December 17, 2011
in 2012, ETF(s), FTSE, Greece, bailout, bankruptcy, collapse, debt, europe, forecasts, foreign investment, news and updates
We’re all waiting for the Greek collapse. It hasn’t happened yet, but that means it’s the perfect time for Global X to set up a new, first-ever dedicated Greece-only ETF (GREK). Why, you might ask, would anyone want to put all their chips on this nation that is either going to a) leave the Euro, [...]
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January 26, 2011
in Africa, BRIC, Middle East, consumers, diversification, emerging markets, foreign investment, frontier markets, international economy, international stock market, investing, market reports, opportunity, resources, risk, wealthbuilding, world order
Don’t freak out at the phrase “new world order:” this isn’t about conspiracy. The fact is that 2011 is likely to be the year that China most definitively transitions to first place as the world’s foremost economic power. And with China’s economic ascendancy, so follows the economic rise of China’s key trading partners, many of [...]
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October 28, 2010
in Asia, BRIC, China, ETF(s), bubble, commodities, exports, frontier markets, indexes, market reports, metals, mining, protectionism, rare metals
A new Rare Earths ETF is on the market today, to take advantage of the coming rare earths bubble as a result of China reducing its rare earth exports, and threatening to reduce rare earth exports, to Japan and other countries.
I’ve written about the top 40+ rare earths in another post, which I encourage you [...]
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October 1, 2010
in 2010, Jim Rogers, Obama, October, Peter Schiff, bull market, commodities, currencies, gold, hedging, hyperinflation, indicators, inflation, market reports, market trends, precious metals, seasonal investing
Gold prices broke out past the $1300/oz mark later in September, just as I predicted in my post on gold prices in August. It didn’t take much market turmoil or negative market news to push gold higher – just the promise of QE lite in November and the prospect that the midterm elections will remain [...]
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When will we see the Canadian banks increase their dividends again? Which of the Big Five will raise their dividend first?
All Canadian income investors would love to know the answers to these questions. Of course, smaller Canadian banks have already begun to increase their dividends. Laurentian Bank of Canada (TSX: LB) hiked its dividend just [...]
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The biggest Australian banks are wholly-owned Australian companies and all pay dividends. Known as the “Big Four” – (compare that with Canada’s “Big Five” or as some say, “Big Six“) – these Australian banks by no means represent all of the Australian banking sector, but they are the ones with the largest presence.
See the list [...]
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There are a lot of excellent Canadian dividend stocks, but I’m going to try to narrow it down to three that are particularly attractive at this point.
All three of these have good growth prospects going forward, and all of them have great management. That said, the usual disclaimer applies – do your own research and [...]
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