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).

EM bonds can diversify a US-centric bond portfolio and provide higher yields. The VanEck Emerging Markets Bond ETF invests across the entire universe of EM debt, sovereign and corporate bonds in both ...

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Market Intelligence analyst Jeff Lipton assigns a stable yet guarded view to airport bonds, highlighting how gateways and large hubs can outperform as fuel costs, travel demand and geopolitical risk ...