Emerging Markets: The Next Phase In Market-Broadening

At the same time developed markets have been generating policy and macro noise, emerging markets have been quietly outperforming. The inextricable relationship between the direction of U.S. monetary policy and emerging market risk assets remains powerful, but this time the rally is not just about the Fed.

Seeking Alpha • Jan 19, 2026

AVES: Emerging Markets ETF Outperforming The Benchmark

Avantis Emerging Markets Value ETF offers diversified exposure to over 1,700 EM stocks, emphasizing value and profitability factors. AVES has outperformed EEM since inception with lower volatility, but recent 12-month returns lag EEM by 3 percentage points. The fund's portfolio is highly diversified but carries elevated geopolitical risk, with 46% in China and Taiwan.

Seeking Alpha • Dec 29, 2025

The Big Squeeze: EM Mega Caps Up, Breadth Down

Emerging markets equity returns have been driven by extreme mega-cap concentration, with index breadth collapsing to historic lows and masking weakness across much of the opportunity set. This concentration has distorted relative results for active managers, particularly those constrained by diversification rules or broad benchmarks, as small-cap underperformance and index construction limit flexibility.

Seeking Alpha • Dec 17, 2025

AVES: The Value ETF That Acts Like Growth

I am skeptical about seeking growth in emerging markets due to backward-looking, market-cap-weighted ETFs that miss early-stage growth. Emerging markets carry excessive risks—political, policy, and valuation—that outweigh their growth prospects compared to US tech with secular tailwinds. Most emerging market ETFs compromise growth potential by focusing on large caps, failing to capture true growth opportunities in smaller companies.

Seeking Alpha • Sep 11, 2025

3 Reasons to Try Active Emerging Markets ETFs

As more and more investors look to diversify into international equities, it's worth asking: Which ETFs can provide the best solutions? While broader international equities funds have done well, much of that performance came amid the spring drop-off in U.S. stocks.

ETF Trends • Aug 12, 2025

AVES: A Promising Active Emerging Markets Fund That's Been Working

Emerging markets have been challenging for passive investors due to China's weakness, making a case for active management like AVES. AVES is an actively managed ETF launched in 2021 with promising results, focusing on undervalued stocks in emerging markets. AVES has a well-diversified portfolio with a focus on profitability and value, outperforming passive indices like EEM and offering exposure to emerging market potential.

Seeking Alpha • Jun 30, 2024

Don't Miss These Active International Equities ETFs

Foreign investing presents significant benefits, but simple, passive strategies may not be cut out for it. A U.S. equities-focused passive strategy invests in some of the most closely scrutinized firms on Earth.

ETF Trends • Apr 9, 2024

AVES: Seeking Value And Profitability In Emerging Markets

Avantis Emerging Markets Value ETF holds about 1500 stocks listed in emerging markets and showing value and profitability characteristics. AVES is well diversified across holdings and sectors, shows attractive valuation metrics, and has performed quite well relative to peers. However, investors willing to limit geopolitical and regulatory risks would likely prefer ETFs excluding China.

Seeking Alpha • Mar 29, 2024

Emerging Markets Growth Remains Solid Amid Intensifying Inflationary Pressures

Emerging markets continued to expand at a solid pace midway into the first quarter of 2024, supported by broad-based expansion across both manufacturing and service sectors.

Seeking Alpha • Mar 14, 2024

The Case For Emerging Markets

Overseas markets, particularly emerging markets, are expected to offer the best stock returns over the next decade. EM stocks trade at historically low valuations compared to the US and other international stocks.

Seeking Alpha • Jan 30, 2024