Brazil is one of the perennial favorite emerging market destination for many investors. However in terms of equity market performance, the smaller Latin American economies of Peru and Colombia beat Brazil over the 5-year term. In a recent Trustnet (UK) article Fidelity manager Alex Duffy noted: “Despite the fact that Brazil is the largest economy …
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When investing in foreign stocks one of the factors that investors should take into consideration is the tax treatment of dividends earned. To that end, earlier this year I wrote an article on Withholding Tax Rates by Country for Foreign Stock Dividends. Similar to other countries, the U.S. also has income tax treaties with many …
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Tibet 5100 Water Resources Holdings(1115.HK) recently raised HK$1.38 billion ($177 million) from its initial public offering and will become the first Tibetan company to list in Hong Kong. Tibet 5100 sells most of the water it produces to corporate clients like railway operators, airlines, banks and hotels as well as government organisations through long-term contracts. …
The graphic below shows the top companies in the U.S. tire market: Click to enlarge Source: Continental Sells to Tire Salesmen in the U.S., Bloomberg BusinessWeek Goodyear, Michelin and Bridgestone sell about half of the replacement tires for U.S. passenger cars. Akron, Ohio-based The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co (GT) is the largest U.S. manufacturer …
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According to the OECD recently released its OECD Health Data 2011 report, healthcare spending continues to rise faster than economic growth in most OECD countries. Healthcare spending reached 9.5% of GDP on average in 2009, up from 8.8% in 2008. As expected the U.S. continues to spend the most on healthcare. The following chart shows …
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