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2 Sep 2010 at 11:15pm
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- Crowded Trade (Saut)
by AdvisorAnalyst
26 Aug 2010 at 1:42am
This article is a guest contribution by Jeffrey Saut, Chief Investment Strategist, Raymond James. August 23, 2010 “Our friend Percy Wong of Bank of America recently observed that the ‘only crowded trade was on the sidelines,’ which we felt summed up the current summer, and the mood amongst most of our clients, perfectly. Indeed, [...]
- Emerging Markets Diary (August 23, 2010)
by US Global Investors
21 Aug 2010 at 10:21am
Emerging Markets Diary (August 23, 2010) Strengths Hong Kong’s unemployment rate fell to a lower-than-expected 4.3 percent in July, lowest in 19 months, from 4.6 percent in June. Malaysia’s GDP expanded 8.9 percent in the second quarter from a year earlier, ahead of consensus, as resilient exports and strong private consumption drove inventory restocking and fixed-capital [...]
- Emerging Markets Diary (August 16, 2010)
by US Global Investors
14 Aug 2010 at 9:58am
Emerging Markets Diary (August 16, 2010) Strengths China’s exports rose 38.1 percent from a year ago to a record of $145.5 billion in July as economic fears in Europe and the U.S. failed to reach China. The higher-than-expected rise contributed to the $28.7 billion trade surplus. China’s Ministry of Finance announced that total healthcare [...]
- Risk and Recovery in Russia
by US Global Investors
10 Aug 2010 at 1:36am
Russia has a lot of upside, and a big part of why is the risk trade. Russia was one of the top emerging markets in July, rising 10.3 percent as risk tolerance came back into the market. And we think this upward trend can continue – Russia has a lot of catch-up potential. Its stock [...]
- Emerging Markets Diary (August 9, 2010)
by US Global Investors
9 Aug 2010 at 8:22am
Emerging Markets Diary (August 9, 2010) Strengths China’s official non-manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) climbed to 60.1 in July from 57.4 in June, indicating a fifth consecutive month of expansionary activity in service industries. Macau’s casino revenue surged 70 percent year-over-year to $2 billion in July, representing 20 percent growth month over month, as [...]
- Home Prices on the Move
by US Global Investors
6 Aug 2010 at 1:00am
The U.S. housing market is still sputtering, but other places in the world are zooming. CNBC.com recently did a slideshow showing 20 countries where home prices are rising. Many of the strongest markets are in western Europe, despite the region’s...
- The Emerging Markets IPO Frenzy (Mobius)
by AdvisorAnalyst
4 Aug 2010 at 10:00pm
This article is a guest contribution from Mark Mobius, Vice-chairman, Franklin Templeton Investments. Privatization of state-owned enterprises has been a key catalyst in unlocking the market potential of emerging economies. Personally, I believe that listing on stock exchanges or allowing market forces to work can ensure greater efficiency in effective resources deployment. In recent [...]
- A New Leg Higher For Emerging Markets?
by AdvisorAnalyst
3 Aug 2010 at 6:57pm
This note is a guest contribution by Bespoke Investment Group. In the chart below, we highlight the relative strength of the MSCI Emerging Market ETF (EEM) vs. the S&P 500 ETF (SPY). In the chart, a rising line indicates that emerging markets are outperforming the US, and vice versa for a falling line. [...]
- Emerging Markets Diary (August 2, 2010)
by US Global Investors
30 Jul 2010 at 8:18pm
Emerging Markets Diary (August 2, 2010) Strengths South Korea’s GDP expanded by a faster than expected 1.5 percent quarter-over- quarter, or 7.2 percent year-over-year, in the second quarter, driven by strong exports of automobiles, semiconductors, and machinery. Consumer confidence held at a five month high of 112 in July. Profits at China’s large industrial companies [...]
- Mobius: Comments on Brazil, India, and Emerging Markets
by AdvisorAnalyst
21 Jul 2010 at 8:00pm
This article is a guest contribution from Mark Mobius, Vice-chairman, Franklin Templeton Investments. Here are my responses to recent questions from readers. Can you comment on Brazil? Where do you see Brazil 10 years from now? - James, United States Brazil is a key producer and exporter of commodities. Strong commodity prices associated with [...]
- A Kindler Gentler View of Outsourcing
by US Global Investors
19 Jul 2010 at 7:41pm
Forget the conventional notion of job outsourcing to emerging markets as just exploiting the world’s most economically vulnerable – a new study from a major labor group finds that many of these jobs aren’t bad after all. The International Labor Organization (ILO) says that service-oriented jobs are of “reasonably good quality by [...]
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PIIGS.. PIIHGS.... What is next?
by vld2czech@googlemail.com (Vlada, Czech Republic)
5 Jun 2010 at 6:53am
BRIC countries was the first abbreviation for fast growing emerging markets in Brazil, Russia, India and China. With the fears about European debts new abbreviation has been developed for the markets with high debts and budgets deficit. PIIGS simply stands for Portugal, Ireland, Italy, Greece, Spain.
