On market performance in emerging markets in 2008.

• Author: Rees, Matthew
• Position: Economic and market volatility

"The MSCI Barra BRIG index, comprising companies in the four largest emerging economies--Brazil, Russia, India, and China--lost 60.3 percent in 2008. That compares with 54.5 percent for the broader-based MSCI Emerging Markets index and 38.5 percent for the Standard & Poor's 500-stock index."

--New York...