By StreetAuthority:
By Tim Begany
Many investors have rejected emerging markets, and I can't say I blame them. As a group, emerging markets really went sour in 2011, dropping nearly 19% and trailing the S&P 500's 2% gain by about 21%. Still, I urge those who feel these markets are nothing but bad news to reconsider. After returning 76% in 2009 and 19% in 2010, they were due for a pullback. But now, emerging markets have resumed their upward march, rising more than 14% so far this year, compared with about a 6% gain for the S&P 500.
Now seems an especially good time for investors to jump into emerging markets, because their future once again looks bright. Assuming Europe's debt crisis continues to remain largely at bay, and I believe it will, some economists see emerging markets rising anywhere from 15% to 30% in 2012. Falling interest rates and cheap stock
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