Since early last year, stock EM ETFs have nearly doubled in popularity among fund investors, says global markets researcher Brad Durham.

 

Brad Durham is co-founder and managing director at EPFR Global. The Cambridge, Mass.-based research firm tracks global fund flows, both institutional as well as retail for financial institutions. It tracks an estimated $10 trillion in sector, country and asset class flows on a daily, weekly and monthly basis for both fixed income and equities.

Before helping to start EPFR 14 years ago, Durham was editor of publications focused on the economics and politics of emerging markets. That included launching and operating several Russian financial publications, including Kommersant and a joint venture with Hearst Corp. and Izvestia. Durham has earned a doctorate from Suffolk University Law School and a master’s degree in journalism from Boston University.

On Monday, IndexUniverse.com Editor Murray Coleman caught up with the analyst for his views on changes

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Since early 2008, assets in emerging market stock ETFs have doubled in size to represent almost a third of the total market, says analyst.

Brad Durham is co-founder and managing director at EPFR Global. The Cambridge, Mass.-based research firm tracks global fund flows, both institutional as well as retail, for financial institutions. It tracks an estimated $10 trillion in sector, country and asset class flows on a daily, weekly and monthly basis both for fixed income and equities.

Before helping to start EPFR 14 years ago, Durham was editor of publications focused on the economics and politics of emerging markets. That included launching and operating several Russian financial publications, including Kommersant and a joint venture with Hearst Corp. and Izvestia. Durham has earned a doctorate from Suffolk University Law School and a master’s degree in journalism from Boston University.

On Monday, IndexUniverse.com Editor Murray Coleman caught up with the analyst for his

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Portfolio manager says those who've kept a level head in rough times should be well-positioned now to take advantage of attractive valuations. 

Kenneth Smith has been spending a lot of time lately trying to make sure that market volatility doesn't send investors into a tail spin.

As a result, the chief investment officer at Seattle-based Empirical Wealth Management says that the high net-worth and institutional clients he works with aren't ready to panic yet.  

But he credits such realistic expectations to not only this year's educational push. Smith explains that he has been sounding a similar theme when markets were running strong from 2003 through late last year. The difference, he says, is that during bull markets the message has been to not chase asset classes that are performing well. 

Now, conditions are different. But the veteran advisor and portfolio managers says keeping a level head and remaining unemotional as market volatility remains high

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