Best of Thursday’s web
Global markets experienced another down day as woes over the euro zone crisis multiply. Today, we’ll look into a possible downgrade of Spanish banks, BRIC bear markets, and Colombian political violence.
BRICs
Higher inflation: more bad news for India
India’s economy (EPI, quote) took another turn for the worse this week when data released yesterday indicated a rise in consumer prices, bucking a trend of decreasing inflation.
A quick BRIC 101 guide
Of the many buzzwords that get thrown around when discussing emerging markets, “BRIC” may be the most common. What is a BRIC, and why is it important?
Building a diversified income strategy with emerging markets
Pacific Investment Management (PIMCO) released an informative strategy paper recently outlining the environment for credit products and a diversified income strategy.
Best of the Friday Web
American markets ended up shrugging off JP Morgan’s (JPM, quote) surprise announcement of a $2 billion trading loss, trading roughly flat on the day. Elsewhere around the world, other than more poor Chinese data, markets were relatively quiet compared to the heavy volume of news over the past few weeks pertaining to Europe.
What is the difference between a developed, emerging, and frontier market?
For amateur investors, discerning what exactly differentiates developed, emerging, and frontier markets can be challenging. Today, we’ll try to clarify some of these important distinctions for people looking to invest overseas.
Best of the Thursday web
Markets halted a prolonged skid on Thursday, as news from Europe was today mercifully limited. However, Chinese trade data and Indian currency intervention may give traders pause about the health of the world economy.
Best of the Wednesday web
Global markets continued to slide to the downside on, you guessed it, concerns over the economic future of Europe. As well, in-line earnings from MercadoLibre saw one of the darlings of emerging markets drop precipitously.