World Emerging Stock Markets

Keith K. H. Park

Of all the astonishing transformations on the global stage to which the last decade has borne witness, perhaps none is so emblematic, or epochal, as the emergence of markets once considered too limited or obscure to merit the attention of serious investors. The World's Emerging Stock Markets, the most current and comprehensive work available on this phenomenon, is an essential addition to every investor's library. In Korea, Thailand, Mexico, Chile and a host of other nations, stock markets previously shunned as illiquid, or simply too exotic, are evolving at a terrific rate, and drawing in ever more participants. Consider these facts:. The emerging markets' share of world market capitalization will grow from approximately 7 percent to 15-20 percent - a pace more than twice that of the industrialized nations. Foreign portfolio investment in emerging markets grew from less than $500...

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