Volatility in emerging-market stocks is dropping at the fastest pace in more than six years as growing investor caution and tighter government curbs cool demand for the biggest Korean tech companies.

US Treasuries and emerging-market currencies are diverging the most in more than four years as higher US yields fail to fuel the dollar’s strength like they once did.

Cathy Hepworth, who heads $1.5 trillion asset manager PGIM’s emerging-markets debt team, doesn’t hesitate when asked about her highest-conviction theme across the developing world: “Carry, carry, carry.”

The tech rally in emerging-market stocks is spreading across new companies as investors rotate beyond chipmaking heavyweights into smaller names poised to power data centers.

Record foreign-currency reserves and a vote of confidence from the International Monetary Fund have cut Egypt’s risk premium to the lowest since 2014.

The average borrowing cost of emerging-market companies has fallen to the lowest level since January relative to US corporates as global bond investors’ diversification into higher-yielding assets drives an outperformance.

For the first time in at least two decades, emerging-market stock valuations have fallen to less than half those of US equities, a sign to some investors that there are increasingly attractive opportunities in developing economies.

Borrowers from the United Arab Emirates are tapping global bond markets at a record pace as the Middle East conflict rages, with sales up a third so far in 2026 versus year-ago levels.

As the artificial-intelligence rally sputters in emerging markets, investors searching for high-growth alternatives are turning to Chinese biotech.

Bond investors are demanding the most compensation since October 2022 to fund Middle Eastern governments as fighting flares again between the US and Iran.

Emerging-market bonds’ outperformance over Treasuries is attracting growing numbers of investors looking to capitalize on the compelling carry-trade returns in the sector.

A 400% rally in Lebanon’s defaulted bonds is fading as investors confront the prospect of debt restructuring delays and far lower recovery rates than they had expected.

Hungary’s bonds have rallied so much that yields are approaching those in the UK, the latest sign that investors are backing the new government’s plans to fix the economy and join the euro region.

Hungary’s bonds have rallied so much that yields are approaching those in the UK, the latest sign that investors are backing the new government’s plans to fix the economy and join the euro region.

Hungary’s bonds have rallied so much that yields are approaching those in the UK, the latest sign that investors are backing the new government’s plans to fix the economy and join the euro region.

Israel’s stocks and currency have turned to the world’s worst performers this month on concern that a peace agreement with Iran will leave Israel in a weakened position with respect to both its biggest enemies and allies.

For the first time in four years, companies in emerging markets are beating profit estimates, giving investors a fresh reason to believe the bull market is just getting started.

Emerging-market assets got a boost after President Donald Trump canceled planned attacks on Iran, fueling bets that a deal is imminent.

Emerging-market assets gained Tuesday, with Asian technology shares rebounding from steep losses earlier in the week and most currencies strengthening against the dollar ahead of a key US inflation report.

The Iran war has changed how global investors view the Middle East, with geopolitical resilience now outweighing economic growth as a draw for funds.