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Tiny Emerging Markets, Huge Profits The PowerShares MENA Frontier Countries Portfolio gives investors access to countries in the Middle East and North Africa. |
BusinessWeek
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Frontier Markets: Invest Like a Cowboy Frontier markets offer amazing performance but have many difficulties. The good news is that there are a few exchange-traded funds that track frontier markets generally. |
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How South Africa Challenges Our Thinking on FDI After the fall of apartheid, South Africa accepted the standard prescription for countries to receive more foreign direct investment. Yet FDI has been a mere trickle. Why? The answer may reside in the country's strong corporate environment. |
The Motley Fool
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Finance & Development
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Africa: A Look into the Future OVER the past decade, Africa has been growing at an unprecedented rate, despite the successive global food and financial crises. |
The Motley Fool
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Forgotten Gold Stocks From South Africa If you are looking to play an explosive move in gold bullion in the next five years, South African gold mining stocks appear deserving of your attention. |
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The New Emerging Markets: Africa and the Middle East It comes as some surprise that on a list compiled by Lipper Inc. of the top performing emerging market funds, the top tier of leading funds includes several that specialize in Africa or in Africa and the Middle East. |
Finance & Development
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Africa's Burgeoning Ties with China Africa and China have been trading partners for centuries. But in recent years, the level and intensity of their relationship have increased dramatically. |
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A Fund as Hot as the Desert Focusing on the Middle East and Africa, the T. Rowe Price Africa & Middle East Fund delivers big returns. |
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Brand New Through Annansi Clothing Co., G. Kofi Annan is trying to redefine Africa's image in U.S. mass media and popular culture. |
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The Struggle for Economic Growth in Africa In an effort to generate economic growth, African leaders are lobbying the world for investment capital, promising political and free-market reforms in return. The continent desperately needs outside capital to jump-start stagnant economies... |
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HBS Working Knowledge
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On the Frontier What about investing in the next layer of BRICs-which might include stocks from Bangladesh, Romania, Ivory Coast and Cambodia? These frontier markets might develop into tomorrow's emerging economies. Or sink into oblivion. |
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Build a Great ETF Portfolio There are many different ways to structure your ETF portfolio, and while the following four steps aren't the only way to go, they're a simple approach to get you started. |
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HBS Working Knowledge
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Tourism: More Than Safaris and Sunsets Pictures of Africa focus too much on exotic wildlife or terrible poverty. But there are also exciting niche markets to attract more visitors and revenue to the continent and change Africa for the better, said a group of tourism experts. |
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Africa: The Lost Continent No More Driven by a rising GDP and calmer political and financial waters over the past decade, Africa's nascent healthcare sector is poised for a fresh surge in growth. |
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Advisors Without Borders: A Guide to Frontier Markets A rush to invest in emerging market countries has veteran investors and fund managers all over the map in their quest for global client returns. What they found will surprise you. |
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Straight Talk: Start This Engine Africa's policymakers should prepare for global recovery by priming their private sectors. |
BusinessWeek
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Dambisa Moyo: Cut Off Aid to Africa Dambisa Moyo is telling the world that in order to save Africa, we need to stop giving them financial aid. |
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Africa: The World's Next Great Economic Story Coca-Cola Co.'s Alexander Cummings recently spoke to Stanford University's Institute for Economic Policy Research and African Leadership Academy about Africa's growing economic power. |
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2 Euro-Shy Global Investments These funds tread lightly in this risky region. |
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BusinessWeek
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Finance & Development
September 2008
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Finance & Development
December 1, 2006
Gupta & Yang |
Unblocking Trade To underpin growth, Africa needs to adopt a comprehensive approach to boosting trade. Only by adopting a holistic approach can African economies succeed. |
The Motley Fool
January 11, 2011
Eric Dutram |
11 Predictions for the ETF Industry in 2011 What will the new year bring for ETFs? |
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Finance & Development
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Finance & Development
March 2008 |
Country Focus South Africa is currently seeing its longest expansion, thanks in part to sound policies. |
