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Facing New Frontiers: These markets have been providing brave investors with impressive returns, but don't forget about the risks.
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On Wall Street
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July 1, 2008
- Author:
- Knepp, Tim
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The myth of the frontier exercises a powerful pull on the American imagination. When things get too settled and predictable, so the thinking goes, hardier souls can strike out for new territory to seek sterner tests and potentially greater rewards.
The problem with the frontier, of course, is that it keeps moving. Yesterday's frontier is today's bedroom community.
In the financial world, emerging markets mature and become increasingly correlated with the developed world. Restless investors are seeking increased diversification via markets that aren't interconnected with the United States. But while frontier markets have produced impressive results lately, they have ...
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