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Gave: First Fed tightening cycle where EM bonds outperform US Treasuries

Louis-Vincent Gave · Louis-Vincent Gave – The Case for Emerging Markets (Capital Allocators, EP.275) · Oct 10, 2022 · at 15:39

Macro strategist Louis-Vincent Gave contrasts the 2022 macroeconomic regime with prior historical Fed interest rate hiking cycles.

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“This is the first Fed tightening cycle in my lifetime where emerging market bonds are crushing U.S. Treasuries, German bonds, JGBs.”

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The claim, plainly

The 2022 Federal Reserve tightening cycle is the first in Louis-Vincent Gave's lifetime where emerging market bonds are outperforming US Treasuries, German Bunds, and Japanese Government Bonds.

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Assessment

Louis-Vincent Gave was born in May 1974. Historical performance data demonstrates that the 2022 Federal Reserve tightening cycle was not the first cycle during his lifetime in which emerging market bonds outperformed developed market sovereigns (US Treasuries, German Bunds, and Japanese Government Bonds). During the 2004-2006 Fed tightening cycle, the J.P. Morgan EMBI Global Diversified Index posted an annualized return of +11.84% (and +18.44% in the first 12 months), significantly outperforming US Treasuries (+3.09%) and Global Bonds ex-U.S. (+4.31%). Emerging market debt also outperformed US Treasuries and developed market sovereign bonds during the 1999-2000 cycle (+14.67% over 12 months) and the 2015-2018 cycle (+9.03% annualized from Dec 2015 to Dec 2017 vs. +2.81% for Treasuries). Because emerging market bonds outperformed DM sovereigns across multiple prior tightening cycles during Gave's lifetime, the claim is false.

During the 2004-2006 Fed rate hiking cycle, the J.P. Morgan EMBI Global Diversified Index returned an annualized +11.84% versus +3.09% for US Treasuries and +4.31% for Global Bonds ex-U.S.
During the 2015-2018 Fed tightening cycle, the EMBI Global Diversified Index returned an annualized +9.03% over 2015-2017 compared to +2.81% for US Treasuries and +6.28% for Global Bonds ex-U.S.
In the 1999-2000 hiking cycle, emerging market debt returned +14.67% over the first 12 months, outperforming DM sovereign debt benchmarks.

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[1] service.gov.uk [2] stanford.edu [3] pimco.com [4] richmondfed.org [5] dallasfed.org [6] generali.com [7] statista.com [8] ycharts.com

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