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The Future of Emerging Markets and a Rising Digital Revolution
With the internet becoming increasingly affordable and accessible, billions of people in the developing world are now leapfrogging traditional consumption patterns and starting to consume online for the first time. The result of this rising middle-class consumer wave has transformed economies and produced new internet giants equal to or even larger than their US counterparts. Kevin Carter will delve into the greater influence of this new consumer wave and the fundamental changes taking place in developing economies, their preference for online shopping via the smartphone, and ways for investors to gain targeted exposure to the rapidly expanding sector.
Here's some of what is covered:
- What Mckinsey & Co. calls,
Kevin T. Carter is the founder & chief investment officer of EMQQ Global, including EMQQ, FMQQ, and INQQ. While he principally considers himself an active “value” investor, he has collaborated with Princeton economist and indexing legend Dr. Burton G. Malkiel for more than 20 years. Together, Dr. Malkiel and Mr. Carter founded eInvesting in 1999, a pioneer firm in fractional share brokerage acquired by ETRADE in 2000, and Active Index Advisors, a pioneer in “direct indexing” acquired by Natixis Asset Management in 2005. In 2006, their efforts turned to China and Emerging Markets, and they launched several China-focused ETFs on the NYSE with Guggenheim Partners.