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Mr. Hoguet recommends holding about 2% of an overall bond allocation in emerging-market hard-currency bonds, and about 8% in emerging-market local-currency bonds.
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In these four periods of rising rates, managers had the acumen to navigate troubled waters by various techniques of managing bond types, sector allocation, duration, maturity, credit quality, country, and currency.
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But given the shifting global dynamics, particularly the problems of excess debt in the industrial world, a well-balanced portfolio should include a strategic allocation to emerging market currency-denominated assets not just in Asia but around the world.
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