The call of 'frontier' markets Investors seek to diversify risk by betting...

International Herald Tribune;  February 9, 2008 ;     700+ words ......invest in "frontier" markets, the outer...afield even than emerging markets like China...volatility, frontier markets have a reputation...trillion for emerging markets. Those who...are growing, frontier markets are likely...labor costs in emerging ...

Frontier markets lure - and reward - hardy investors.(FEATURES)(CURRENTS)

The Christian Science Monitor;  February 4, 2008 ;     700+ words ......exploring such emerging markets as Russia...Botswana. In such frontier markets, rising prices...observers, frontier markets remain a good...DWS Scudder Emerging Markets Fund, Although...developed, or even emerging, markets; and much lower...than that of ...

HSBC looks to new frontiers in emerging markets.(Business News)

Manila Bulletin;  December 10, 2007 ;     464 words ......traditional emerging markets are turning to frontier markets for higher...global head of emerging markets at HSBC, said...moving to the frontier markets. So unless...Although the frontier markets tend to be...

Emerging Markets: Ready to Rebound?

Kiplinger's Value Added Web Column;  June 11, 2002 ;     467 words ......Goldberg, Kiplinger Washington Editors Emerging markets are currently selling at near-record-l...a great indicator in the past that emerging markets were ready to rock 'n' roll.Emerging markets have been wildly erratic and barely...

The Case for Emerging Markets.

Kiplinger's Value Added Web Column;  June 10, 2008 ;     700+ words ......than when the U.S. sneezed, emerging markets caught cold. But it was supposed...different this time because emerging markets had grown up. But when U.S. stocks nose-dived early this year, emerging markets sold off right along with them...

Money to flow into emerging markets.

Investment Adviser;  October 15, 2007 ;     374 words ......predicted the amount of money invested in emerging markets is set to rise dramatically, but some...Management, forecast the weighting of emerging markets, Singapore and Hong Kong within the...third over the coming decade. He said: Emerging markets should deliver returns of ...

Capital Markets: Team Of The Month - Exotix Boldly Tackles The Yemeni...

The Banker;  March 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ......Mines Of Yemen The word 'emerging' used to define the evolutionary...are known these days as 'frontier' markets, particularly in Africa...Distressed and illiquid emerging markets debt remains at the heart...Saharan Africa and other frontier markets. Unusually, Insparo ...

FRONTIER MARKETS DRAW VALUE HUNTERS

Global Finance;  February 1, 2008 ;     191 words ......returns at lower prices than the big emerging markets is attracting value-seeking institutional investors to smaller "frontier" markets such as Bangladesh, Pakistan, Angola...institutional investors in 107 countries. "Emerging markets and the frontier world will continue...liquidity. ...

Emerging Markets Grow Up.

Kiplinger's Value Added Web Column;  September 5, 2006 ;     700+ words ......Kiplinger Washington Editors When emerging markets plunged 26% from mid May to early...strategists were quick to pen obituaries. Emerging markets were simply too risky, they wrote...notices turned out to be dead wrong. Emerging markets have already bounced back. The MSCI...

Global Investor: Waiting for That Big 'Pop'; Is the emerging-markets boom...

Newsweek International;  January 9, 2006 ;     700+ words ......Sharma (Sharma is co-head of global emerging markets at Morgan Stanley Investment Management...euphoria and acrophobia. And most emerging markets are currently torn between the two...rally is peaking. Valuations in most emerging markets are at the higher end of their recent...

No need to panic over emerging-markets downtrend; On the contrary, now...

Investment News;  August 25, 2008 ;     616 words ......Hoffman After years of strong performance, emerging-markets stocks are trending down, but some industry...Instead, investors should be looking to add emerging-markets exposure. Emerging markets have pulled back,'' said James Paulsen...

Finding fringe benefits: Emerging markets are poised to benefit from...

On Wall Street;  December 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ......investors looking to diversify into the emerging markets. Most investment professionals recommend...and then 10-20% of that into the emerging markets. It does, however require a great...the domestic economy rebounds, many emerging markets will reap fringe benefits. The challenge...

Emerging Markets Produce Real Profits: After almost disappearing, emerging...

On Wall Street;  May 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ......performance. Whatever the reasons, emerging markets - and the mutual funds that invest...year-end 2000, Lipper data show that 211 emerging markets funds reported a cumulative loss of...just 182 survivors remained in the emerging markets category. But the funds that made...

EMERGING MARKETS.

Investment News;  January 17, 2000 ;     313 words ...EMERGING MARKETS 1-year 3-year 5-year Volatility % change % change...Russia 162.54 -10.80 N/A 17.64 Lexington Worldwide Emerging Markets 93.13 7.52 6.06 11.30 American Century Emerging Markets Inv 88.12 N/A N/A 8.39 Legg Mason Emerging Markets...

For Emerging Markets, 2006 Is Not 1998: CS/Tremont

Daily News;  January 10, 2007 ;     686 words ......If you're wringing your hands over emerging markets returns this year, worried that it...kindly recommends that you relax. Emerging markets actually look OK, and even the trouble...pullbacks of the late '90s. In fact emerging markets, at least as represented by the funds...