After the housingbubble, wewillsee the collapseofconsumercreditandautoloans. Defaults oncredit CARDS havereached 7% and auto loans are beginning to unwind.
And in dollar terms, given the loss of productivity suffered by the Brazilian economy given substantial appreciation in their currency, unit labor costs have grown by 110% since 2005. (Read No CreditBubble In Brazil, Just Dangerous Consumer Debt Burden).
South Africa, with a strong economy, provides attractive fixed-income opportunities while India, with a massive need for infrastructure investment, is a hard market to access given relatively under-developed capital markets. (Read: No CreditBubble In Brazil, Just Dangerous Consumer Debt Burden).