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Why Invest in Emerging Markets Infrastructure Sector

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Emerging markets are called so because they are still developing relative to the developed world. Emerging countries lack many of the things that are taken for granted every day in developed countries. This includes systems like foundations, political and legal systems, military and police forces, academic systems, healthcare systems, transportation systems, basic necessities like water and …

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Knowledge is Power: International Diversification, FX Reserves, Happiest Country Edition

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Why International Diversification Matters Today (Blackrock) No-one has ever made real money following the crowd (MoneyWeek) Switzerland is ‘world’s happiest’ country in new poll (BBC) What professions are oversaturated? (Marginal Revolution) Significant Slip—or Just a Blip—in Emerging Markets’ Foreign Exchange Reserves? (Mark Mobius) The case for index-fund investing (Vanguard) The psychology of market highs (Fidelity, UK) A Stagnating Minimum …

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World GDP Change Over The Past 200 Years

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One of the key strategies for success in investing is diversification. It involves not just investing in various asset classes in  a single country but a good diversified portfolio should include a variety of assets spread over many regions or countries. Global diversification in the equity portion of a portfolio is important since equity markets’ …

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A Note on the Unemployment Rates in Europe

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The unemployment rate remains high especially in select European markets. For example, Germany has the lowest rate and the rates continues to decline. While the unemployment rate in Germany and Spain are declining, France and Italy it remains stubbornly high and is not declining. According to a report by Natixis, a jobless recovery is currently occurring in …

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