Emerging Markets definition

Emerging Markets means those countries included in an industry recognised emerging

Emerging Markets means any of the following countries: Argentina, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Brazil, Chile, China, Colombia, Croatia, Czech Republic, Egypt, Estonia, Greece, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Korea, Kuwait, Lebanon, Lithuania, Malaysia, Mauritius, Mexico, Morocco, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Slovenia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates, Vietnam and the West African Economic and Monetary Union. The Investment Manager has the discretion to update, modify and/or alter which countries are deemed to be an Emerging Market for the purposes of this Supplement;

Emerging Markets means such markets not defined as a “high income country” by the

Examples of Emerging Markets in a sentence

• An “emerging market” country is any country that is included in the MSCI Emerging Markets Index.

• Income risk (Vanguard Emerging Markets Government Bond Index Fund and Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund): which is the chance that the Fund’s income will decline because of falling interest rates.

• Credit risk (Vanguard Emerging Markets Government Bond Index Fund): which is the chance that a bond issuer will fail to pay interest or principal in a timely manner or that negative perceptions of the issuer’s ability to make such payments will cause the price of that bond to decline.

• The following table includes this Investment Portfolio’s target asset allocation to each investment: Vanguard Total Bond Market Index (VBMPX) 25.00% Vanguard Total International Bond Index Fund (VTIFX) 4.00% Vanguard Emerging Markets Government Bond Index Fund (VGIVX) 3.00% SPDR Portfolio High Yield Bond ETF (SPHY) 5.00% Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities Index Fund (VTSPX) 5.00% Vanguard Short-Term Bond Index Fund (VBIPX) 8.00% UBT/Nelnet Banks Savings 50.00% Investment Risks.

• Country/regional risk (Vanguard Emerging Markets Stock Index Fund): which is the chance that world events— such as political upheaval, financial troubles, or natural disasters—will adversely affect the value of securities issued by companies in foreign countries or regions.

More Definitions of Emerging Markets

Emerging Markets means countries that are progressing toward becoming advanced, usually shown by some development in financial markets, the existence of some form of stock exchange and a regulatory body

Emerging Markets means any country included by the International Monetary Fund in its list of Emerging and Developing Economies, any country which is considered a Low- income, Lower-middle-income, or Upper-middle-income economy by the World Bank, any country which is included in an Emerging Market Index and any other country which the Investment Manager determines qualifies as an Emerging Market*;

Emerging Markets means the region including but not limited to the following countries: Brazil, Chile, China, Columbia, Czech Republic, Egypt, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, Morocco, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Qatar, Russia, South Africa, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey and the United Arab Emirates.

Emerging Markets means (i) the following countries in Asia: China, India, Indonesia, South Korea, Malaysia, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam; (ii) countries in the European Union whose sovereign credit rating is not BBB- or higher by S&P and Baa3 or higher by Moody’s, all countries in Africa, Bahrain, Brunei, Bulgaria, Croatia, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Ukraine and the United Arab Emirates and (iii) Mexico and all countries in South America and Central America. Each of clause (i), (ii) and (iii) in this definition constitutes a region of Emerging Markets.

Emerging Markets means any market considered by the Money Manager to beemerging (and for the avoidance of doubt including but not limited to all markets which are not classified by Standard & Poor's as developed or in the absence of a Standard & Poor's classification, what another reputable index developer or service provider deems as developed) markets;

Emerging Markets means those countries listed as low- and middle-income economies in

Emerging Markets means any country (i) whose unsupported sovereign non-local currency debt obligations are not rated "A-" or better by S&P or (ii) whose unsupported sovereign non-local currency debt obligations are not rated "AA+" or better by S&P and is not a Designated Country.