Join the NASDAQ Community today and get free, instant access to portfolios, stock ratings, real-time alerts, and more! From an investment perspective, the stock markets of these countries are more volatile than the mature markets of developed countries but offer higher returns. Thereby, making them more attractive as well as riskier.

Morgan Stanley Capital Investment MSCI classifies countries as developed, emerging or frontier markets based on certain criteria.

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The country weights in the MSCI Emerging Markets EM Latin America Index are: The table below compares the returns of the cumulative MSCI Emerging Markets Index, MSCI EM Asia Index, MSCI EM Latin America Index and MSCI World Index.

Chile has been one of the fastest-growing economies of Latin America over the past decade. In recent years, Chile experienced contraction in its growth twice, in 0.

The economic expansion post has been steady and the economy has grown at an average 5. Investors can bet on Chile given its strong and transparent financial system, strong base of natural resources and inevitable recovery in commodity prices going forward. Santiago Stock Exchange IPSA Index posted impressive returns of The returns for , , and were recorded at The stock markets are currently down by a 1.

A , and Endesa-Empresa Nacional de Electricidad EOC are a few of them. Brazil came to prominence with its inclusion in BRICS, one of the most well-known acronyms representing the top emerging economies.

Brazil has been one of the fastest growing economies until a couple of years back. The economy grew at 7. However, it was jolted in , which led to its GDP growing by just 0.

The Brazilian stock markets are the home to some of the best companies in the world and the current situation is a good chance to pick some of the fundamentally sound stocks that are currently depressed. Some of the ADRs trading in the U. VALE , Telefonica Brasil VIV , Ultrapar Participacoes UGP and TIM Participacoes TSU , among few other companies.

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The Brazilian stock markets have been in red on annual returns for the last four years since The markets are down by 2. Peter Claver in Cartagena. The country has grown at an average annual rate of 4.

Colombia grew at 4. The growth is expected to slow down a bit in the current year, stretching to next year but should remain ahead of its peers in the region. The two main exchange traded funds focused on Colombia are Global X MSCI Colombia ETF GXG and iShares MSCI Colombia Capped ETF ICOL.

Some of the Colombian companies that trade as ADRs on American exchanges are BanColombia S. CIB , Ecopetrol S. EC , Avianca Holdings S. AVH , Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores S. The Colombian stock exchange is current down by Like most other countries, has been a slowdown year with its GDP dropping to 2. The challenge for Peru lies in achieving a stronger and sustainable economic growth. The equity markets in Peru have been weak lately with a fall of The markets registered smart returns of Launched in , the iShares MSCI All Peru Capped ETF EPU provides access to the Peruvian stocks with its portfolio of around 25 holdings.

Investors can also subscribe to the Peruvian ADRs listed in the U. CPAC , Buenaventura Mining Company Inc. BVN and Grana y Montero S.

The Mexican economy recovered well after a dip in , averaging at 4. However, the economy has slowed since majorly because of the declining oil production and sharp fall in oil prices. The government has placed policies to reduce the public sector expenditures over a two-year period to counter the effect of low oil prices. According to the World Bank: The returns for the Mexican stock exchange for the years , , , and have been The Mexican stock markets are currently up 2.

There are many ETFs targeting the Mexican markets, the top ones being iShares MSCI Mexico Capped ETF EWW , Deutsche X-trackers MSCI Mexico Hedged Equity Fund DBMX , ProShares Ultra MSCI Mexico Investable Market UMX , iShares Currency Hedged MSCI Mexico ETF HEWW , SPDR MSCI Mexico Quality Mix ETF QMEX and ProShares UltraShort MSCI Mexico Capped IMI SMK. Some of the Mexican stocks trading in the U. AMOV , Cemex S.

CX , Fomento Economico Mexicano S. FMX and Grupo Aeroportuario del Centro Norte S. GDP growth figures based on World Bank data. MSCI World Index which covers 23 developed markets from America, Europe and Middles East as well as Pacific region.

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