| Did you know that the Russian stock
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| | major stock markets spell long-term bad
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| market grew by a staggering 89.56% over
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| | news for emerging market stocks. This may
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| the last year? Or that the Egyptian stock
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| | have been true in the past, but is much
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| market grew by a no less impressive
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| | less relevant nowadays. Many of the
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| 57.98% a year over the last five years?
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| | hotter markets, which suffered bad falls
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| Performance records in the emerging
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| | last May, have already bounced back.
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| markets of Eastern Europe, Asia, the
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| | Anyway, it is a great mistake to lump all
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| Middle East and South America have been
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| | emerging markets together. Each one needs
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| nothing short of spectacular.
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| | to be considered on its strengths and
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| Furthermore, an impressive number of
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| | weaknesses, just as individual stocks do.
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| companies in these emerging markets are
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| | There is huge difference between, say,
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| rapidly turning themselves from regional
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| | Thailand and Brazil in the same way that
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| success stories into huge multi-national
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| | there is a huge difference between, say,
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| conglomerates. As the UK's Investors
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| | Delta and Ryanair.How can you buy a
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| Chronicle recently reported: 'If you are
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| | little piece of the emerging market
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| looking for decent, relatively cheap,
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| | action? If you are willing to do the
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| relatively safe stocks you no longer have
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| | research you could invest directly. A
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| to limit your choice...the world is quite
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| | good source of information is Boston
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| literally your oyster.'Does it make
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| | Consulting's RDE 100 list. The initials
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| sense, however, for a small, cautious,
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| | 'RDE' stand for 'Rapidly Developing
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| private investor to put his or her hard
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| | Economies' and the list comprises 100
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| earned cash into this sector? For those
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| | firms from developing economies that are
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| who have already built up assets closer
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| | leading the pack when it comes to
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| to home the answer could well be 'yes'.
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| | globalising their businesses. The list is
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| We live in a global economy, stock
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| | to be found at Some are already global
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| markets historically outperform all other
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| | players including heavyweight names such
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| forms of investment and one of the golden
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| | as Mexico's CEMEX (one of the world's
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| rules of making money is diversification.
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| | largest cement makers); Hong Kong's
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| So, now could well be a very good time to
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| | Johnson Motors (which has 40% of the
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| start dipping your toe in rather more
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| | global market for small electric motors);
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| exotic foreign waters.Why do emerging
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| | and Brazil's Embraco (which as 25% of the
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| markets offer such good potential? I have
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| | global market for compressors). Others
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| already mentioned globalisation and its
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| | already enjoy national or regional
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| effect should not be underestimated. The
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| | dominance and are now poised for global
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| developed world depends for its own
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| | growth. They include India's Tata Motors;
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| expansion on products and services
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| | Turkey's consumer goods firm, Vestel; and
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| purchased from the emerging economies.
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| | Egypt's Orascom Telecom. Sixty of the
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| Growing political stability, developing
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| | firms on the list are, by the way,
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| equity markets and rapidly rising
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| | publicly quoted. If you would prefer less
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| commodity prices all add to the
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| | direct involvement there are plenty of
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| attraction. It should also be noted that
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| | managed funds to pick from. The top
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| many companies are now listed not only on
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| | performer for the last five years has
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| their local exchanges but also in London
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| | been Credit Suisse European Frontiers,
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| and New York.What are the pitfalls? It is
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| | which is currently showing a 292% gain.
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| generally said that dips in the world's
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