The largest trade partners of South Korea in 2009 are shown in the graphic below. Interesting to note that China is the largest trade partner of S.Korea. Source: The Wall Street Journal Update: South Korea’s Trade with Main Partners (2011): Click to enlarge Source: trade.ec.europa.eu Related ETF: iShares MSCI South Korea ETF (EWY)
Investors have been attracted to emerging market equities for many years now due to their capital appreciation potential.Until recently not many emerging market stocks have been known for their dividends.However that paradigm is changing. Companies in developing countries are increasingly paying out a higher portion of their profits to investors in the form of dividends. …
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In the past few years Gold has become a much-talked about and safe-haven asset class. Investors have been piling into gold due to the credit crisis, collapse of equity markets, Greek debt crisis, continued devaluation of paper currencies and more recently the newly announced QE2 which will depreciate the value of the dollar further. As …
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A short video on Brazilian investment opportunities by Michael Konstantinov, Portfolio Manager of the Allianz RCM Brazil fund: Click here to watch the video.
Generally small caps yield higher returns over large caps over long periods. In the last decade small cap stocks easily beat large cap stocks in terms of returns. From an article I wrote in May: The S&P 600 Index, a small-stock index, gained nearly 100% in the decade that began Jan 1, 2000Â , producing …
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