Emerging Markets, Inflation, and ETFs: Q&A With Richard Kang

Richard Kang is the Chief Investment Officer and Director of Research at Emerging Global Advisors, LLC, the only ETF issuer to focus exclusively on products offering exposure to emerging markets. He recently took time out of his busy schedule to talk about emerging market ETFs and inflation with ETF Database. ETF Database (ETFdb): Inflation has become a hot issue in emerging markets and has been cited as a cause for some of the big dips we have seen this year. Is inflation a major concern, a small bump in the road, or somewhere in between? Richard Kang (RK): It is a major concern. Investors have been talking about it for a while, and saying there’s a risk of hyperinflation. Personally, I’m more concerned with the general inflation trend. From the 1970s, where you had very high long term rates, it went to a point where essentially over the last six [...] Click here to read the original article on ETFdb.com. Related Posts: Why ETF Tracking Error Occurs (And How To Avoid It) January ETF Flows: Hot Start To 2011 For ETF Investors, The Details Matter (Part II) December ETF Roundup: $1 Trillion And Counting Free ETF Trading: Comparing All The Options