The Future of Emerging Markets &
The Rise of Digital India
Announcements:
- The Options Interest Group will meet on April 25th followed by the Personal Finance SIG on April 29th. See the SIGs webpage for details on all SIG meetings.
- The Book Club SIG will be discussing Christine Benz’s book, How To Retire.
Presentation Summary:
The Third Wave of global digitization has reached an inflection point. The conditions and technologies born in Silicon Valley have now spread, evolved, and matured worldwide, creating billions of digital natives and numerous unicorns in all corners of the globe. With the India’s swelling middle class of youthful online consumers as the catalyst, the country stands apart and is poised to lead global growth as it enters a golden age of digital transformation.
What you will learn:
- Why India is the perfect Emerging Market
- G2: Has China caught up with the U.S.?
- How AI will propel both China and India in the coming decade
- Understanding the flaws in traditional Emerging Market investing
- Companies discussed: Alibaba, Tencent, Mercado Libre, NuBank, SEA Limited, Coupang, Jio, Eternal, etc.
Meeting Details:
Date: Saturday, May 9th, 2026
Time: 10:00 a.m. ET (Zoom webinar will open around 9:30)
Location: Zoom webinar only
Virtual access: To register to attend the Zoom webinar, please purchase a ticket on our chapter’s Square account. Then, please register with Zoom so you can receive reminders one and 24 hours before the meeting.
Cost: $10 electronic payment (webinar); $5 for students (email president@aaiirtp.org by May 8th for webinar access)
About Our Speaker
Kevin T. Carter is the Founder & Chief Investment Officer of EMQQ Global. While he principally considers himself an active “value” investor, he has collaborated with Princeton economist and indexing legend, Dr. Burton G. Malkiel, for more than 25 years. Together Malkiel and Carter founded eInvesting in 1999, a pioneer firm in fractional share brokerage acquired by ETRADE in 2000, and Active Index Advisors, a pioneer in “direct indexing” acquired by Natixis Asset Management in 2005. In 2006, their efforts turned to China and Emerging Markets, and they launched several China focused ETFs with Guggenheim Partners including NYSE: CQQQ. In 2014 he founded EMQQ Global and launched NYSE: EMQQ to capture the growth of the Internet and Ecommerce sectors in all Emerging Markets.