March 9, 2011 · 2 comments
in ADRs, ETF(s), FTSE, Latin America, commodities, diversification, emerging markets, energy, foreign investment, frontier markets, gold, international economy, international stock market, metals, mining, portfolio, rare metals, sectors
The Global X Funds Andean 40 ETF was launched barely a month ago and isn’t high yet on many analyst radars (volume is also still low). The Andean 40 (AND) is worth examining for your portfolio because Peru, Chile and Colombia are some of the fastest growing economies in South America, whereas by now everyone [...]
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January 17, 2011
in ADRs, Africa, ETF(s), IPOs, Middle East, commodities, emerging markets, forecasts, foreign investment, frontier markets, gold, mining, resources
With all the global investment attention on China, India and Latin America, now’s a good time to research African equities and African ETFs for your frontier markets portfolio.
Most people still think of Africa’s wealth in terms of its natural resources – gold, diamonds, oil. This is true, but the fact is that capitalism has trickled [...]
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September 27, 2010 · 5 comments
in ADRs, Africa, BRIC, agriculture, commodities, diversification, emerging markets, foreign investment, frontier markets, international stock market, market trends, mining
Remember, Africa’s not a country, it’s a continent. So you can’t directly compare it to “investing in Brazil” or Russia or some other emerging market.
But recent reporting has revealed that some managers are looking past the traditional emerging markets anyway – citing the lack of high-yield opportunies – and have turned their attention to the [...]
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August 26, 2010 · 2 comments
in ADRs, Australia, Canadian, M&A, S&P/TSX, agriculture, business, capitalism, commodities, financial education, international economy, market reports, news and updates, potash, resources, stocks, terminology
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If you’re a Canadian investor or you follow the commodities market, you’ve heard of BHP Billiton’s hostile takeover proposal for Saskatchewan’s Potash Corporation of Canada (TSX: POT) last week.
BHP Billiton proposed a buyout of Potash at a price of just $130/share. A price significantly lower than the June 2008 highs above $200/share that we saw [...]
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May 30, 2010 · 4 comments
in ADRs, BP, CEO pay, FTSE, SRI, UK, bailout, commodities, credit, economy, energy, environment, international stock market, market reports, oil, stimulus, stock picks
As if it wasn’t bad enough that BP is probably going to suspend its dividend if it can’t plug the leak, there will be all kinds of charges and damages awarded to BP, but possibly also to Halliburton or TransOcean once this disaster comes full sweep.
Those who follow me on Twitter know that I’m not [...]
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May 30, 2010
in ADRs, FTSE, NYSE, SRI, UK, collapse, dividends, earnings, economy, energy, environment, foreign investment, investing, market trends, news and updates, oil, pound, regulation, resources, risk, stock picks
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The Deepwater Horizon oil catastrophe may soon start to effects of the oil leak spilling over onto the world economy. Before this happens, though, BP share prices are going to continue to decline and the valuations of most Brits’ pension funds are going to drop, since BP comprises a majority holding in most UK indexes.
BP [...]
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May 30, 2010 · 15 comments
in 2010, ADRs, FTSE, SRI, business, capitalism, economy, energy, environment, executive compensation, foreign investment, news and updates, oil, pound, resources, sovereign debt, sustainability, unconventional energy
Estimates suggest the Deepwater Horizon oilspill has already cost BP plc about one billion pounds. This does not even take into consideration total clean up costs going forward if the leak were to somehow suddenly stop right now.
But so far we haven’t heard much about the wider economic effects that the Deepwater environmental disaster will [...]
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