The Healthiest Emerging Markets in 2015

With economic growth slowing in China, India is emerging as the fastest-growing member of the BRICs (Brazil-Russia-India-China). The International Money Fund predicts global growth will reach 3.5 percent this year; however, besides India, BRIC economies are taking their financial turmoil from 2014 and bringing it into 2015.

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Google Plans To Sell More Android Phones In Emerging Markets

Google is testing a way to make its super-cheap Android One smartphones more useful and accessible to people in emerging markets.  The company wants to partner with developers to make apps cheaper or free to use, a practice called "zero-rating," The Information's Amir Efrati reports, based on discussion with people with knowledge of Google's plan.
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The 2015 Bargain: Emerging Market Stocks

Emerging markets are notorious for being a roller coaster ride of ups and downs. So far this year, the signs are pointing to an upswing.  They could very well beat the U.S. this year. Falling oil prices and the strong U.S. dollar were problems for emerging markets in the past. They're overall positives now, experts say.Despite a recent surge, emerging markets still offer a good bang for your buck. The S&P 500 is trading at about 17 times expected earnings. Compare that to the MSCI Emerging Markets Index, which is only trading at 13 times earnings. A popular fund, the iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF, is up 6% in the past month alone.

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Time to Buy Energy and Emerging Markets

Both energy and emerging markets stocks have fallen in the past six months, a period which saw modest gains for the broader U.S. stock market.  But a reading of the financial press in recent days tells us what some of the smart-money crowd is thinking about these sectors.  I’ll start with energy, a sector hit hard by falling oil prices. The New York Times reports that Blackstone, one of the world’s largest private equity firms, has finished raising $4.5 billion for a new fund “ dedicated to investments in the energy sector, as the private equity giant seeks to profit on the rout in oil prices, a person with knowledge of the matter said.”

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