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BRIC Watch: Brazil May Keep Falling
ThinkstockThis year continues to be a miserable one for investors who want to believe in emerging markets like Brazil, the land that offers hopes and dreams but little in the way of…
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Bad Time for Emerging Markets: 2014 ETF Outlook
ThinkstockWhen Goldman Sachs and J.P. Morgan said to avoid emerging markets in 2014, many investors and market participants thought that the firms were merely sticking to a 2013 trend for too long. Now…
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Has Brazil Lost All of Its Luster?
Brazil is one of the so-called BRIC nations, an investment term denoting Brazil, Russia, India and China. This used to have great growth connotations for investors, but as you can tell by…
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Six ETFs Hoping to Avoid Emerging Market Hyperinflation
ThinkstockInflation is often crippling in economies, but so-called hyperinflation is far worse. 24/7 Wall St. recently identified 11 key emerging market nations suffering serious inflation. In most cases this is not technically…
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Bridgewater Goes Deeper into Emerging Markets (EEM, EWZ, VWO)
Bridgewater Associates, LP is in the lead of the top hedge funds in America by size. We have just gotten a look at its equity holdings via a 13F filing with the Securities…
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BRIC Woes Move From China To Brazil (GOL, PBR, VIV, VALE, EWZ)
The growth engines of the world are called the BRIC nations for Brazil, Russia, China, and India. What happens when growth rates are just not as robust as they are supposed to…
12:14pm ET
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Eight Countries With Credit Ratings Set to Rise Next Year
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 hangs over…
6:46pm ET
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Special Report: Chart Deaths of BRIC & Emerging Markets (EEM, VWO, EWZ, BRF, ECH, CH, RSX, TRF, CEE, EPI, PIN, IFN, IIF, FXI, GXC, TAO, HAO, CHN, TDF)
The old saying goes, “When the U.S. sneezes, the rest of the world catches a cold.” But what about when Europe gets the flu and when China and India drink the tap…
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Swapping BRICs, ETF Funds Leaving China and Going to Brazil (FXI, EWZ, GXC, HAO, BKF)
Fears of inflation and increased oversight into accounting practices are causing US investors to pull funds from China-focused ETFs, with a parallel interest in putting more funds into Brazilian equity ETFs. Oddly,…
8:01am ET
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Time For Brazil: Two Takes, Two Solid Bets & Alternatives (PBR, EWZ, BZF, BRF)
Looks like it is time for Brazil to shine again. Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. (NYSE: PBR), or Petrobras, managed to get off the world’s largest stock sale. This appears to be a good…
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Brazil Olympic Stock Plays Feeling Lofty (EWZ, BRF, BZF, BBD, BRP, BTM, BAK, PDA, EBR, ABV, ELP, SID, CPL, ERJ, GFA, GGB, GOL, ITUB, NETC, PBR, TAM, TNE, TSP, VALE, VIV, VCP)
Investing into emerging markets where the Olympics are headed is supposed to be a safe bet, in theory. Despite a flat close for stocks in the U.S. on Friday, Brazilian shares rose…
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Cramer’s Grooming Tip: Get A Brazilian (PBR, RIO, AMX, GFA, MELI, GOL, EWZ)
This week on MAD MONEY on CNBC, Jim Cramer had some international advice. He wants portfolios to have Brazilians, but not the waxing type. He has an oil play, a metals and…
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ETF Winners & Losers (June 14, 2007)
DJIA 13,553.73; +71.38 (0.53%)….DIAMONDS Trust (DIA) +0.67%S&P500 1,522.97; +7.30 (0.48%)…SPDRs ‘Spyders’ (SPY) +0.64%NASDAQ 2,599.41; +17.10 (0.66%)….NASDAQ 100 PowerShares…
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ETF Winners & Losers (June 11, 2007)
Stock Tickers: DBB, XES, GAF, RYU, DBA, EWZ, GML, URE, XME, XHB, TLO, ICF, EWL, EWY DJIA 13,424.96; -0.57 (0.00%)S&P500 1,509.12; -1.45 (0.10%)NASDAQ …
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ETF Winners & Losers (June 4, 2007)
Stock Tickers: OIH, DBB, ITB, UVT, GWL, URE, DUG, EZA, HHK, FBT, INP, EWZ, PGJ, CHN ETF WINNERS JUNE 4, 2007:Oil Services HOLDRs (OIH) …