Earlier I posted the Periodic Table of Commodities and Emerging Markets. The following the table for annual returns of the S&P 500 index from 2004 to 2013: Click to enlarge   Source:  U.S. Funds

Grupo Aeroportuario del Centro Norte, S.A.B. de C.V. (OMAB) and Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste, SAB de CV (ASR) operate airports in Mexico. Their stocks have soared in the past five years and are continuing to fly higher. Both the stocks are up by about 200% or more in that period compared to the S&P 500’s …

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In 2012, the EU celebrated the 20th anniversary of the establishment of the Single European Market. The combination of all the European markets into a single one has been a highly successful project.Today the EU market is a huge and is comparable to the US market. As a single entity Europe is also able to not only compete …

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Brail’z Bovespa is up 10.3% year-to-date while India’s Sensex is up 28.5%. The S&P 500 is up by 7.90% YTD. Click to enlarge   On a 5-year basis the S&P 500(in Green) has outperformed both Brazil and India as shown in the chart below. Brazil(in Blue) has lagged India by a significant margin over the …

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The Canadian economy is highly dependent on the U.S. economy.It is often said that if U.S. sneezes Canada catches cold. However Australia’s economy is not highly tied to the U.S. economy. Australia is dependent on China. Australia is the major exporter of natural resources such as coal, iron ore to China. As the Chinese economy …

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