Can anyone explain what is meant by global emerging market funds ??

Question

and how it is beneficial when it comes to investing ..thanks

Answer 1

Emerging Markets are smaller countries that have a better prospects of growth.  With that growth also comes risk.

A Global Emerging market fund could put you into anything from a Chinese or Russian Energy company to an African diamond mine.

There are some funds which are more specific (like a BRIC fund, meaning Brazil Russia India China) or regional funds like a Southeast Asia fund.

Simply put, Emerging Market funds are riskier funds that are investing in markets and securities that are up and coming.

Good Luck.

P.S.  You can always check the prospectus or the holdings of a fund to see exactly what stocks or other securities that the fund holds.  This will give you a better idea of what you are investing in.

Answer 2

Forget bric try mena middle east etf. These countries are doing well and the etf are new. I purchased PMNA. do your research on these etf

Answer 3

The EEM is an etf that trades these.

GLOBAL means that the countries are all over the world.

Brazil, China, S Korea, Indonesia, Mexico, Russia, India, and many others.

The world is in a slow down now, so it might be too late or too early to invest in these. But when the world's economy improves, these stock markets tend to outperform because their growth is so strong.