Agri-Food Stocks Offer Potential Investment Opportunities

Food prices skyrocketed worldwide in 2007 and early 2008 leading to a crisis in many developing and under-developed countries. In 2008 and last year prices stumbled and the crisis faded away from headline news. Last November BusinessWeek had an interesting report titled Land Rush in Africa. The article discussed in detail how Agri-business and global …

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2009 Performance Review: Foreign Bank Stocks

The 2009 performance numbers of foreign bank stocks traded in the US markets are listed below in three sections. a. Foreign Bank ADRs [TABLE=270] The best foreign bank ADR was Banco Macro of Argentina with a return of 175%. The worst performer was Llyods Bank of UK which lost 56%. Another British bank Royal Bank …

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Five Foreign Airline Stocks With Strong Growth Potential

On December 29, 2009 The Wall Street Journal carried an article titled “Brazilian Airline TAM Banks on Growth From New Fliers” that discussed the growth potential of TAM and the airline industry in Brazil. TAM SA, the leading  Brazilian airline expects  the domestic market to grow by 12% next year due to the continued growth …

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