Latest news from last week coming from Hungary about incorrect budgets numbers have caused again anxieties about state of European econ...
- 6 reasons to buy Brazilian stocks.
by vld2czech@googlemail.com (Vlada, Czech Republic)
3 Feb 2010 at 10:20am
Brazil, it is not just a carnival in Rio, a football team and the Copa Cabana. Brazil also has a strong currency. The Brazilian real is indeed one of the most attractive currency in the world. Brazil is currently in the enviable position when it is least indebted, and the pace of economic growth is high.
Brazil can be one of the most interesting investor-countries.
1.) Inflation slows sharply. The central bank makes it easier. And Braz...
- Short or long China?
by vld2czech@googlemail.com (Vlada, Czech Republic)
1 Feb 2010 at 10:11am
Bill Gross, nicknamed The Bond King, is concerned about the bubble in China. Even Forbes magazine predicts cooling overheated Asian economies. There is also known speculator in decline - James S. Chanos - who predicted the fall of Enron, and now says: "China is like Dubai but a thousand times worse."
While in China the leaders trying to tackle the financial crisis, their American counterparts are still trying to understand what happen...
- The best stock market for 2010.
by vld2czech@googlemail.com (Vlada, Czech Republic)
31 Jan 2010 at 10:04am
Thank you for being voting in our poll "The best international stock market in 2010". It seems that most of the readers at Emerging Index are considering Asian markets as a leaders for this year. And here are the full results; regionally with percentage of gained votes.
China 29%
Asia Pacific 25%
India 22%
Emerging Europe 18%
Latin America 14%
Africa 14%
Canada 11%
Middle East 7%
Russia 3%
Sovereign investment funds
by vld2czech@googlemail.com (Vlada, Czech Republic)
17 Jan 2010 at 12:04pm
Sovereign wealth funds manage government investments and funds. The largest is the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority. It is also the least transparent. Sovereign funds invest according to the strategy of governments. What threats can be associated with them? Which countries are using sovereign funds mostly?
Many countries have long-term budget surplus, making the nation's wealth to accumulate in the so-called sovereign wealth funds. The ...
- Emerging markets performance and investment outlook.
by vld2czech@googlemail.com (Vlada, Czech Republic)
20 Dec 2009 at 11:45am
Brazilian Index BOVESPA was the top performing international stock index around the world. In US dollar terms (Brazilian Real has appreciated by 29 % against USD within the year) index is higher by 145 %.
But this doesn't seem to be the end of the story. In the region of Latin America, Brazil is still with reasonable P/E valuation 13.5. Other countries in region are Argentina 16.2, Chile 17.2, Peru 37.8, Mexico 20.4. Therefore it is b...
Accelerating growth in emerging markets
by vld2czech@googlemail.com (Vlada, Czech Republic)
29 Nov 2009 at 7:30am
Taiwan and South Korea strengthen rapidly, mainly due to strong demand from China. However, emerging markets are not growing as they used to do. Taking into account such as the ISM index of new orders in the United States this increase in demand could come in the first half of the 2010th.
This article provides overview about major emerging markets around the world and referring to emerging markets outlook.
The World Bank estimated glob...
- International ETFs 2009 returns. Stock markets performance.
by vld2czech@googlemail.com (Vlada, Czech Republic)
22 Nov 2009 at 11:18am
This is comprehensive list of all international exchange traded funds for different countries around world. We can call the group as a regional ETFs. This list includes only funds which are in long position. All short regional ETFs would be ranked at the bottom as all of them returned negative performance numbers.
Top position, Russia, is the same as in the best performing stock markets ranking with better return because of currency ...
- Top performing stock markets around the world
by vld2czech@googlemail.com (Vlada, Czech Republic)
22 Nov 2009 at 9:59am
It is not surprising that laggards of the year 2008 are the best performing stock markets this year. With global rebound and less risk-averse international investing some stocks exchanges returned more than 100% on y-o-y basis. Especially countries in emerging world. In "top tep" we can find only Norwegian OBX Index from the group of developed markets.
Russia, RTS Index 156%
Argentina, MERVAL Index 141.2%
Ukraine, PFTS Ind...
Investment opportunities in Latin America
by vld2czech@googlemail.com (Vlada, Czech Republic)
12 Nov 2009 at 3:05pm
Latin American stock markets were among the first that erased the losses from financial meltdowns. Colombia is inexorably rising. Chile, measured by MSCI index, ranges on the border of the historical highs, and INTER10 index is already behind the highs from last year. Peru, Brazil and Mexico has also caught most of the losses and gradually nearing its peak around the middle of last year. Only Argentina is still well behind.
While inve...
