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    World’s hot spots

    May 08, 2019 5 minutes
    STORY SUSAN HELY

    After an appalling 2018, emerging markets surprised investors with a strong start to 2019. The Chinese sharemarket, for example, jumped 29% over the first quarter, recording its best performance in more than four years. The rally was sparked by the Federal Reserve’s backflip on raising interest rates. China topped all sharemarkets, beating Colombia (up 19% for the quarter), Greece (18%) and the UK (16%).

    At a time of low returns, investors are taking a renewed interest in emerging markets. Some funds are bouncing back into the black with, for example, State Street’s SPDR S&P Emerging Markets exchange traded fund up 9.32% over the three months to the end of March 2019.

    But on the whole developed markets are still ahead –the MSCI World

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