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Celebrating 10 Years

JOHCM Emerging Markets Opportunities (JOEMX)

Celebrating 10 Years

JOHCM Emerging Markets Opportunities (JOEMX)

J O Hambro Capital Management Group logo

Monthly Insights

Our Fund Management team is constantly alert to market drivers, changes, and trends, positive and negative surprises, and changing forecasts and surveys. They share their perspectives and insights here, through the regular Emerging Markets Spotlight.

  • Leading and Lagging the Emerging Market Index

    Recent moves within the asset class reveal interesting patterns that may point to potential risk opportunities later.

    James Syme

  • Emerging Markets Dependent on Global Fund Flows

    Revisiting a key driver for the asset class: the direction of the US dollar and the capital flows that result from that.

    James Syme

  • Why South Korea is an Emerging Market

    A look at the impact of local politics at a time of rising global interest rates, a stronger US dollar, and a slowing South Korean economy.

    James Syme

  • Country Level Factors Indicate Potential Returns

    Next year looks good for Emerging Markets with an expected decline in rates and the US dollar. But some investors are better placed than others.

    James Syme

  • On China: Not a Typical Emerging Market Crisis

    The market’s optimism of recent years seems to have ended. Yet China has all the building blocks of a powerful recovery when Covid lockdowns end.

    James Syme

  • Is this a Bottom for China Stocks?

    We believe China’s policy choices have broken its economy and equity market. This may be the start of changes needed.

    James Syme

  • Why We Like Brazil

    Brazil has been one of our favorite Emerging Markets from late 2020, since it has delivered strong USD total returns despite a significant negative return from the MSCI Emerging Markets Index.

    James Syme

  • Expect the Unexpected

    One of the main drivers of global financial markets in 2022 has been the strength of the US dollar (and the weakness of other global currencies), driven by tightening US financial conditions.

    James Syme

  • Investing in Chile: Promising but Premature

    Given our overweight positions in Mexico and Brazil, why do we not have a position in Chile, Latin America’s third-largest market?

    James Syme