Asian Equity Markets (4)

Asia a crucial market place

Asia is still a place where we can produce manufactured goods for export cheaply, but is quickly moving up the value-added ladder.

More importantly, Asia is now a crucial market place for

i) commodities,

ii) consumer goods and

iii) to a lesser extent services.


Less appreciated is the fact that Asia is quickly becoming a hub for

a) advanced R&D (research and development), as well as

b) design,

c) production, and

d) test-marketing of higher-end products such as


i) automobiles,

ii) consumer electronics and

iii) a range of technological applications and services