Poor performance of stock markets

In the past year, the fundamentals for key emerging market economies has improved. Most experienced positive economic performance and higher growth rates. The prospect of EU membership has continued to encourage Eastern European economies to strive for better results. However, these positive economic growth developments have not been reflected in the emerging country stock markets. Since the beginning of 2000 most have fallen markedly, with Asian markets being hit the most. One explanation for the poor performance can be put down to government meddling. Another is the psychological worri...