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Capitalizing on Emerging Markets

Posted October 16, 2008 by Bernz

What are emerging markets?

Emerging markets are those countries experiencing rapid economic, political, and social transformation prompted by social and financial policy reforms. Emerging markets are often transitioning from government-sponsored closed markets to open market economies in which companies are privately or publicly owned and traded on market exchanges.

Emerging markets are growing at a faster pace than developed markets. According to The World Bank, emerging countries will continue to grow much more rapidly than the developed world. As emerging markets strengthen, the availability of mutual funds and exchange traded funds that track these markets increases.

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