Archive of entries posted by David Hunkar

Five Mistakes to Avoid in Emerging Markets Investing

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Investing in emerging market equities is fraught with risks.Unlike the developed world developing countries are prone to suffer from a myriad of risks including currency exchange risk, political risk, liquidity risk, transparency risk, etc. Investors looking to gain exposure to emerging markets should be aware of these risks and take extra precaution before jumping in. Five …

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Review: The Callan Periodic Table of Investment Returns 1995-2014

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Callan Associates has updated their famous Periodic Table of Investment Returns with data for 2014. It is interesting to review this chart every year and analyze how markets performed across the world. The Callan Periodic Table of Investment Returns for 2014 is shown below: Click to enlarge Source: Callan Associates A few observations: For 2014, the …

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Foreign Students In U.S. Universities and Colleges

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The higher education industry one of the large industries in the U.S. The industry provides millions of jobs and more importantly creates billions of dollars worth of economic activity each year. For example, some college presidents make over $1.0 million per year in salary. All this money has to come from somewhere. One place where it …

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Countries From Which China Imports Energy Resources

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As a emerging market superpower China is the largest consumer of many natural resource. China does not have huge crude oil resources and is a net importer of the black stuff. The following chart shows the list of countries which supply crude oil and natural gas to China: Click to enlarge   Source: Fueling a …

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The Top 10 Trade Partners of Greece

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Greece is on the southern end of Europe and has an archipelago of 2,000 islands. The economy is a medium size economy in Europe with an estimated GDP of $267.0 billion based on Purchasing Power Parity. Greece has democracy as the political system and a free market capitalist economy. One of the major negative factors …

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