SET finishes year with 63.25% gain

Thai stocks closed down 1.03% yesterday on profit-taking ahead of the New Year holidays. The SET index ended the last trading session of 2009 at 734.54 points, down 7.62, in thin trade worth 11.59 billion baht. Energy stocks declined 1.61% on the day, banks fell 0.5% and property fell 1.63%. Overall, the SET index recorded [...]

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China will overtake Japan in 2010

Three instead of ten hours now, travelers need only to 1069 kilometers long route between Wuhan and Canton. With the pace of 394 flits the fastest train in the world through the country. But there is also China’s economy is at full speed. The Statistical Office in Beijing just revised the growth of Chinese economic [...]

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Thoughts on the gold standard and the precious metals

At least gold and silver have their importance as real money in the industrialized world largely lost. The thesis is that money is a relic of past times and for coverage of the currency in the modern economy rather unfit. The idea, however, still reigns in some emerging or developing countries, etc. That’s because of [...]

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Africa ETFs: A Recovery Coming Slowly

Not every country is fortunate enough to have jumped swiftly out of a recession. African economies were slow to feel the effects of the financial crisis, and now, their markets and exchange traded funds (ETFs) may be slow in evincing a rebound. It is hoped that Africa’s economy will get a strong footing for its [...]

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The best commodity equity fund

For a stable development of demand for commodities should in particular the development of infrastructure in emerging markets – particularly China guarantee -. Michael Keppler, president of Keppler Asset Management, believe that the current recession in commodity prices and the share prices of companies rohstoffproduzierenden would miss only a temporary shock. “The long-term super cycle [...]

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Africa ETFs: A Recovery Coming Slowly

Not every country is fortunate enough to have jumped swiftly out of a recession. African economies were slow to feel the effects of the financial crisis, and now, their markets and exchange traded funds (ETFs) may be slow in evincing a rebound. It is hoped that Africa’s economy will get a … Mehr lesen ETF-Indexfonds

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