How Consumer Friendly Is Your Emerging Market ETF?

While Americans have turned their focus to savings and repairing damaged balance sheets, many consumers in emerging markets have begun to discover the joy of spending sprees, fueled by rising income levels, increased financial security, and optimism over their economic futures. Exposure to consumer focused companies may be appealing to investors with a long-term time horizon as this sector presents a way to profit from favorable demographic shifts playing out in developing economies across the globe. As the emerging markets of the world urbanize and move away from rural areas, many take on non-agricultural employment for the first time and find themselves with a new luxury: discretionary income. Investors can utilize over 70 Emerging Markets ETFs to favorably position themselves as consumers overseas spur growth [see 101 ETF Lessons Every Financial Advisor Should Learn]. Emerging Consumers Are On The Rise As these new consumers head to the global markets, investors shouldn’t [...] Click here to read the original article on ETFdb.com. Related Posts: Emerging Markets ETFs: Five Factors To Consider Emerging Markets ETF Cheat Sheet: Yields, Returns, Fees & More Not Just EEM & VWO: Emerging Markets ETF Options Emerging Market ETFs: Alternative Weighting Edition Does South Korea Belong In Your Emerging Markets ETF?