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Global Crisis Hits Russia but Sovereign Rating Seen Stable
Research Recap submits: Russia’s financial markets have been hit hard in the current global economic crisis and its balance sheet could suffer as oil prices decline, but Fitch Ratings said it expects the country’s sovereign debt rating to remain stable. Russia’s equity markets and credit default swap...
Tags: Russia, Equity, Seeking Alpha, Balance Sheets, Financial Services, Investment, Financial Accounting, Financial Statements, Finance, Research Recap, Emerging Markets
External links 2008-10-23
From Bailout to Wipeout
The Mole submits: So, the downward spiral in equity prices resumes afresh. Just like the modern city dweller who is now incapable of strolling 100m without the aid of an over-priced and over-hyped “isotonic” drink for fear of dehydration, so it is with the market, which stumbles without its...
Tags: Stock, Equity, Seeking Alpha, Mole, Investment, Food & Beverage, Financial Services, Finance, Manufacturing, The Mole, Target Corp., Wal-Mart Stores Inc., US Market, Emerging Markets, Energy
External links 2008-10-23
How Will Hungary Shape Eastern European CDS Prices this Week?
Rakesh Saxena submits: Hungary is in crisis mode today. While an IMF lifeline is negotiated, credit default swap prices for Hungary sovereign debt are set to fluctuate wildly, from a low of 420 basis points to a high of 600, and beyond. The rest of Eastern Europe waits with bated...
Tags: Hungary, Seeking Alpha, Rakesh Saxena, Forint, Financial Planning, Insurance, Finance, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance, Emerging Markets
External links 2008-10-26
Evraz: Short-Term Pain, Long-Term Gain
The collapse of the Russian stock market has been one of the more surprising events of the past year. Russia is probably in one of the strongest positions in the world to withstand the crisis, given its large current account surplus, relatively low leverage levels across the private sector and...
Tags: Growth, Russia, Seeking Alpha, Public Relations, Investment, Marketing, Corporate Communications, Finance, Paul Fekula, Emerging Markets
External links 2008-10-27
Credit Crisis Spreads to the Middle East
Jonathan O'Shaughnessy submits: We have all watched as countries throughout the world raced to help bailout their ailing banks in light of the global credit crisis. Gargantuan sums – more on a global scale than we have seen to date – have been dispensed: Germany $650B, Russia $120B, UK £37B,...
Tags: Bank, Middle East, Crisis, Seeking Alpha, Jonathan O'Shaughnessy, Financial Services, Emerging Markets
External links 2008-10-28
Buy, Sell or Hold: iShares MSCI Brazil Upholds 'Order and Progress'
Horacio Marquez submits: Brazil’s economy has been given a second chance. And so have prospective investors. Brazil will use that second chance well – shouldn’t we? by Horacio Marquez
Tags: Brazil, Seeking Alpha, Horacio Marquez, Financial Accounting, Finance, Emerging Markets, ETF
External links 2008-10-28
Bank of NY Creates New GDR/ADR Emerging Indexes
IndexUniverse submits: The Bank of New York Mellon BK has launched The Bank of New York Mellon GDR Index and 30 global depositary receipt (GDR) sub-indexes. The GDR Index covers all the global depository receipts traded on the London Stock Exchange. The sub-indexes cover broad market, regional and...
Tags: Bank, Receipt, Bank Of New York Mellon Corp., Seeking Alpha, Bank Of NY, IndexUniverse, GDR Index, Financial Services, Index Universe, Emerging Markets
External links 2008-10-28
Wednesday Outlook: Out of the Blue? Well, Not Really
David Fry ETF Digest submits: Well, not really. This type of rally has been building for some time given how oversold things had become. It’s also why we closed our shorts and went to...
Tags: ETF, Seeking Alpha, Microsoft Outlook, Financial Services, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, David Fry, US Market, Emerging Markets
External links 2008-10-29
Does Turkey Need IMF Anchor?
According to the Economist’s latest article on Turkey, it’s not a question but rather a settled argument. The article expends some generic language on how the Turkish economy has been influenced negatively by the current global crisis and how the country may be vulnerable to a...
Tags: IMF, Turkey, Seeking Alpha, Investment, Marketing Research, Financial Services, Finance, Marketing, Suna Reyent, Emerging Markets
External links 2008-10-29
New Ways to Construct Portfolios - Maybe
Roger Nusbaum submits: Is this the future of portfolio construction? Well, maybe. IndexUniverse.com had an article about Bank of NY BK creating a bunch of GDR indexes similar to ADRs but traded in the UK for quite a few countries and a couple of broad based indexes too....
