Global investors generally tend to invest in emerging market equities primarily for their price appreciation potential. The reasoning behind this theory is that the economies of these markets are still developing and they have plenty of room to grow in order to catch up with their developed world peers. Hence stocks should soar higher and …
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In the U.S. for-profit college operators such as Apollo Group Inc fell heavily last year after the Federal government clamped down on the sector. Most of these operators had become diplomas mills handing out degrees that carried very little value. Abusing the Federal student loan program the companies in this sector signed up thousands of …
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Brazilian stocks have been laggards so far this year. Compared the S&P 500’s rise of 14.0% as of May 7th the Bovespa is down 7.7%. Investors’ attraction towards Brazil has waned in the past few years due mainly due to political reasons. As an emerging market with plenty of growth potential Brazilian stocks look attractive …
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The largest Brazilian firms by revenues that appeared in the Fortune Global 500 list for 2012 are listed below: Source: Fortune Global 500, Fortune The current dividend yields of some of these firms trading on the US markets are shown below: 1.Company: Petrobras (PBR) Current Dividend Yield: 6.44% Sector: Oil and gas 2. Banco do Brasil …
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Emerging markets have been laggards this year. Among the BRICs Brazilian stocks have also not fared well either due to state intervention in businesses and sluggish economic growth in the past few years. From an article in the Financial Times yesterday: Gross domestic product grew less than 1 per cent last year, the lowest of …