![How to Invest in the Emerging Markets Now How to Invest in the Emerging Markets Now](https://eu-images.contentstack.com/v3/assets/bltabaa95ef14172c61/blte2e090558407f760/673480397483222b2f1381a2/singer-promo.jpg?width=1280&auto=webp&quality=95&format=jpg&disable=upscale)
The conventional wisdom is to “go where the growth is.” As a result, many advisors have recommended that investors add to their emerging markets holdings over the past five years. Unfortunately, for many, this strategy hasn’t worked as planned, especially for those invested in passive index funds. Despite gross domestic product (GDP) growth that’s continued to be more than two times that of the developed world, emerging markets equity returns have been disappointing (see “A Slow Recovery,” this page), falling well short of the S&P 500 and not yet returning to the previous highs of 2007. Now, as the United States begins to show signs of recovery, concerns about the emerging markets have increased, as China tightens credit, GDP growth rate...
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