Tags: Index, Seeking Alpha, Roger Nusbaum, Financial Services, Emerging Markets
External links 2008-10-29
Economic Factors Affecting Indonesia ETF
Carl T. Delfeld submits: The Indonesian stock market's benchmark index IF is down 60.8% since it peaked in January, and the rupiah has fallen 30% in the last month. James Bryson, of HB Capital Partners in Jakarta, told the Financial Times this about the ten point market support package announced by...
Tags: Subsidy, Indonesia, Seeking Alpha, Carl T. Delfeld, Government, Vertical Industries, Investment, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Emerging Markets
External links 2008-10-30
Keep an Eye on Emerging Markets Bonds
Bill Luby submits: I know a number of equities-only investors who have started following the bond markets for the first time ever over the course of the past year after becoming tired of being blind-sided by inter-market relationships. Of the many credit market data points, LIBOR, the TED spread,...
Tags: Bond, Liquidity, Seeking Alpha, Investment, Finance, Bill Luby, US Market, Emerging Markets, ETF
External links 2008-11-02
Interview with Edenor SA's CFO
The Wall Street Transcript recently interviewed Luis Pablo Rogelio Pagano, Chief Financial Officer of Edenor SA EDN and a member of its Executive Committee. Key excerpts follow: TWST: May we start with a short history and overview of your company? by The Wall Street Transcript
Tags: CFO, Seeking Alpha, The Wall Street Transcript, Emerging Markets, Utility
External links 2008-11-03
Electrobras Moves to NYSE
David Hunkar submits: On Friday, Eletrobras of Brazil, an electric utility listed its ADR shares on the New York Stock Exchange NYSE with the ticker [[EBR]]. Formerly, Eletrobras shares used to trade on the OTC market where they had been the largest Brazilian OTC stock. by David Hunkar
Tags: David Hunkar, Emerging Markets, Finance, Investment, NYSE Euronext, Seeking Alpha, Utility
External links 2008-11-03
Staying Away from iShares MSCI Brazil ETF
Max Zeledon submits: I wrote a piece here last May about why I disliked the iShares MSCI Brazil ETF EWZ. Much of what I said was predictable given the nature of how Latin American economies are structured. Fundamentally speaking, EWZ is a commodities play rather than a true economy-wide index...
Tags: Commodity, Seeking Alpha, Investment, Finance, Max Zeledon, Emerging Markets, ETF
External links 2008-10-23
Jeremy Grantham: U.S. Stocks Now 'Very Reasonable Buys for Brave Value Managers'
Jeremy Grantham of GMO has released Part I of his Q3 letter (.pdf, dated October 17, 2008). Here's how Grantham sees the market at this juncture: At under 1000 on the S&P 500, U.S. stocks are very reasonable buys for brave value managers willing to be early. The same applies...
Tags: Manager, Seeking Alpha, Financial Accounting, Investment, Financial Services, Finance, Jeremy Grantham, US Market, Emerging Markets
External links 2008-10-21
India Perspective: US's Swelling Deficit, OPEC's Possible Production Cuts
Equitymaster submits: The ever expanding US deficit has been a well documented fact. Now it seems that in the present scenario, the US does not mind if this deficit widens further. And widen it definitely will with the gargantuan bailout package that the country has announced to pull out...
Tags: OPEC, Seeking Alpha, Equitymaster, Government, Taxes, Financial Planning, Financial Accounting, Free Trade, Finance, Emerging Markets, India, Energy
External links 2008-10-21
MSCI Bara Introduces New Indexes to Counter Russian Trading Stoppages
IndexUniverse submits: MSCI Barra MXB has created two new Russia indexes to mitigate the problems recently exposed with the frequent suspension of trading on the Russian stock markets during the global market unrest. The new MSCI Barra indexes will capture the performance of Russian stocks that are traded...
Tags: Russia, Index, Seeking Alpha, MSCI Bara, IndexUniverse, Investment, Finance, Index Universe, Emerging Markets, ETF
External links 2008-10-17
Cresud: Where the Safe Money Is Going
Guy Bennett submits: After the recent wild fluctuations in the Dow, many investors have lost faith in the market and the banks. Bank deposits have decreased an average of $500 million a day over the last 90 days. Meanwhile, the stock market has shed around $8 trillion in value....
Tags: Bank, Investor, Seeking Alpha, Financial Accounting, Financial Services, Finance, Guy Bennett, Emerging Markets
External links 2008-10-17
Colonialism In Reverse: Libya Bails Out Italy's UniCredit SpA
Edward Hugh submits: Taking my cue from the worthy and well thumbed play-book of the Brothers Coen, I thought every now and again I might follow up all those, long, desperately serious, and highly indigestible posts about how Italy should now be considered to be "No Country For Old...
Tags: Talent, Italy, Seeking Alpha, Edward Hugh, Workforce Management, Government, Human Resources, Emerging Markets
External links 2008-10-19
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