Vanguard Emerging Markets Stock Index Fund is trading 3.1% down today as investors reprice expectations for higher-for-longer U.S. interest rates, triggering a broad global risk-off move.
- Rising Treasury yields and a hawkish shift in Fed hike bets are pressuring emerging-market equities and currencies.
- A sharp downturn in the broader U.S. market is driving ETF outflows and heightening risk aversion toward emerging markets.