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FYI: (Click On Article Title At Top Of Google Search) The third quarter of 2015 started off well, but the volatility that followed was dramatic. Stock and bond funds, almost regardless of type, ended with a loss. Regards, Ted https://www.google.com/#q=A+Bad+Quarter+for+Stock+and+Bond+Funds+barron's
Scattered among the debris was this..."Emerging-markets funds were hammered, plummeting 16.02%. “The commodity-producing emerging markets are right in the eye of the storm,” says MKM’s Darda. “But even the commodity-importing markets have started to roll over.” Ablin sees a potential long-term opportunity. “Emerging markets, as lousy as they’ve been, are trading at the biggest valuation discount to the U.S. that I’ve seen since 2002—which was a year that ushered in 10 years of outperformance.”
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Scattered among the debris was this..."Emerging-markets funds were hammered, plummeting 16.02%. “The commodity-producing emerging markets are right in the eye of the storm,” says MKM’s Darda. “But even the commodity-importing markets have started to roll over.” Ablin sees a potential long-term opportunity. “Emerging markets, as lousy as they’ve been, are trading at the biggest valuation discount to the U.S. that I’ve seen since 2002—which was a year that ushered in 10 years of outperformance.”