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1. | Buying Into Japanese And German Exporters
With the euro down nearly 15% this year and at a two-year low against the U.S. dollar, the world's largest exporting nation is worth a good look. So is another country that has thriving exports in spite of ...
[Added: 17 Nov 2005 Hits: 57 Words: 683]
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2. | Eight Rules For ETF Success
Managing a global portfolio of exchange-traded funds (ETFs) is a great way to build a diversified portfolio with exposure to equities around the globe. Fortunately, you need not be a rocket scientist to do this, but ...
[Added: 16 Nov 2005 Hits: 72 Words: 937]
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3. | Old Europe's New Shine
As European Union leaders meet in London to wrangle over European Union budgets and the Anglo-Saxon versus the French model, global investors have already voted and have been handsomely rewarded.
Many American investors seem ...
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4. | Samsung The Elephant
Samsung dominates life in its home country like no other company in the world. But the slogan "what is good for Samsung is good for South Korea" is open for debate.
The South Korean economy ...
[Added: 26 Oct 2005 Hits: 45 Words: 838]
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5. | China Portfolio Insurance
Are you excited about the upside potential of China but can't pull the trigger because of the significant downside risk? Here is a way to invest in China growth and still sleep at night.
China has been the largest economy in the world for eighteen ...
[Added: 19 Oct 2005 Hits: 50 Words: 846]
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6. | Canada Plays China Card
Trade friction and energy leverage has led to an unprecedented Canadian policy of "speak loudly and carry a big piece of lumber" policy towards the United States.
The long running dispute over American tariffs on Canadian lumber escalated to the point last week that ...
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7. | ETFs Unplugged
Is your financial advisor missing a critical piece to the ETF?
Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are great investment tools but most have a flaw that investors and advisors usually miss. Let's take a look under the hood and introduce some new and ...
[Added: 30 Sep 2005 Hits: 119 Words: 913]
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8. | Surf's Up Down Under
Lucky?
This lucky country's economy is on a record-breaking 14-year roll. The big question: Will it continue?
Just imagine: From a few convicts dropped ashore in 1788, Australia has developed into a first-class global economy. The reforms enacted ...
[Added: 27 Sep 2005 Hits: 45 Words: 818]
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9. | Jumpstart For Jakarta
Pie Cutters and Pie Bakers
There are two types of political leaders: pie cutters and pie bakers. Pie cutters attain and maintain power by slicing the economic pie to placate opponents and reward friends. Pie bakers ...
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10. | Asia's New Investment Jewel
China is in its Glory, now Look to the Future.
Let's discuss an Asian country that could present us with the next great bull market of the 21st century – an opportunity that has the potential ...
[Added: 15 Sep 2005 Hits: 39 Words: 956]
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11. | Scots Beat Yanks In China Bank Deal
With visions of an ATM in every neighborhood in China, foreign banks and investment firms are queuing up to join the "China Club."
Moneybags Communism
The initiation fee for the "China Club" is straightforward and pure moneybags ...
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12. | Chile Leads The Latin Pack
Everyone's talking about China. Don't miss the opportunities in Chile.
Yes. Chile with an "LE" not "NA"
While the whole region is back in favor with investors, it seems appropriate to highlight Chile which ...
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13. | The Switzerland Of Asia Shines
In many respects, Singapore is the Switzerland of Asia.
Begun in 1819 as a British trading colony, the Republic of Singapore was founded in 1965 under the leadership of the current Prime Minister's father, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew. While it is only 1/5 the size of Rhode ...
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14. | Come Home Corporate America
Hollow Industrial Base
During the last decade, a hot topic in Japan and America has been the “hollowing out” of their industrial bases. The share of Japanese-owned productive capacity located abroad has grown from 8% in ...
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15. | China's Great Missed Opportunity
While a U.S. Representative to the Asian Development Bank Executive Board of Directors during the first Bush Administration, I consistently called for China to "bite the bullet" and privatize its state-owned companies as soon as possible. Representatives from European and other Asian ...
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16. | China's Inscrutable Currency Strategy
Purpose: Expose China Opportunities for Smart Investors
The move by China's central bank to drop the yuan's rigid peg to the dollar last week on the day of my return after a three-week trip to Asia left a host of questions unanswered. The basket of currencies ...
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