India's bid to backstop a sagging rupee, combat market volatility and attract foreign investment, may spell good news for Canadian investors.
Expect 2012 to mark a turnaround in equity markets and for opportunistic investors to reap the rewards. Smart investors will make money.
India started 2011 with a bang, but by the looks of it, the emerging economic powerhouse may be headed to wind down the year with a whimper. Goldman Sachs’ Jim O’Neill says that of the BRIC nations, India has been the biggest disappointment. A recent article by CNN’s Fareed Zakaria relates a troubling story about […]
The non-stop rollercoaster ride of 2011 has done little to erode the undying optimism of Canadian money managers who are betting on 2012 being a good year for investment returns. The sentiment towards Canadian and international equity markets, the most-favoured asset class, improved in the fourth quarter, with emerging markets leading the way, according to […]
The recent hammering of the global financial markets, fears of recession and unprecedented deleveraging have heralded a changing of the guard as investment focus moves away from the consumer and into the businesses sector.
While the markets are reacting positively to news that Europeans, North American and Japan’s central banks have made dollar swaps cheaper, less attention is being paid to a move by Chinese authorities to loosen monetary policy.
While growth in developed economies currently ranges between slow and stalled, emerging economies have seen tremendous growth powered largely by the BRIC nations consisting of Brazil, Russia, India and China.
As the eurozone crumbles before the eyes of global citizens and U.S. economic growth is slow to none, investors should start to look at emerging markets for comfort.
Manulife Financial and Bank of China boosted their business ties by signing a new two-year agreement, according to a Manulife release.
Global index provider FTSE Group has expanded its Diversification Based Investing (DBI) Index Series to include emerging markets.