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Cashing In Early on the African Gold Rush

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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How Much Each Facebook User Is Worth

January 3, 2011 · 5 comments

in 2011, IPOs, internet, life, market reports, media, news and updates

So Facebook is now valued at $50 billion and it’s not even public yet.  This should get you thinking about the natural question: since Facebook’s success is built on the backs of the profiles of its users, how much does that mean each Facebook user is worth?
Let’s do the math.  Recent reports put the estimated [...]

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Investing in Dollarama, Canada’s First Publicly-Traded Dollar Store Begins Trading This Week

October 11, 2009

in Canadian, Canadian economy, IPOs, investing, low-income, retailers, stocks

When it comes to retail and consumer stocks, Canadians have a few staples to choose from: Canadian Tire (TSX: CTC), Shoppers Drug Mart (TSX: SC), Tim Horton’s (TSX: THI), even some income trusts like Cineplex Galaxy Income Fund (TSX: CGX.UN) and Pizza Pizza Income Fund (TSX: PZA.UN).
Now Canadians can add another staple of the retail [...]

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