Brazil is one of the perennial favorite emerging market destination for many investors. However in terms of equity market performance, the smaller Latin American economies of Peru and Colombia beat Brazil over the 5-year term. In a recent Trustnet (UK) article Fidelity manager Alex Duffy noted: “Despite the fact that Brazil is the largest economy …
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With the first six months over for this year, lets take a quick look at the five best and worst ADR stocks. I have included stocks that are exchange-listed only and whose stock price is above $10. The five best performing ADRs YTD: 1. Company:ATA Inc (ATAI) YTD Change:173% Current Price: $10.05 2. Company:Silicon Motion …
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Equity markets of emerging and developed countries perform differently due to obvious reasons. During the credit crisis, the theory that emerging markets are decoupled from developed markets was proven wrong when equities worldwide plunged in a synchronized fashion. In fact, emerging equities fell higher than developed equities. However over a 5-year period, some of the …
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Gold has been one of the best performing asset classes in recent years. Yesterday gold for June delivery rose $13.60 to close at t $1,486 an ounce for an increase 4.5% YTD. The chart below shows the performance of gold vs. major other asset classes since 1969: Click to enlarge Source:The PSG Angle, PSG Asset …
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Most foreign banks have rebounded strongly since the depth of the credit crisis. Some of them have written off all of the losses and have shored up their balance sheets. Investors who avoided bank stocks in the past few months many want to consider adding some of the stronger banks at current levels. Another round …