Brazilian stocks have been not performed well in recent months. The Bovespa is down 3.5% so far this year compared to a rise of 1.7% for the S&P 500. However Brazil’s economy continues to grow, though at a lower pace than last year. The economy is projected to grow by 5.5% this year.Currently plenty of …
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The New York-based think-tank The Ethisphere Institute has published its fifth annual list of the World’s Most Ethical companies. About 3,000 companies from more than 100 countries were evaluated and the winners were selected. From the think-tank’s site: The World’s Most Ethical Companies designation recognizes companies that truly go beyond making statements about doing business …
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The Credit Suisse Global Investment Returns Yearbook is the definitive record on long-run market returns. The 2011 edition provides 111 years of data on market returns in 19 countries from 1900 to date. These 19 countries represent 90% of the global stock market value. The following are two of the takeaways from this report: 1. …
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In the past few days uranium and some utility stocks have seen a sharp sell-off due to fears of radiation from the quake-stricken nuclear power plants in Japan. However today the radiation level fell in the immediate zone of the plants. Paranoia about this situation turning into a Chernobyl-type disaster is just scare-mongering. In addition, …
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Some investors are completely avoiding stocks in the U.S. banking sector due to the recent credit crisis and the continuing failure of banks on a weekly basis. While there are many known unknowns with this industry such as further writedowns of real-estate loan losses, plenty of opportunities abound for astute investors. With thousands of banks …