Daily Archives: September 21, 2013

Book Bits | 9.21.13

Investing in Frontier Markets: Opportunity, Risk and Role in an Investment Portfolio
By Gavin Graham and Al Emid
Summary via publisher, Wiley
This book makes a compelling case that, just as today’s well-rounded portfolio includes emerging market funds, tomorrow’s well-rounded portfolio will include frontier market funds. More importantly, it alerts you to the vast opportunities and potential pitfalls of investing in frontier markets while providing expert advice and guidance on how to research and invest in the most promising frontier growth markets. Widely considered to be the next emerging markets, frontier markets, such as those of certain sub-Saharan African, Eastern European, Asian, and Central and South American countries, are showing strong signs of reaching economic critical mass.

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