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Investing in Iraq
Don’t laugh…it’s not as far-fetched as it sounds. And if anybody can figure out a way to do it, Templeton’s Mark Mobius immediately comes to mind. Mobius had the following to say at a press conference in London:
We are also looking at Iraq, though we are not invested there now. We would have to [...]
Steer Clear of Leveraged International ETFs
ProShares is adding to its roster of leveraged ETFs. The four new funds are designed to take 200% positions in China, Japan, EAFE and the MSCI Emerging Markets index.
The problems with leveraged ETFs, in general, have been well chronicled. So we won’t get into that here. For readers who are interested, Tristan Yates and [...]
Stop the presses: Roubini is bullish about something!
NYU Economist Nouriel Roubini has been on television or quoted elsewhere in the press at least 14,000 times in the past year or two. Astonishingly, journalists almost never seem to ask him the most interesting question: “So, Dr. Doom, are there any markets in the world that you actually like?”
A plausible theory is that the [...]
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Asia Economic Outlook from CLSA Conference
Frank Holmes, CEO of US Global Investors, shares a few interesting notes from his trip to the latest CLSA investment conference in Singapore.
The conference in Singapore also featured presentations by CLSA strategists and economists looking at the broader economic outlook for 2009 and 2010. Here are some of the interesting points made in those presentations:
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