“Emerging markets offer investors plenty of sound opportunities but the sector’s guru, Mark Mobius, says if he had to pick a favorite, it would be Russia.
Russian markets are cheaper than other emerging markets that have seen strong rallies recently and are due to grow and reward investors who get in on time, says Mobius, executive chairman of Templeton Emerging Markets Group.
“Russia has been beaten down, has not really performed that well, the valuations are very good. The political picture is getting better. So I might pick Russia,” he tells CNBC.
“And then China after that because the Chinese are now talking about boosting the Asia market to get money into the hands of the small investors in China. So that will feed back into the Hong Kong,” and other markets.
Southeast Asia markets look healthy although strong performances in markets like Indonesia and Thailand may be tough to repeat.
“We can expect more but not the kind of spectacular growth that you would expect in those countries where the market has been beaten down,” Mobius says…”
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