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 …

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The chart below shows the 5-year performance comparison of top three Chilean banks and the four largest banks in the U.S: Click to enlarge Banco Santander Chile (SAN) and Banco de Chile(BCH) are the first and second largest Chilean banks based on assets. And CorpBanca(BCA) is one of the top 10 banks by assets. [TABLE=887] …

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