{"id":7081,"date":"2021-04-29T00:37:18","date_gmt":"2021-04-29T00:37:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jessiezhourealestate.com\/?p=7081"},"modified":"2021-04-29T01:24:43","modified_gmt":"2021-04-29T01:24:43","slug":"investment-top-10-trends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jessiezhourealestate.com\/index.php\/2021\/04\/29\/investment-top-10-trends\/","title":{"rendered":"Investment: Top 10 Trends of 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"7081\" class=\"elementor elementor-7081\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-06b2183 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"06b2183\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-62a05b6\" data-id=\"62a05b6\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-88508dd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"88508dd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"header-content\">Top trends focus on how fallout from the pandemic could radically reshape the roster of winners and losers in global markets.<\/h4><p><span class=\"author-name\">Ruchir Sharma<\/span><span class=\"author-title\">Head of Emerging Markets and Chief Global Strategist, Morgan Stanley Investment Management<\/span><\/p><article class=\"no-margin module\"><div class=\"bodytext section\"><div><p>The\u00a0COVID-19\u00a0pandemic has accelerated key global trends, most notably the adoption of digital technologies and the expanding role of government in the economy. Our top trends for 2021 look at how these themes are likely to evolve, reshaping prospects for inflation, easy money, the dollar and emerging markets, and recasting the profile of global market winners and losers.\u00a0<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/article>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4af35f6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4af35f6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"276\" src=\"https:\/\/jessiezhourealestate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/economics-clipart-supply-demand-1-300x276.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-7083\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jessiezhourealestate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/economics-clipart-supply-demand-1-300x276.png 300w, https:\/\/jessiezhourealestate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/economics-clipart-supply-demand-1-24x22.png 24w, https:\/\/jessiezhourealestate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/economics-clipart-supply-demand-1-36x33.png 36w, https:\/\/jessiezhourealestate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/economics-clipart-supply-demand-1-48x44.png 48w, https:\/\/jessiezhourealestate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/economics-clipart-supply-demand-1.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2c0c938 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2c0c938\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d3d70ee\" data-id=\"d3d70ee\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-87ad0b1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"87ad0b1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"subhead section\">1. Soggy Markets and a Surging Economy<\/h3><div class=\"bodytext section\"><div><p>Surveys show investors expect another strong year for financial markets, this time amid a recovering economy. We think they\u2019re half right. The economic recovery is likely to continue, but markets could easily start moving sideways, for three basic reasons. Massive stimulus is still lifting economies but threatens to revive inflation and raise bond yields, with worse consequences for stocks than most investors realize. The 2020 surge in savings, much of which went into the stock markets, is also unlikely to continue, particularly as the pandemic winds down and consumers start spending again. Moreover, investors came early on to view the pandemic as a passing natural disaster, and its end is already priced in to record high valuations.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7bbc621 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7bbc621\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"458\" src=\"https:\/\/jessiezhourealestate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/money-stress-768x458.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-7084\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jessiezhourealestate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/money-stress-768x458.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/jessiezhourealestate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/money-stress-300x179.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/jessiezhourealestate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/money-stress-24x14.jpeg 24w, https:\/\/jessiezhourealestate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/money-stress-36x21.jpeg 36w, https:\/\/jessiezhourealestate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/money-stress-48x29.jpeg 48w, https:\/\/jessiezhourealestate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/money-stress.jpeg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ef30c40 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ef30c40\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9f6e31e\" data-id=\"9f6e31e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-91b5c58 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"91b5c58\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"subhead section\">2. Bottoming Inflation<\/h3><div class=\"bodytext section\"><div><p>When the coronavirus hit, policymakers felt confident that printing and borrowing more money at a record pace wouldn\u2019t stoke consumer price inflation, which had been quiet for nearly four decades. But four factors are threatening to revive inflation:<\/p><ul><li>Depopulation: Growth in the global working-age population is falling, and a declining labor supply tends to increase wages.<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/www.morganstanley.com\/ideas\/investment-trends-2021-top-10#F1\">1<\/a><\/sup><\/li><li>Deglobalization: Slumping global trade growth since the 2008 financial crisis continues to reduce competition.<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/www.morganstanley.com\/ideas\/investment-trends-2021-top-10#F2\">2<\/a><\/sup><\/li><li>Declining productivity: The global decline, driven in part by governments bailing out unproductive companies, raises businesses&#8217; cost and pushes up consumer prices.<\/li><li>Debt: Rising government debt, including trillions to pay for pandemic stimulus packages, could be the jolt that reawakens inflation.