An Emerging Investing Opportunity

Billions of dollars are flowing into this area of the market! [Shield] AN OXFORD CLUB PUBLICATION [Wealthy Retirement]( [View in browser]( SPONSORED [Biden to Replace U.S. Dollar?]( [Biden with dollar signs for eyes]( Thanks to Biden's Executive Order 14067, every dollar you own could be in serious jeopardy. They could be made worthless, or even confiscated - practically overnight. [Read More ]( [MARKET TRENDS]( [An Emerging Investing Opportunity]( [Marc Lichtenfeld, Chief Income Strategist, The Oxford Club]( [Marc Lichtenfeld]( In the January issue of my newsletter, The Oxford Income Letter, I made 10 predictions for 2024. The first one was that China will suffer a financial crisis, and that was related to another forecast that emerging markets will have a strong year. China's financial situation isn't a full-blown crisis yet, but it's starting to unravel. Chinese real estate developer Country Garden Holdings (OTC: CTRYF), the 206th-largest company in the world, narrowly avoided defaulting on its debt in December when it worked out a deal with creditors. But $15 billion of its $36 billion in debt matures in June. The company does not have the cash to pay it back, and I don't expect it will be able to get a loan. This will be a big default when it happens. On top of that, developer China Evergrande Group, which has $300 billion in debt, was ordered into liquidation by a judge. And banking giant Zhongzhi is bankrupt and in the process of liquidating. Combine a tenuous financial situation with worries that China will attack Taiwan, and it's understandable that investors are fleeing China. Last year, funds focused on China saw an $802 million outflow after attracting $7.5 billion the year before. Instead of piling into Chinese stocks, investors looking for growth outside of the U.S. are now buying emerging market funds. In 2023, emerging market funds that exclude China attracted $5.3 billion in new money, triple the amount from the year before. And there are massive infrastructure projects getting underway in emerging markets all around the globe: - Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners is launching a $3 billion fund to build energy storage and production projects in Vietnam, the Philippines and other emerging market countries. - Africa50, which has already funded projects worth $5 billion in Africa, is raising another $500 million to invest in the continent. - Over the past decade, assets under management in infrastructure funds have grown 400% to $1.3 trillion. These infrastructure projects will pay off as emerging market economies are stimulated and begin to benefit from advancements like more stable power and modernized transportation. Many emerging market countries have younger and faster-growing populations than the U.S., Europe and Japan. Those young consumers want to be upwardly mobile, and as their earning power grows, so will their spending. SPONSORED [Americans to Pay BIG-TIME for Biden's Oil Blunder]( It's bad enough he shut down the Keystone XL pipeline. And it certainly doesn't help that he just canceled seven oil and gas leases in Alaska. But [THIS]( may be Biden's most heinous move in his war against oil. Most Americans could soon be left scrambling. [CLICK HERE to see how to prepare.]( Emerging market stocks currently trade at a large discount to other stocks. [Chart: ]( [View larger image]( And on a book value basis, emerging markets are trading at a 60% discount to the S&P 500 and a 36% discount to the world as a whole. Investors interested in broad emerging market exposure should consider the iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF (NYSE: EEM). If you specifically want exposure to emerging markets infrastructure, there's the iShares Emerging Markets Infrastructure ETF (Nasdaq: EMIF). And if you want to buy emerging markets without exposure to China, there's the iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China ETF (Nasdaq: EMXC). Keep in mind, though, that China is the 800-pound gorilla in emerging markets - and especially in Asia. It's hard to completely escape its reach. For instance, the "ex China" ETF's largest holding is Taiwan Semiconductor (NYSE: TSM). A Chinese financial collapse might not be great news for this company, and an invasion of Taiwan most certainly wouldn't. I expect investors in emerging markets to do quite well in 2024 - and likely beyond - as the smaller, developing markets start to catch up to the rest of the world. Good investing, Marc P.S. You've already gotten two of my top 10 predictions for 2024 today... so why not go ahead and get the other eight? They include an interest rate forecast, a projection for oil prices, a stunning prediction about the U.S. presidential election and more. 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