Argentina imploded. Beijing let the yuan slip to the lowest in at least a decade. Global central banks signaled they're spooked about slowing growth by rushing to cut rates
The general government debt of AEs as a group has surpassed 100 per cent of gross domestic product (GDP), whereas the fiscal space is also constrained in many of these countries
Vanguard Asset Management expects riskier debt - such as that of Ukraine, Argentina and Indonesia - to be hardest hit by the turbulence
Optimism around developing-market equities got a boost after the International Monetary Fund said last week
The election season in select EMs started on March 24 with Thailand heading into polls
Besides macro-balances - current account and the fiscal gaps - of a number of EMs have shown remarkable improvement since the taper tantrum of 2013
Both the US and China want a trade deal, and that would bring relief to the assets, including those in China
India is set to benefit from its demographic dividend, whereas China is expected to slow tremendously
Investors hope the world's top two economies can strike a deal to ease their bruising trade war, which has cost both sides billions
Between 2015 and early 2018 developing countries, big and small from Brazil and Russia to Armenia and Zambia slashed interest rates
Brent crude's plunge since early October to below $55 a barrel is bad news for many major developing economies, not the least Saudi Arabia
In what could be an unwelcome replay, risk assets are likely to remain at the mercy of the US-China trade war, a messy Brexit and rising US interest rates
The crucial US-China relationship is likely to worsen significantly on US President Donald Trump's hardline approach to reduce bilateral trade deficit with China
Investors will be carefully watching the US Fed after Chairman Jerome Powell wasn't as dovish as they'd hoped in comments that followed the central bank's interest-rate increase on Dec 19
Investors need to start focusing on how best to respond to a new crisis
Analysts' earnings estimates are all over the place. A better bet for 2019 might be picking the stocks hit hardest this year
The European Central Bank is tapping the brakes, and the Federal Reserve is raising interest rates further and faster than anyone else
Despite the recent dip, most investors do not view the broader Indian markets as particularly cheap
But there are headwinds such as Federal Reserve's rate path, China's growth prospects amid an escalation in trade frictions with the US and rising oil prices
The G24 statement, issued on the sidelines of the Bali meetings, said all emerging markets were "adversely affected" by excessive capital flow volatility