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I have spent my career studying a developmental stage called emerging adulthood. It includes people around ages 18 to 29 who are clearly no longer adolescents, but also lack some of the hallmarks of ...

Emerging-markets investors haven’t been feeling much love lately. As international stocks in general have fallen behind the U.S. market for more than a decade, emerging markets, which are generally ...

In our blog at the beginning of this year, we flagged that emerging markets were navigating high global interest rate volatility. We also noted that while emerging markets have thus far remained ...

Emerging market economies have held up remarkably well in recent years, even after periods of global financial turbulence. While favorable external conditions (in other words, good luck) often helped, ...

SPEM has delivered a 32% gain over the past year, outpacing the S&P 500’s 16% return by a wide margin. This outperformance stems from the fund’s exposure to recovering emerging market economies where ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Emerging markets refer to economies experiencing rapid growth, which often exhibit significant ...

Most investors with some experience will have heard about the opportunities available in emerging markets. But the phrase can be vague and unclear, especially for beginner investors. So, what do we ...