<\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0924248 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"0924248\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"620\" height=\"349\" src=\"https:\/\/jessiezhourealestate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/the-marriner-s-eccles-federal-reserve-building-stands-in-washington-d-c-photographer-andrew-harrer-bloomberg.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-7093\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jessiezhourealestate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/the-marriner-s-eccles-federal-reserve-building-stands-in-washington-d-c-photographer-andrew-harrer-bloomberg.jpg 620w, https:\/\/jessiezhourealestate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/the-marriner-s-eccles-federal-reserve-building-stands-in-washington-d-c-photographer-andrew-harrer-bloomberg-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/jessiezhourealestate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/the-marriner-s-eccles-federal-reserve-building-stands-in-washington-d-c-photographer-andrew-harrer-bloomberg-24x14.jpg 24w, https:\/\/jessiezhourealestate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/the-marriner-s-eccles-federal-reserve-building-stands-in-washington-d-c-photographer-andrew-harrer-bloomberg-36x20.jpg 36w, https:\/\/jessiezhourealestate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/the-marriner-s-eccles-federal-reserve-building-stands-in-washington-d-c-photographer-andrew-harrer-bloomberg-48x27.jpg 48w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8945e37 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8945e37\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c4f851b\" data-id=\"c4f851b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3bd2703 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3bd2703\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3e01c19\" data-id=\"3e01c19\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c7146b8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c7146b8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"subhead section\">3. Housing in Demand<\/h3><div class=\"bodytext section\"><div><p>With inflation looming, investors are turning to traditional hedges against it, including\u00a0housing. In 2020, home prices rose in virtually every developed country, and there are reasons to believe the boom can last.<\/p><p>Ninety percent of the world\u2019s central banks have dropped short-term rates to record lows, which has in turn pushed 30-year mortgage rates to record lows\u2014under 3% in the U.S. and even less in Europe.<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>On the supply side, the stock of existing single-family homes available for sale is at an all-time low, relative to the adult population. After the pandemic dies down, lingering housing demand pressure from young families fed up with cramped spaces may continue to drive up home prices.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7476a53 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7476a53\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/jessiezhourealestate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/housing-going-up-768x392.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-7094\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jessiezhourealestate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/housing-going-up-768x392.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/jessiezhourealestate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/housing-going-up-300x153.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/jessiezhourealestate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/housing-going-up-24x12.jpeg 24w, https:\/\/jessiezhourealestate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/housing-going-up-36x18.jpeg 36w, https:\/\/jessiezhourealestate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/housing-going-up-48x25.jpeg 48w, https:\/\/jessiezhourealestate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/housing-going-up.jpeg 950w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-05c409b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"05c409b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-492a54f\" data-id=\"492a54f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e0bb3f5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e0bb3f5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"subhead section\">4. Easy Money Drying Up<\/h3><div class=\"bodytext section\"><div><p>The potential return of consumer price inflation could compel central banks to tighten again, which we expect to come first in the form of reduced bond buying (not higher rates). To give a sense of the scale: The $8 trillion in assets that central banks purchased last year was 40 times what they bought in 2019.<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/www.morganstanley.com\/ideas\/investment-trends-2021-top-10#F5\">5<\/a><\/sup>\u00a0Even a partial return to normal could have a sobering effect on markets.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-776315a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"776315a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"760\" height=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/jessiezhourealestate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/monetary-policy_central-banks_supporting_100-dollar-bill_760x380.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-7095\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jessiezhourealestate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/monetary-policy_central-banks_supporting_100-dollar-bill_760x380.jpeg 760w, https:\/\/jessiezhourealestate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/monetary-policy_central-banks_supporting_100-dollar-bill_760x380-300x150.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/jessiezhourealestate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/monetary-policy_central-banks_supporting_100-dollar-bill_760x380-24x12.jpeg 24w, https:\/\/jessiezhourealestate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/monetary-policy_central-banks_supporting_100-dollar-bill_760x380-36x18.jpeg 36w, https:\/\/jessiezhourealestate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/monetary-policy_central-banks_supporting_100-dollar-bill_760x380-48x24.jpeg 48w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 760px) 100vw, 760px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-05a401e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"05a401e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"subhead section\">5. A Post-Dollar World<\/h3><div class=\"bodytext section\"><div><p>As the U.S. rolled out trillions of dollars in new stimulus spending in 2020, its debts to the rest of the world spiked to well above 50% of GDP\u2014a level that has often triggered financial crises. Today, the dollar is the undisputed reserve currency, but the empires that held this coveted status in the past faltered when the rest of the world lost confidence that they could pay their bills.