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The global balance of the world’s big spenders and buyers is shifting.  The total share of world imports is moving away from the developed economies and towards the emerging markets.  You knew this.  But it’s happening sooner than you think.
Based on forecasts from the WTO and The Economist, here are ten key facts about the [...]

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Economically speaking, 2012 is looking good for central Asian, African and South Asian markets.  The developed world, however, is still struggling with debt overload and market saturation.
The United States is looking at about 1.3% projected GDP growth – nothing exciting, but also nothing to sneeze at when you see some of the other disappointing figures [...]

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It’s no surprise that U.S. GDP is forecast at one of the lowest GDP growth rates worldwide for 2012, at a mere 1.3%, if the figures can be trusted.  U.S. GDP growth will be lower than Canada (only projected at 2% growth), Mexico, Iraq, Kenya, Lebanon, Israel and Angola.
So which countries are projected to see [...]

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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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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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Canadian GDP data for the second quarter will be released on Tuesday by Statistics Canada.  Analysts are expecting slower growth than the previous two quarters, in which annualized GDP grew by 6.1% in Q1 (the largest quarterly GDP expansion in a decade) and 4.9% in last year’s Q4.
Comparing these numbers with the revised U.S. GDP [...]

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Now that the G20 has wrapped up, what can we glean about stock markets going forward?  Canada’s PM Harper noted that markets have been skittish as they have been waiting for the G20’s pronouncement on the delicate balance between imposing fiscal austerity but also facilitating continued stimulus in order to abet the global economic recovery.
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