Low valuations should help to support EM equities

Equities in emerging markets have fared poorly since the end of September, dragging down the price/12m forward earnings ratio in most regions to below its 5-year average, with the exception of Latin America. On this measure, valuations of equities in emerging markets now look substantially less stretched on average than those in developed markets. 

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