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Peru Set To Win From Trade Pacts & Ratings Upgrades in 2012 (EPU, BAP, BVN, SCCO)

Posted: December 27, 2011 at 12:21 pm

Peru was recently listed as one of the few nations which could actually face a ratings upgrade in 2012.  Not all nations are being downgraded.  Recent news of a new ...
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The Great Online Video Hype in China, Still Just Hype (YOKU, TUDO, SOHU, RENN)

Posted: December 27, 2011 at 6:15 am

The craze for online video is everywhere. Billions upon billions have been invested by great companies, yet the business model has proven that not all efforts have endless financial return. ...
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Molycorp: Attractive for 2012, With Some Risks at Stake (MCP, AVL, REMX)

Posted: December 23, 2011 at 10:01 am

Molycorp, Inc. (NYSE: MCP) is a stock that we started to really pan when the stock went up into the $60s and even into the $70s. It was a bubble ...
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Korean Credit Ratings Safe After Kim Jong-Il Death (EWY, SKOR, KF, KEF, PKX, KEP, SKM)

Posted: December 22, 2011 at 9:33 am

If there was one issue which may have created uncertainty around the credit ratings of South Korea, it was the death of dictator Kim Jong-Il in North Korea.  We just recently ...
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Eight Countries With Credit Ratings Set to Rise Next Year

Posted: December 21, 2011 at 12:14 pm

It seems that all of the nations around the world are facing sovereign credit ratings downgrades or warnings of downgrades. After the United States lost its prized "AAA" rating, the threat of downgrades ...
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Kim Jong-il Death Drives Uncertain Korean Trading (EWY, KF, KEF, SKOR, PKX, KEP, SKM, ATK, RTN)

Posted: December 19, 2011 at 9:53 am

If there is one of several regions which can erupt rapidly, it is around the Korean Peninsula.  The death of Kim Jong-il (that photo is a tribute photo for him) after a ...
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A Greek ETF Launch… No Joke, Even If It Should Be! (NBG, CCH, GREK)

Posted: December 8, 2011 at 10:05 am

Up until today, U.S. investors could only invest in (or short sell) the ADRs of National Bank of Greece S.A. (NYSE: NBG), Coca-Cola Hellenic Bottling Company S.A. (NYSE: CCH), or ...
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Euro Banks on the Rise for Merkel/Sarkozy (STD, BBVA, IRE, CS, UBS, DB, NBG, BCS, RBS)

Posted: December 5, 2011 at 7:45 am

Sarkozy and Merkel have gone from killers of the markets to saviors of the market, and oddly enough there is no full resolution yet to the Euro Zone debt crisis ...
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ITC Keeps Investigating Chinese Solar Players (FSLR, SPWRA, TSL, JASO, LDK)

Posted: December 2, 2011 at 1:06 pm

Solar stocks can use all the help available, and news is out today that may help the ailing U.S.-based solar sector.  The industry has complained of China's solar firms dumping solar ...
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European ADRs Surging on Global Central Bank Action (ALU, MT, BHP, STD, IRE, CS, UBS, DB, FTE, PHG, ERIC, NOK, NBG, SI, TI)

Posted: November 30, 2011 at 9:03 am

The action out of China's virtual easing by lowering reserve requirements was already a boost to global markets, but the coordinated central bank efforts of the U.S., Canada, Europe, Switzerland, ...
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ETF, ETN, and Funds For Germany’s Debt Concerns (BUNL, BUND, EWG, GF, BUNT)

Posted: November 25, 2011 at 10:35 am

The new question of the week is whether or not Germany will get pulled down into the soup with the rest of Europe on the growing debt woes.  A horrible bond ...
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Egyptian Unrest Takes Headlines All Over Again (EGPT)

Posted: November 22, 2011 at 7:05 am

If the news reports are accurate out of Cairo, things are going from bad all over again to far worse all over again in Egypt.  It turns out that the interim ...
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The New Social Media ETF’s Interesting (and odd) Composition (SOCL, SINA, NTES, GOOG, YNDX, RENN, GRPN, LNKD, UNTD)

Posted: November 15, 2011 at 9:48 am

These ETF products which trade in the U.S. but are composed of a bunch of internationally listed shares are often a bit sluggish on their trading.  Now we have a new ...
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European ADRs Dragging Down U.S. Trading (ALU, MT, BHP, STD, IRE, CS, UBS, DB, FTE, PHG, ERIC, NOK, NBG, SI, TI)

Posted: November 15, 2011 at 7:44 am

The Eurozone growth rate of 0.2% in the third quarter may have met expectations but this is just one more example that growth is so low already that getting out ...
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European ADRs Follow Italy Much Lower, Wrecking U.S. Market Gains (E, LUX, TI, ALU, MT, BHP, STD, IRE, CS, UBS, DB, FTE, PHG, ERIC, NOK, NBG, SI, EWI)

Posted: November 9, 2011 at 7:32 am

Well, it used to be Greece taking us down daily, but now it is the much larger concern of Italy.  The markets were supposed to be cheering that Silvio Berlusconi was ...
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