The sub-prime crisis that started in the US impacted most of the world’s countries including Canada. However last year the Canadian economy stayed strong relative to other developed economies. When one looks at the macroeconomic fundamentals it does not bode well for Canada in 2009. When researching into the reasons for the strength of the …
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January has come to a close this year. The S&P; 500 is down 8.57%. The Financials in the index are down an incredible 26.55% in just one month. Worldwide bank stock stocks continue to get hammered as the credit crisis deepens. Banks are doing everything they can to shore up their capital. Investors have lost …
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The countries of Latin America such as Argentina, Brazil, Chile, etc. hold lot of potential due to their immense natural wealth. Some of the Brazilian stocks had an incredible run in the past up until the credit crisis due to the demand for commodities. So in general if an investor wants to pick up a …
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Frontier markets are the so-called next emerging markets. While investing in emerging market economies like Brazil, Russia, China, India takes a strong stomach, investing in frontier markets require nerves of steel. Frontier markets are those lie outside of the realm of emerging market investors and they can be considered the “Wild West” of the investment …
Today the IMF released its “World Economic Outlook Update – Global Economic Slump Challenges Policies” report. The following are some of the main points noted in this report: 1. The United Kingdom is going to have the worst economic downturn this year with a projected figure of -2.80%. The British economy will fare the worst …