Credit Suisse: 27 Great Brands of Tomorrow

The Credit Suisse Research Institute released the 27 Great Brands of Tomorrow that have the potential to outperform the market in the next 3-5 years. Their research shows that “Strong brand companies have consistently generated out-sized long-term growth and returns for shareholders.” The 27 “Great Brands of Tomorrow” are: Alibaba.com Almarai Amazon (AMZN) Apple (APPL) …

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The Five Best and Worst Performing Latin American ADRs YTD

With two months over for the equity markets lets take a quick look at the leading and lagging Latin American ADRs from a performance perspective. The five best performing Latin American ADRs YTD as of 2/26/10: 1. Banco De Chile (BCH) Country: Chile Sector: Banking YTD Change: 15.01% 2. GRUMA (GMK) Country: Mexico Sector: Food …

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Performance of Emerging Markets over the Decade

The chart below shows the performance of emerging markets over the decade and from March thru December 2009: Click to Enlarge Source: Credit Suisse Global Investment Yearbook 2010 Of the 24 countries listed above, Pakistan and Argentina are considered as Frontier Markets by index providers MSCI and S&P. FTSE views all the 24 countries as …

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The Nifty 50 BRIC Champions

In an earlier post, we discussed about the companies from developed countries that have the potential to profit from emerging markets’ growth. Many companies in the emerging markets are already champions in their domestic markets and are poised to become global market leaders. This is especially true with BRIC companies. The economic power is projected …

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