\u00a0<\/p><p>Up to now, U.S. policymakers saw no serious rivals to the dollar. But the big surprise of 2020 was the emergence of Bitcoin as both a store of value (a digital option to gold) and a medium of exchange (a digital option to the dollar). Skeptics still abound, but millennials are nearly 10 times more likely to own cryptocurrency than boomers, and it is the younger generations who will\u2014one day\u2014decide which currency supplants the dollar.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2dbd94f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2dbd94f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\/\/jessiezhourealestate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/bitcoin-replaces-dollars-768x432.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-7096\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jessiezhourealestate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/bitcoin-replaces-dollars-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/jessiezhourealestate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/bitcoin-replaces-dollars-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/jessiezhourealestate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/bitcoin-replaces-dollars-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/jessiezhourealestate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/bitcoin-replaces-dollars-24x14.jpeg 24w, https:\/\/jessiezhourealestate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/bitcoin-replaces-dollars-36x20.jpeg 36w, https:\/\/jessiezhourealestate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/bitcoin-replaces-dollars-48x27.jpeg 48w, https:\/\/jessiezhourealestate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/bitcoin-replaces-dollars.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-de0203c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"de0203c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"subhead section\">6. A Commodities Revival<\/h3><div class=\"bodytext section\"><div><p>Commodity prices have declined steadily in real terms since records begin in the 1850s, but that long decline is punctuated by boom decades. We may be entering one now.\u00a0<\/p><p>For one, the dollar has already started weakening, and going back at least to 1980, a declining dollar tends to boost prices for global commodities, from copper to wheat. Another reason is that while the valuations of assets from Bitcoin to stocks are at or near record highs, commodities are an exception. After a down decade, they look hugely attractive. Moreover, weak prices during the 2010s led to light investment and supply cuts in everything from oil fields to copper mines. Couple tight supply with rising demand in a post-pandemic recovery, and you have the recipe for a revival in commodity prices.\u00a0<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9bd709b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9bd709b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"subhead section\">7. An Emerging Market Comeback<\/h3><div class=\"bodytext section\"><div><p>We see four main reasons to expect a comeback in emerging markets, starting with the revival in commodity prices. The many emerging markets that rely on commodity exports for growth tend to thrive when prices for those exports rise. Despite the fact that both exports and manufacturing are shrinking as a share of the global economy, a select few emerging countries, concentrated in Eastern Europe and Southeast Asia, are still growing on the back of export manufacturing. Financial distress caused by the pandemic is forcing emerging nations from Indonesia and India to Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Brazil to press a wave of market-friendly<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>economic reforms. Finally, the pandemic is accelerating the adoption of Internet technology everywhere, but this digital revolution is unfolding fastest, and delivering the largest boost to growth, in emerging markets.<\/p><p>Today, the top emerging markets account for 36% of global GDP and just 12% of the global stock market, while the U.S. accounts for 25% of GDP and 56% of markets. Imbalances this extreme tend to diminish over time.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3349bf7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3349bf7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\/\/jessiezhourealestate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/GettyImages-468844856-56a9a8535f9b58b7d0fdb78c-5bd8e6c046e0fb002d11e567-768x432.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-7099\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jessiezhourealestate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/GettyImages-468844856-56a9a8535f9b58b7d0fdb78c-5bd8e6c046e0fb002d11e567-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/jessiezhourealestate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/GettyImages-468844856-56a9a8535f9b58b7d0fdb78c-5bd8e6c046e0fb002d11e567-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/jessiezhourealestate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/GettyImages-468844856-56a9a8535f9b58b7d0fdb78c-5bd8e6c046e0fb002d11e567-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/jessiezhourealestate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/GettyImages-468844856-56a9a8535f9b58b7d0fdb78c-5bd8e6c046e0fb002d11e567-24x14.jpeg 24w, https:\/\/jessiezhourealestate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/GettyImages-468844856-56a9a8535f9b58b7d0fdb78c-5bd8e6c046e0fb002d11e567-36x20.jpeg 36w, https:\/\/jessiezhourealestate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/GettyImages-468844856-56a9a8535f9b58b7d0fdb78c-5bd8e6c046e0fb002d11e567-48x27.jpeg 48w, https:\/\/jessiezhourealestate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/GettyImages-468844856-56a9a8535f9b58b7d0fdb78c-5bd8e6c046e0fb002d11e567.jpeg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0446330 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0446330\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"subhead section\">8. A Digital Revolution<\/h3><div class=\"bodytext section\"><div><p>One big reason the\u00a0digital revolution\u00a0is advancing so fast in emerging countries is simple: Lack of existing infrastructure. With limited access to bricks-and-mortar banks, retail stores and other services, people are quick to adopt digital offerings. Of the world\u2019s 30 most-digitized economies (by digital revenue as a share of GDP), 16 are in emerging markets, led by China, South Korea, Indonesia and Colombia.<\/p><p>On average in emerging markets, digital revenue is growing by 11% a year\u2014much faster than in developed markets\u2014and business costs are falling faster as well. This digital boost to productivity is likely to support an emerging-market comeback.