Myanmar can be considered as one of the latest entrant to the category of frontier markets. For many decades the country formerly known as Burma was a closed economy run by a military junta. After many elections and years of waiting the Burmese yearning for democracy is slowly taking shape as Myanmar open its economy to domestic and …
The Australian equity market is under-performing this year with the benchmark S & P/ASX 200 down 5.5% year-to-date. Australian stocks have been bit due to the ongoing slowdown in China. As Australia is a major trade partner of China primarily exporting commodities, the slowdown in Chinese economy has adversely impacted Australia. Though Australian stocks are down this …
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The media and the certain sections of public generally focus on macro economic indicators such as GDP in order to discuss the well-being of a country. But how do all the over-hyped figures such as the GDP, GDP Growth Rate, etc. impact the average person on Main Street is important. For instance, the US economy is the largest …
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The behavior of stock market tends to follow a cycle.Similar to many conditions of an economy such as expansion, contraction, stagflation, etc. stock markets also go thru periods of booms followed by bust. The following is an interesting chart by Liz Ann Sonders at Charles Schwab. According to an article by Liz, the stock market …
Germany is the economic powerhouse of Europe and so easily beats Eurozone in GDP growth. But Germany lags behind the US as the chart shows below. Germany consistently runs a trade surplus since it exports more than imports. Click to enlarge Source: Investing in Germany, FT Special Reports Related ETF: iShares MSCI Germany ETF (EWG) US …