Among the frontier markets, investors have often overlooked the Philippines. With a population of about 91 million and a stable manufacturing and service-based economy, the country offers several good investment options. Goldman Sachs included Philippines in its “Next Eleven” list of countries. This year the economy is projected to grow 3.6%. Some of the reasons …
While many of the investors are focused on the emerging markets, some brave and sophisticated investors are looking beyond the horizon and venturing into the frontier markets. Some examples of the frontier markets are Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Morocco, Algeria, Lebanon, Colombia, Vietnam, etc. The prevailing low interest rates in many countries around the world and …
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Komodo dragons are the world’s heaviest living lizards.They can grow to an average length of 10 feet and weigh about 200 lbs. Komodos are found primarily in the Lesser Sunda Islands of Rinca, Komodo, Flores and the smaller islands of Gili, Montang and Padar in Indonesia. The country of Indonesia has a population of about …
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Frontier markets are the so-called next emerging markets. While investing in emerging market economies like Brazil, Russia, China, India takes a strong stomach, investing in frontier markets require nerves of steel. Frontier markets are those lie outside of the realm of emerging market investors and they can be considered the “Wild West” of the investment …
Earlier this year I wrote an article on Frontier Markets titled Explore some Frontier Markets !!!!!. In the ETF world, a few ETFs were launched this year specifically for frontier markets.In this post lets look at four of them. Photo: Beach at Agadir, Morocco 1. PowerShares MENA Frontier Countries (PMNA) Launched on July 9th of …