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ef60f17 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ef60f17\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"357\" src=\"https:\/\/jessiezhourealestate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/digital-revolution.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-7097\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jessiezhourealestate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/digital-revolution.jpeg 700w, https:\/\/jessiezhourealestate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/digital-revolution-300x153.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/jessiezhourealestate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/digital-revolution-24x12.jpeg 24w, https:\/\/jessiezhourealestate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/digital-revolution-36x18.jpeg 36w, https:\/\/jessiezhourealestate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/digital-revolution-48x24.jpeg 48w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1161bd7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1161bd7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"subhead section\">9. Rising Challengers<\/h3><div class=\"bodytext section\"><div><p>E-commerce giants in the U.S. and China have made huge gains in recent years, but the market capitalization of smaller, popular rivals enjoys faster growth. It\u2019s very possible that some of the challengers will catch up.<\/p><p>Large technology companies often enable their successors: IBM made Microsoft possible, and today, many of the biggest Internet players are\u00a0platforms\u00a0on which startups thrive. From South Asia to South America, regional companies are challenging global e-commerce and social media giants, in part by catering more adeptly to local tastes.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0037827 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"0037827\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"423\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/jessiezhourealestate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/The-8-e-commerce-giants-which-are-redefining-retail-around-the-world.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-7102\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jessiezhourealestate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/The-8-e-commerce-giants-which-are-redefining-retail-around-the-world.jpeg 423w, https:\/\/jessiezhourealestate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/The-8-e-commerce-giants-which-are-redefining-retail-around-the-world-300x170.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/jessiezhourealestate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/The-8-e-commerce-giants-which-are-redefining-retail-around-the-world-24x14.jpeg 24w, https:\/\/jessiezhourealestate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/The-8-e-commerce-giants-which-are-redefining-retail-around-the-world-36x20.jpeg 36w, https:\/\/jessiezhourealestate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/The-8-e-commerce-giants-which-are-redefining-retail-around-the-world-48x27.jpeg 48w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 423px) 100vw, 423px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0e12954 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0e12954\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"subhead section\">10. New Media Habits<\/h3><div class=\"bodytext section\"><div><p>It\u2019s no secret that the pandemic has been good for online entertainment. Traditional TV channels could have thrived under lockdown, too, but instead\u2014among Americans\u2014the long-term decline in the number of traditional TV viewers sped up, falling 16% in 2020. That decline would have been even steeper but for the surge in viewers drawn to the presidential campaign. Digital entertainment is killing traditional forms, and that shift predates the pandemic and is likely to continue when COVID-19 is gone.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f98e3f4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"f98e3f4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"482\" src=\"https:\/\/jessiezhourealestate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/social-media-stats-2-1024x617.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-7101\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jessiezhourealestate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/social-media-stats-2-1024x617.png 1024w, https:\/\/jessiezhourealestate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/social-media-stats-2-300x181.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Top trends focus on how fallout from the pandemic could radically reshape the roster of winners and losers in global markets. Ruchir SharmaHead of Emerging Markets and Chief Global Strategist, Morgan Stanley Investment Management The\u00a0COVID-19\u00a0pandemic has accelerated key global trends, most notably the adoption of digital technologies and the expanding role of government in the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7106,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"elementor_header_footer","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,62],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7081","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-market-trends","category-real-estate"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jessiezhourealestate.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7081","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jessiezhourealestate.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jessiezhourealestate.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jessiezhourealestate.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jessiezhourealestate.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7081"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/jessiezhourealestate.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7081\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7121,"href":"https:\/\/jessiezhourealestate.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7081\/revisions\/7121"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jessiezhourealestate.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7106"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jessiezhourealestate.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7081"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jessiezhourealestate.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7081"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jessiezhourealestate.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7081"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}