Daily Wisdom: Dow Jones Stoxx Blue-Chip Indices Edition

PROFIT 100: Canada’s Fastest-Growing Companies The firms that make up PROFIT’s 21st annual ranking of Canada’s Fastest-Growing Companies are role models of the first order. After all, they have grown their annual revenue by an average of 2,262% over the past five years (2003-08), and no company on the list grew by less than 899%. …

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Current State of the Brazilian Economy

Investors have been pouring money into emerging markets this year. Stock market indices in Brazil, Russia, China, India, etc are up over 50% since the March lows. The ishares MSCI Brazil Index ETF (EWZ) is up 57.69% year to-date till the end of last month. In order to  check the current state of the Brazilian …

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Two easy ways to invest in Malaysia

An ETF and a closed-end fund is available to get exposure to Malaysian equities: 1.ETF iShares MSCI Malaysia Index (EWM). Total Assets= $395M. Dividend yield is over 4%. As a commodity-driven economy Malaysia’s growth is tied to commodities like crude oil, palm oil, rubber, etc. 2.Closed-end Fund Malaysia Fund (MAY) Trades at a discount of …

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Taking the Pulse of Singapore’s Economy

The latest data from the Singapore government shows that the economy is still in contraction mode. The first quarter GDP shrank by 10.1% when compared to the same quarter last year. Seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was  just 3.3%. This figure is artificially kept low by the government due to the many incentives offered to private …

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