The oil and gas industry is the one of the most important industries in many countries. The economies of Middle Eastern countries are based oil and natural gas. It is also the largest sector of the Russian economy. As a commodity, crude oil prices are volatile and fluctuate based on an infinite number of reasons ranging …
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Investing in foreign stocks involves many risks one of which is currency risk. While most currencies of developed countries remain stable in relation to the US dollar there is still the risk that currency exchange movements can reduce returns earned from equities. Unlike emerging or frontier markets investors in developed countries need not worry about dramatic …
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The Brazilian equity market has been very volatile in the past few weeks due to the upcoming general elections in October. Brazil used to be the top destination for emerging market investors up until a few years ago. Equity investors enjoyed spectacular returns when the Brazilian market as hot. For example, from 2001 to 2010 …
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The Pharmaceutical Executive magazine publishes its annual ranking of the Top 50 Pharma Companies Worldwide based on sales in the previous year. This year’s list was released back in June. The Top 50 Global Pharma Companies are listed in the tables below: Click to enlarge Source: Pharmaceutical Executive Here are a few observations: Swiss drug …
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The Brazilian equity market as measured by Bovespa is up 13.0% this year due to elections.However in the past 5 years Brazil has been a laggard with the Bovespa actually down by over 4% as shown below: Click to enlarge Source: Yahoo Finance From 1993 the index has soared by an astonishing 241,389% according to …