Jason Zweig wrote an interesting piece titled “Will Small Investors Ever Warm Up to Stocks Again?” in The Intelligent Investor column of The Wall Street Journal. From the article: For millions of Americans, spare cash is a lot scarcer than it was in the days when unemployment ran at 6% and home-equity loans made houses …
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Last year many of the emerging and frontier markets were the best performers in equity returns. However that is not the case this year. Year-to-date China’s Shanghai Composite, India’s Sensex, Brazil’s Bovespa, Mexico’s IPC All-Share, Chile’s Santiago IPSA are all down 3.3%, 7.3%, 0.2%, 3.2% and 1.1% respectively.But many developed markets are up nicely. The …
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Six golden rules for profitable investing Union Membership in U.S. Fell to a 70-Year Low Last Year Oil price to break $200, says Jim Rogers Gold’s steel grip on buyers Bank on dividend compounding Top 200 Canadian stocks 2011 Emerging Africa Expected To See Rise in Investment Economy: Well functioning housing markets are key for …
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The graphic below shows the top 20 foreign holders of U.S. Treasury Securities at the end of October, 2010: Click to enlarge Source: Department of the Treasury/Federal Reserve Board Note: United Kingdom includes Channel Islands and Isle of Man. Oil exporters include Ecuador, Venezuela, Indonesia, Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia,the United Arab …
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The auto industry is one of the best industries to invest in in emerging markets or developed markets as autos have become the preferred mode of transportation for everyone. However the industry is a low margin business and many automakers are not highly profitable.Then how does one profit from this industry? One way to profit …