This family is a large group of approximately 400 species including peach, cherry, almond, and plum. They are alternative leaved, deciduous and evergreen shrubs and trees. They can range in size from ground covers to 80 foot-tall trees. Many are grown for their fruit or as ornamentals.
What it is: An emerging market economy describes a nation's economy that is progressing toward becoming more advanced, usually by means of rapid growth and industrialization. These countries experience an expanding role both in the world economy and on the political frontier.
Rounding out the top 10 emerging markets by weight are Taiwan, Russia, India, South Africa, Mexico, Malaysia, and Israel. Brazil is also now the 10th largest market in the world, as measured by the MSCI All Country World index, with a free float market capitalization of $509.1 billion. The U.S. market is the largest, coming in with a free float market cap of $12.57 trillion.