HIGH GROWTH MARKETS TRADE AND INVESTMENT WEEK IN PARIS AND IN BORDEAUX

QUOTE OF THE MONTH"

"A successful economy depends on the proliferation of the rich, on creating a large class of risk-taking men who are willing to shun the easy channels of a comfortable life in order to create new enterprise, win huge profits, and invest them again" said  George Gilder

BREAKING NEWS

'Sell' emerging markets currencies on rally: strategist

The Cyprus bailout has sparked a relief rally, with risk assets doing well, but one strategist sees this as an opportunity to sell

Egypt credit rating downgraded again

Egypt's credit rating was downgraded by Moody's to Caa1 from B3, just over a month after a previous cut in the rating

China to make 'significant' yuan flexibility moves

China will make 'significant' moves towards making its currency, the renminbi, fully convertible in the next 3 years, a central bank official told LatinFinance

Danger of 'sharp selloff' in emerging market currencies

When the Federal Reserve stops buying bonds and the dollar starts to rally, emerging market currencies are likely to sell off sharply, a strategist warns

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In the past few years, investment funds in emerging markets have outperformed those in the developed world by a huge margin. 

Their stock markets have increased in value and a key measure of value for investors known as the price-earnings ratio has become huge. However there are concerns that these markets' runaway rise may be slowed by their own governments and that inexperienced investors may be carried away with enthusiasm and decide to put their money in these risky markets just when they may be at a peak. Some investors have a lot of money sitting in these funds and these markets have risen too fast to be comfortable with the volatility compared to developed economies. Undoubtedly, there will be a correction, but we don't know when this will happen or how deep it will be. You could easily be down 50% within a year. 

The easy way to get around this is to invest monthly and to consider investment funds in emerging markets as a long-term savings product and held for at least 3 to 5 years, preferably longer. 

In fact, the longer the time scale, the greater the potential to make money grow.

The factors of least concern are deflation and portfolio liquidity.

Institutional investors based in emerging markets are just as attracted to investing in these growing parts of the world as are investors from the developed world.

Sovereign Wealth Funds have emerged as an increasingly important source of cross-border capital flows and investment, not only for infrastructure projects and public works, but also for productive sectors. In the future, SWFs will have an even greater impact on the global economy, particularly as financing sources for national deficits and emerging market countries.