Currency ETF. Protect against weak USD.
by vld2czech@googlemail.com (Vlada, Czech Republic)
26 Oct 2009 at 7:39am
At the beginning of the crisis the dollar rose as investors protect theirs funds by investing in safe currency. The dollar rose by 20 percent between July 2008 and March this year. But when markets calmed down the whole process is reversed. Since then, the dollar has lost most of the profits.
USD dollar further weakens against major global currencies. Last weak it reached magical support 1.50 against EUR. Investors, especially US inv...
- Favorite emerging markets
by vld2czech@googlemail.com (Vlada, Czech Republic)
25 Oct 2009 at 6:59am
Investors are attracted by emerging markets again and the current economic recession even helps them. Of course, they faced declines about one fifth to one quarter higher than the U.S. or Europe as a whole. But then again led strong recovery.
Emerging vs. developed markets.
For example, if fund focused on the U.S. added since the beginning of this year about 12 percent, the fund focused on emerging markets is 46 percent up.
China is cur...
- Emerging vs. developed markets
by vld2czech@googlemail.com (Vlada, Czech Republic)
18 Oct 2009 at 3:24pm
Emerging markets represent half of the global economy. Volatility, the quality of corporate management and government policies are comparable with developed markets. Clear differences between emerging and developed markets largely disappeared.
The economies of emerging markets are growing rapidly. Gross domestic product (GDP) in China in Purchasing Power Parity is greater than the GDP of Japan. India's economy is in this indicator hig...
Outlook for emerging markets
by vld2czech@googlemail.com (Vlada, Czech Republic)
12 Oct 2009 at 1:56pm
Current situation and outlook for emerging markets. South Korea, Taiwan, India, Russia and Brazil. Global markets keep rally going since I posted last time general picture about emerging markets.
South Korea
South Korea is recovering at the fastest pace from all developing countries. Industrial production grew in August for the seventh time in a row. Business confidence is highest for the past 22 months, consumer confidence even in t...
- Inflation protection with TIPS ETF.
by vld2czech@googlemail.com (Vlada, Czech Republic)
7 Oct 2009 at 8:04am
Currently we have low interest rates globally and with minimum inflation or somewhere with deflation. How to invest money in times when prices will start growing again? There are so called Treasury Inflation Protected Securities or TIPS. Coupon payments, which are paid twice a year, are adjusted by changes in CPI (consumer price index).
TIPS are being offered with different maturities with 5 years, 10 years and 20 years. Also all exch...
Hot emerging market - Turkey
by vld2czech@googlemail.com (Vlada, Czech Republic)
3 Oct 2009 at 5:41am
In Turkey the decade of free fiscal policy and high inflation had passed. In recent years the country addresses majority of structural problems and the result is the average annual growth of 6% of GDP between 2002 and 2009.
Of course Turkey failed to defend against global recession. During the first quarter of 2009 GDP fell by 14.3% and unemployment jumped to 16.1%. In August jobless rate reached 15.6%. Turkish lira remained relativel...
- Opportunities in China stock market
by vld2czech@googlemail.com (Vlada, Czech Republic)
27 Sep 2009 at 12:01pm
The growth of Chinese stock markets will be pushed by boosting corporate profitability. For example, the consensus in the expected growth in profits in 2010 reached 21%. Already the fourth quarter of this year should show improvement in corporate income. Once investors see that the companies managed to meet high expectations, increase their confidence, as well as exposure to the markets.
In addition to improved profitability, there ar...
Investing in Latin America with ETF
by vld2czech@googlemail.com (Vlada, Czech Republic)
13 Sep 2009 at 2:07pm
Last time I introduce the list of ETF for getting exposure and investment in China. Today I would like to short list some exchange traded funds with focus on Latin America. The region is mainly commodity (energy and basic materials) driven and therefore if you believe in commodity bull that's the place to be.
Here are some ETF and funds for the whole region.
SPDR S&P Emerging Latin America (GML). This ETF tracks the total return perfo...
Chinese investing with ETF
by vld2czech@googlemail.com (Vlada, Czech Republic)
30 Aug 2009 at 3:22pm
August wasn't good month for Chinese stocks at all. Major Chinese stock index Shanghai SE Composite posted drop 20% from its high. It erased all gains from this summer. The question is, is it healthy correction or beginning of downtrend? In my view, the first option. Performance of Chinese stocks were beating all advanced and emerging markets. This correction keeps valuation at reasonable levels to avoid bubble.
Even with declining Ba...
- BRIC region valuation
by vld2czech@googlemail.com (Vlada, Czech Republic)
23 Jul 2009 at 1:51pm
BRIC region is popular benchmark for the performance of emerging markets as such. Actually it covers 3 continents and included countries represent different economy structures. Recently I pointed out on global stock markets P/E valuation, which showed Russia as a country with lowest P/E ration. Let's have a look to the rest of the group. First ranking shows the situation two years ago.
China - 39
India - 26
Russia - 9
Brazil - 12
And the ...