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Frontier Markets
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Frontier Markets
Developing countries or stocks listed in those countries with less infrastructure, capitalization, and/or liquidity than other developing countries. A frontier market is considered a type of emerging market, but is considered less prominent or important than markets like India or Brazil. Examples of frontier markets include Bahrain and Nigeria.

frontier markets
Securities markets in the least developed of the emerging markets. Mexico and Taiwan are generally considered emerging markets while Zimbabwe, Jamaica, and Kenya are considered frontier markets. Political factors are especially important to the trading and valuation of securities traded in frontier markets.


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investments In recent times the frontier markets of Africa and emerging markets in Mena were emerging as a strong asset class.
Emerging stocks fell and debt insurance costs across the Middle East and North Africa -- both categorised as a frontier market -- surged on Friday as jitters over political unrest in Egypt spilled into the broader region.
The MSCI Frontier Markets Index has gained just over 25 percent since mid-2010, but is still around 35 percent below its level at the beginning of 2008.
 
 
 
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