'Emerging markets have been quite choppy in recent years, but we haven't had a banking crisis [equivalent to Europe] and we have emerged relatively unscathed,' says Chetan Sehgal, lead portfolio manager of Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust (TEM) one of the oldest emerging markets focused trusts.Sehgal still sees lots of opportunities in the developing world despite a difficult year...

A big question facing growth-oriented investors is whether the popular investment style can regain its mojo and get back to winning ways in a world of high interest rates.Despite a strong recent rally which has seen the technology heavy Nasdaq Composite rise 14% over the last six months, growth stocks have struggled relative to value over the last three years.The arrival of Pfizer?s (PFE:NYSE)...

Fund managers see India emerging as a consumer powerhouseObvious manufacturing and supply chain China alternativeValuations are challenging after strong stock market performanceFor a decade or more China has been the world's growth powerhouse, but India is on the rise, and analysts and fund managers aplenty believe it will become the next emerging market superstar.'Broadly, we think India is...