These South Of the Border Bargains Offer Investors Real Growth (EWW, TV, AMX, HXM, SAB, SIM, ICA)
Martin Hutchinson: While the news worldwide seems universally gloomy, it doesn’t mean that there aren’t any bargains to be had. Read more…
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Can The U.S. Economy “de-couple” From The Eurozone Debt Crisis? (FXE, VGK, EWG, EWP, EWI, EUO)
Martin Hutchinson: As the Eurozone teeters on the edge of a breakup, it begs the question: Can the U.S economy ”de-couple” from the Eurozone debt crisis? Read more…
Closed-End Funds: Beat Ben Bernanke With These Juicy Double-Digit Yields (AGD, AOD, ETB, CH, NLY, AGNC)
Martin Hutchinson: With the economy beginning to stall, Ben Bernanke’s war on the nation’s savers rolls on. From his promise to keep the Fed funds rate near zero through late 2014 to his efforts to push ten-year note yields even lower, the Fed Chairman Read more…
Southeast Asian ETFs: My Favorite Investment In The World’s Newest “Sweet Spot” (EWS, EWY, EWM, VWO)
Martin Hutchinson: Having lived in Singapore as a child I’ve always been fond of Southeast Asia. Fifty years later, though, I like it for a slightly different reason. Read more…
Eurozone Debt Crisis: The Greek Elections Are A Make Or Break Moment (VGK, EUO, FXE, VWO, EWG)
Martin Hutchinson: What happens this Sunday, June 17 , may be the trigger for a final resolution of the Eurozone debt crisis. Now I understand that you probably don’t follow Greek elections. But this is one you’ll want to keep an eye on. Read more…
A Liberty Investor’s Guide To Latin America (GXG, ECH, EWZ, EPU, ARGT)
Martin Hutchinson: Words, indeed, are powerful things. As an Englishman in America, my personal favorite is freedom. It’s embodied by those words penned so long ago by a young Thomas Jefferson… Read more…
Bond Investing: How Investors Can Build A Bond Ladder (TBT, IEF, TBF, TLT, SHY)
Martin Hutchinson: With interest rates at near-record low levels it appears that the only way for rates to go is up. As the U.S. economy moderately strengthens, that means the bond bubble will begin to leak. Even darker, the bubble might just burst altogether. Read more…
Eurozone: The Secret System That Blew Another Hole In The Euro (FXE, EUO, IEV, VGK, VWO)
Martin Hutchinson: According to financial consultant David Marsh, writing in CBS Marketwatch, the Bundesbank’s net Target-2 assets ballooned to 615 billion euros ($800 billion) in March, while the Banco de Espana’s net liabilities rose to 252 billion euros and the Banca d’Italia’s to 270 billion euros. Read more…
Europe: French Elections Hold The Key To The Euro (EWQ, EWI, EWP, FXE, EUO, VGK)
Martin Hutchinson: Short-term corporate thinking has been blamed for many of America’s economic ills. With little foresight beyond next year, management sometimes closes down plants and fudges accounting to make this year’s earnings look better and boost the stock price. Read more…
Euro Collapse: While Everybody Is Watching Spain, It Is France That Could Topple (EWP, EWQ, EWI, EUO)
Martin Hutchinson: Commentators are wringing their hands again, worried the troubles in Spain (NYSEARCA:EWP) could cause the whole euro project to collapse. As a result, all eyes are now on Spanish 10-year debt yields, which went above 6% last week as the threat of euro-chaos returned. Read more…
High Oil Prices: Why $200 Oil Won’t Cause A Recession (USO, XLE, UGA, COP, XOM, CVX, DVN)
Martin Hutchinson: Last Friday’s weak unemployment numbers, with only 120,000 jobs created, brought renewed wails that high oil prices were causing a recession. Having heard this refrain so many times, I thought I’d dig a little deeper. Read more…
The Other Precious Metals: 4 Ways To Diversify With Palladium and Platinum (PALL, PPLT, SLV, GLD, SWC)
Martin Hutchinson: Even gold (NYSEARCA:GLD) and silver (NYSEARCA:SLV) investors need to diversify. That’s why investing in precious metals means more than simply buying the “barbaric relics” that have served as money in the past. Read more…
Emerging Markets: Why It May Be Time For Investors To Bet On Thailand? (THD, VWO, EEM, FXI, SMCBF)
Martin Hutchinson: There is a good reason investors have been clamoring to invest in emerging markets (NYSEARCA:VWO). With the West spinning its wheels, the truth is there’s a good deal of Read more…
With Vladimir Putin In Power It’s Laughable Russia Is One of The BRICs (RSX, VWO, EPI, FXI, EEM)
Martin Hutchinson: The re-election of Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin last week means even more crony capitalism in Russia (NYSEArca:RSX). With Putin in power nothing will change. Read more…
Real Estate: Has The Housing Market Finally Bottomed? (IYR, XHB, DHI, TOL, KBH, LEN)
Martin Hutchinson: It was the most atrocious bubble in U.S. history pushing tens of millions of Americans into financial misery. Even today, the last of the lawsuits have yet to be filed. But five years later it’s finally coming back. Read more…
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