To say that emerging markets are presenting more and more attractive investment opportunities — is an understatement.

The fact of the matter is that emerging markets are now definitively where the BIG MONEY is heading. There’s simply too much risk in the (overly) developed economies of the West these days.

For instance, if you had invested $10,000 in the my emerging markets dividend model portfolio, over the most recent two-year period, you would have beaten the S&P 500 by almost 6 to 1!

Naturally, no one — myself included — can guarantee these types of returns in the future. But with the new opportunities I see cropping up in emerging markets from Brazil to Turkey …

I have absolutely no doubts — whatsoever — that emerging markets should be a strategic component of your overall portfolio going forward, and for quite some time.

Here are just five of the reasons I’m so keen on emerging market opportunities — and why you should be too …