PODCAST: The Question Is…Why Should Investors Bother with Emerging Markets? (Lazard AM)

For the last decade, emerging markets equities have offered investors high volatility and low returns. However, Rohit Chopra, a Portfolio Manager/Analyst on the Emerging Markets Equity team believes that emerging markets equities are still one of the most exciting places to invest on the planet. Emerging economies have favorable demographics compared to the fast-aging developed markets, emerging markets companies are in some cases leapfrogging Western technology with their own innovations, and emerging markets stocks are available at a huge discount. READ MORE

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