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Thursday, February 13, 2014

Domestic Demand Props Up Emerging Markets

An interesting article by Keith Bradsher of NYTIMES:
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/13/business/emerging-markets-in-asia-in-a-delicate-limbo.html


Related Emerging Market News:


Pros Panic, Retail Investors Stay Cool on Emerging Markets

So maybe a less patronizing view of the average little-guy investor is in order. Thanks to the expensive, unwelcome education provided by the financial horrors of the last dozen years, the American public may just be savvier on money matters than they've ever been.
Or maybe they’re not, says Efficient Frontier's William Bernstein, when asked about the retail investor data. “I don't think that institutional investors are any smarter than retail ones,” he says. “Both are, in general, pretty dumb.” That's one way to put it. Another, less insulting way to put it: Investing is really difficult for almost everyone.”