of actively traded stocks into discrete sectors, then into industry groups. We then apply our technical and quantitative tools to identify developing price trends. Once attractive trends are identified within a selected sector or group, we screen for individual stocks which we believe offer the best risk/reward profile. We provide a historical perspective that often reveals, through our long-term charts, how price patterns often repeat themselves over time.

<p>In our June International Strategy, we explore the following themes in detail:</p><ul><li> Early-stage MSCI ACWI uptrend combined with constructive breadth indicators helps support our increasingly bullish outlook.</li><li>Cyclical and growth Sectors are leadership. Within Consumer Discretionary we highlight Restaurants, and within Technology we highlight Semiconductors.</li><li>Within International Developed, overweight small-caps, Japan, and Norway.</li><li>Broad Emerging Market relative strength is deteriorating. Be selective.</li></ul>

In our June International Strategy, we explore the following themes in detail: Early-stage MSCI ACWI uptrend combined with constructive breadth indicators helps support our increasingly bullish outlook.Cyclical and growth Sectors are leadership. Within Consumer Discretionary we highlight Restaurants, and within Technology we highlight Semiconductors.Within International Developed, overweight small-caps, Japan, and Norway.Broad Emerging Market relative strength is deteriorating. Be selective.

Global Equity Strategy: ACWI and EM Testing Support

<p>Over the past several weeks we have outlined the case for our increasingly bullish outlook, noting that market internals remain favorable and S&amp;P 500 and MSCI ACWI price trends are showing evidence of early-stage uptrend formations. In today’s report we provide an overview of international markets and highlight our top recommendations.</p>

Over the past several weeks we have outlined the case for our increasingly bullish outlook, noting that market internals remain favorable and S&amp;P 500 and MSCI ACWI price trends are showing evidence of early-stage uptrend formations. In today’s report we provide an overview of international markets and highlight our top recommendations.

China

The MSCI Em (Emerging Markets) Index is a free-float weighted equity index that captures large and mid cap representation across Emerging Markets (EM) countries. The index covers approximately 85% of the free float-adjusted market capitalization in each country.

MSCI Emerging Markets Index (MXEF INDEX)

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