Emerging markets - EM investment will help stem developed loss

The shortcoming of the term 'emerging markets' (EM) is that it suggests risky and impoverished countries that are a long-term selective play on 'possible' economic development. But in recent years, the rapid economic emergence of most developing economies is significantly impacting the developed world. Historically, unconvinced investors would increase exposure to these so-called high-risk, high-beta markets when global markets generally were accommodating higher levels of risk. While this trade-off between risk and 'greed' is still prevalent, a new trend has started in very recent years ...