In this post lets take a quick look on the economic situation of a few Latin American countries. Argentina: Capital flight out of the country has slowed from 2009 but still is a cause for concern according to data released by The National Statistics Office. In 2009, $7.47B left Argentina according to Balance of Payments …
The theory that emerging, frontier markets are decoupled from developed markets in terms of performance is still dead. The chart below proves this point: Souce: The Hindu Business Line During the past couple of years investors worldwide learned that emerging markets and developed markets are not decoupled from each other. In fact, emerging markets went …
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Two of the largest countries in terms of population are in Asia. Despite the phenomenal growth in the total mobile phone subscriptions in India and China in the past few years, the cell phone to population penetration rate remains low in these two countries. Emerging markets in general offer the greatest potential for mobile phone …
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The chart below shows the performance of emerging markets over the decade and from March thru December 2009: Click to Enlarge Source: Credit Suisse Global Investment Yearbook 2010 Of the 24 countries listed above, Pakistan and Argentina are considered as Frontier Markets by index providers MSCI and S&P. FTSE views all the 24 countries as …
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A recent article in The Banker magazine praises Columbia and Peru for their economic growth. In the article On the Brink, author Jason Mitchell writes: “While the Western world has been struggling through the global financial crisis, Latin America has shown a remarkable resilience to the upheaval. Two countries in particular – Colombia and Peru …
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