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Traders are bracing for more weakness in emerging-market currencies over the coming month as the Iran war escalates, according to a key options pricing measure.
WisdomTree Emerging Markets High Dividend Fund (NYSEARCA:DEM) currently yields 4.49%, nearly double what you get from the Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF (NYSEARCA:VYM), which yields 2.34%. That yield gap is real,
i Data as of February 2026. EM Bonds are represented by the 50% J.P. Morgan Government Bond Index - Emerging Markets Global Diversified (GBI-EM) and 50% J.P. Morgan Emerging Markets Bond Index (EMBI). Global bonds are represented by the ICE BofA Global Broad Market Index. US Bonds are represented by the ICE BofA US Broad Market Index.
Emerging-market assets broadly advanced Tuesday in a volatile session, as mixed signals from the US administration rattled global markets and sent oil prices swinging.
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