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Steve Coker, CFP
- Oct 14, 2017
- 3 min
Developing Fundamentals: What Makes A Healthy Emerging Market?
In recent weeks the markets have exhibited rocky performance, and emerging markets have played a significant role in the volatility. For those of you unfamiliar with the term, an emerging market (also known as a developing market) refers to the economy of a country that is less developed than that of a developed country or region but is well on it’s way to becoming developed. For comparison's sake, Mexico, Brazil, India, and Russia are all developing markets, while the U.S.,
Steve Coker, CFP
- May 15, 2017
- 1 min
Why Emerging Markets
For the past five years, emerging markets have returned only about 3 percent per year, compared to the US stock market’s 14 percent per year over the same time period. Given the higher risk of emerging market companies compared to those of the US, many have begun to wonder if it is even worth their inclusion in a diversified portfolio. However, despite lacklustre returns over the past five years it is important to remember that these economies are still growing at a faster pa
Steve Coker, CFP
- Oct 12, 2015
- 3 min
The Almighty Dollar
It seems a constant barrage, “the US Dollar is in decline”, “the dollar’s days are numbered” and a host of other similar headlines predicting the death of the US Dollar. To be sure the dollar has declined against a basket of global currencies since the 70’s (see chart below), but it is actually the dollar’s strength, not its weakness that has many economists wringing their hands right now. The dollar has risen 34% over the past 4 years and has spiked this year. Furthermore, t
