Since the beginning of the year, the main exchange-traded fund for emerging markets, iShares MSCI Emerging Markets, is up 11 percent, with funds that track markets like Mexico, Turkey, India and Argentina rising even more. Advertisement Continue reading the main storyStock and bond market gains in emerging markets can be fleeting, vulnerable to political turmoil and investors with short-term investment horizons. The fund will release its latest forecasts for global growth on Tuesday. The faster-than-expected recovery in emerging markets, and the implications for global growth, are likely to be major topics of discussion during the week. But economists at the institute say the model is a good spotter of economic trends, and it is clearly showing a sharp pickup in global emerging markets in recent months.

Source: New York Times April 17, 2017 18:59 UTC