PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Lawrence S Speidell AU - Greg Stein AU - Kate Owsley AU - Ingrid Kreuter TI - Dilution is a Drag… The Impact of Financings in Emerging Markets AID - 10.3905/joi.2005.605277 DP - 2005 Nov 30 TA - The Journal of Investing PG - 17--22 VI - 14 IP - 4 4099 - https://pm-research.com/content/14/4/17.short 4100 - https://pm-research.com/content/14/4/17.full AB - One appeal of emerging markets seems to be centered around the fact that being less developed, they have more room to catch up just by copying developed nations. The data examined in this article show that dilution in emerging markets is more onerous than it is in developed markets. Also, the volatility of emerging markets combined with the lag in dilution creates opportunities for investors.