In our mind (True Blue Wealth investment opinion), emerging markets have been and continue to be excellent investment locations. 'What Investment' gives a good summay of 10 key reasons to invest in emerging markets. http://www.whatinvestment.co.uk/making-money/alternative-investments/guides/1057232/top-10-reasons-to-invest-in-emerging-market-equities.thtml

The benefits include demographics, growth, stronger investment returns, less debt and the dynamic nature of the economies.

While China, Brazil, India and Russia get the highest focus because of their size and international presence, the emerging Eastern and Northern European countries are sometimes overlooked and therefore these gems, such as Finland, Estonia, Romania offer even higher returns to the savvy investor.

Emerging markets including the Central and Eastern Europe region are now no longer seen as ’risky’ investment areas, but are thoroughly in the mainstream:

Claire Simmonds, Client Portfolio Manager of JPMorgan Emerging Markets said, “Despite the long-held perception that Emerging Markets are riskier than Developed Markets, Emerging Markets have substantially outperformed Developed Markets this year. We believe the relative performance of Emerging Markets equities year to date reflects the improved macro fundamentals and competitive corporate profitability of the asset class.”

In various articles and press, when looking at the best 10 areas to invest in from a macro viewpoint, the same message is seen again and again and the following five asset classes continually come up:

1. Emerging markets
2. Renewable Energy
3. Sustainable Development (including scarce resources/commodities)
4. Agriculture
5. Aging demographics

Clearly, the top experts are solidly behind these investment areas and True Blue concurs completely. In addition, we encourage investment in the Europe North region.

So, for the best investment, at least that recommended by a vast number of experts, becoming involved in emerging and Northern economies in an area such as renewable energy or agriculture seems to be a superb direction to take for the coming years.

The above quotes are all available and taken from the public domain and can be verified on the internet.

Hadley Barrett. Ask an Expert here