It is no secret that emerging markets have significantly outperformed developed ones over the past few decades, although their returns have been somewhat muted recently due at least in part to China's bubble economy beginning to burst. However, as many of these economies are coming from much lower per capita GDP bases than what the developed countries possess, they have the ability to deliver much more rapid growth. As a result of this, every investor should have some exposure to emerging markets in their portfolios. Personally, I like to do this by investing in dividend-paying