PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Seth J. Masters
TI  - After the Fall
AID  - 10.3905/jpm.1999.319778
DP  - 1999 Oct 31
TA  - The Journal of Portfolio Management
PG  - 18--26
VI  - 26
IP  - 1
4099  - https://pm-research.com/content/26/1/18.short
4100  - https://pm-research.com/content/26/1/18.full
AB  - Given the disappointing performance of emerging stock markets in 1997 and1998, it is understandable that investors are now questioning the role of these markets in long-term asset allocations. With emerging markets investments appearing more unstable today than they did just three years ago, do the benefits still outweigh the risks? The author sees the declines of the past two years as nothing more than an extreme manifestation of the high volatility that makes emerging markets a diversifying addition to a global stock portfolio. The problems behind the recent plunge are reversing, and there are no indications of fundamental changes in these markets that would lessen their long-term potential.