Money For The Rest Of Us

What are the risks and opportunities of investing in frontier equity markets?Topics covered include:What are the criteria used to determine whether a country's stock market is considered a frontier, emerging, or developed marketWhy some countries aren't included in any MSCI stock indexHow large are frontier markets in terms of population, economic output, and equity marketsHow frontier market's favorable demographic profile make them attractive, but might not lead to higher investment returnsWhat are the risks of investing in frontier marketsHow expensive or cheap are frontier marketsWhat have been frontier market's historical returns, volatility, and maximum drawdownsWhat are ways to invest in frontier marketsThanks to Mint Mobile and LinkedIn for sponsoring the episode.For more information on this episode click here.Show NotesMSCI Market ClassificationMSCI 2020 Market Classification ReviewKuwait’s Move from Frontier to Emerging Market—MSCIFrontier markets Longer Term Investments (LTI) by Corinne de Bou