Knowledge is Power: Main Street, Debt, Short Sellers Edition

Spain Risks Falling Into Same Trap as Greece More measures to cool China’s property market in the works China May ‘Crash’ in Next 9 to 12 Months, Faber Says The Mother of All Bubbles – Huge National Debts Could Push Euro Zone into Bankruptcy Main Street tries to get back into the stock market Why …

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The Ten Largest Traded Russian Stocks

The S&P; Russia 10 index is comprised of 10 of the largest publicly-traded Russian stocks available to foreign investors through London International Order Book (IOB) GDR Listings. As a commodity-based economy Russia presents many opportunities in the commodity sector. However as an emerging market with significant political risks, Russian equities can be highly volatile in …

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Equity Income Strategies with ETFs

In a recent article fellow blogger and portfolio manager, Roger Nusbaum noted that “it is very difficult to build an ETF portfolio that emphasizes dividend yield.” Update: Please note that Roger said the previous statement in the context of building a portfolio with ETFs at the sector level. My article below discusses about using dividend …

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