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Starbucks Comes Under Official Chinese Criticism For Prices
Monday, October 21, 2013 - 1:20pm | 1282Think the cost of your Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX) latte is too much? Well then, take a moment to consider Chinese consumers – who are apparently up in arms about what they're paying for a cup of the high-end coffee. And state-run Chinese media has joined in the criticism of the Seattle-based...
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Investing in Foreign Markets and US Dollar Risk (UUP, EEM, EFA)
Tuesday, November 17, 2009 - 10:28pm | 280The vast majority of 'diversified' investors have some exposure to equities outside of the United States. This is done to provide access to higher growth emerging markets, exposure to equities that are not 100% correlated with US markets, and possibly to hedge against the US Dollar. However,...