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CAPPT: 2013's Top-Performing EM ETF Acronym
Thursday, March 14, 2013 - 2:00pm | 904Read More...Just about a year ago, to little hoopola, a new emerging markets acronym was coined to compete with more popular fare such as BRIC, CIVETS and MIST. That acronym is CAPPT for Chile, Argentina, Peru, the Philippines and Thailand. Admittedly, Argentina, a frontier market, was included more out of...
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As the Winter Ends, the De-Dollarization Begins
Tuesday, March 13, 2012 - 4:21pm | 1030Read More...As Iran gets ready to celebrate its greatest holiday of the year, New Year's Eve, on March 20th, it not only celebrates the beginning of a new year but also the end of the dollar as an acceptable currency for payment of its oil. Although the holiday, known as Nowruz, is typically commemorated by...
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How to Play CIVETS for the Rest of 2012 (VNM, EZA, TUR)
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 - 1:54pm | 783Read More...Since the dawn of BRIC, economists and banks have been working to come up with the next great emerging markets acronym and CIVETS seems to be one of the better ideas. Not even three years old, CIVETS, for those not in the know, is Colombia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Egypt, Turkey and South Africa. That'...
