A Look at Four Frontier Market ETFs

Earlier this year I wrote an article on Frontier Markets titled Explore some Frontier Markets !!!!!. In the ETF world, a few ETFs were launched this year specifically for frontier markets.In this post lets look at four of them. Photo: Beach at Agadir, Morocco 1. PowerShares MENA Frontier Countries (PMNA) Launched on July 9th of …

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Brazilian Banks Banco Itau and Unibanco To Merge

On November 3,2008 Banco Itau Holding Financeira S.A. (ITU) and Uniao de Bancos Brasileiros S.A. (UBB) announced to merge their operations to form a new company called Itau Unibanco Holding S.A. The merger will be effected by the merger of shares(Common, Preferreds, GDRs) of both the companies. Exchange Rate: Each 0.17391 UBB (GDR) will be …

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High Yielding Canadian Dividend Stocks

On Aug 28 this year, I wrote an article on some of the Top Canadian Dividend Stocks trading in the US. That article used the S&P TSX Canadian Dividend Aristocrats Index as the base. Today we take a different approach.We shall use the Dow Jones Canada Select Dividend Index to discuss the Canadian dividend stocks …

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The Largest German Companies

The German economy is the largest in Europe and the third largest in the world. The country attracted EUR 439 B Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in 2006. With a high productivity rate and a world-class education system Germany ensures that its citizens high standards of living. Germany is also the number one for research and …

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