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• Brazil Revisited as a Top Stock Investment Destination (Part 2) - Editor, 18 January 2008 - No Comments yet

Brazil Revisited as a Top Stock Investment Destination (Part 1)

European Support for Brazilian Stocks

Historical links between modern Brazil and Europe are well established facts, but Spain and Portugal have been special in their financial investments and infrastructural support for the Brazilian economy and the stock market in local times. Therefore, the global appreciation of the Euro has important long term implications for Brazil’s stock exchange development. The benefits are mutual since the European Union can take heart from the fact that Brazil is now the 11th largest economy in the world, the third biggest west of Greenwich, besides the leader of all South America. The country’s real is also an appropriate and reliable currency for stock investment from other parts of the world.

• What International Politics Means for Stock Investment (Part 1) - Editor, 17 January 2008 - No Comments yet

A US Presidential campaign brings stock market and governance links to the fore. Patterns of campaign donations provide glaring evidence of how a stock exchange is driven. Candidates make promises about policies they will implement on winning, and investors can use these leads to predict future stock price trends. Other countries and forms of governance also have their own links between stock market sentiment and politics.

• What International Politics Means for Stock Investment (Part 2) - Editor, 17 January 2008 - No Comments yet

What International Politics Means for Stock Investment (Part 1)

Spatial Strength for the Top Stock Picks

What can we learn from corporations that succeed consistently in all kinds of political environments? Protection of proprietary know-how in home countries, excellence in liaison, decentralization of marketing, and strategic sourcing, are the four pillars of sustained success in global business. Companies that ignore these sources of strategic strength are likely to flounder in unfamiliar business conditions, and will be failures when foreign governments change abruptly.

• Has the Vietnam Stock Market Come of Age? (Part 1) - Editor, 16 January 2008 - No Comments yet

Do Vietnamese stocks deserve your attention? This engaging country lacks the gargantuan sizes of India and China, but its average 8% GDP growth deserves careful consideration. Cheap labor and a sound agricultural base have always attracted envious foreign attention in Vietnam, so it could be time to divert some part of portfolios to the local stock exchange. It has been many months since this web site last reflected on the positives of the Vietnam stock market, and the recent instability of some first world markets indicates that it may be time to consider Vietnamese stocks afresh.

• Has the Vietnam Stock Market Come of Age? (Part 2) - Editor, 16 January 2008 - No Comments yet

Has the Vietnam Stock Market Come of Age? (Part 1)

Discordant Notes for Private Equity

It would be unrealistic to indulge in unqualified optimism in the promotion of Vietnamese stock investment. Bureaucracy and the political establishment in Hanoi have not moved as decisively as in New Delhi or Beijing, so the country persists with business practices that would make global stock investors uncomfortable.

• Financial Planning In and Out of Love (Part 1) - Editor, 15 January 2008 - No Comments yet

The job of a financial planner is only half done without heterosexual marriage counseling! Though the United States is better than Switzerland and some European Union countries in abusing taxation systems to entice free men and women to get and stay married to members of the other sex, the country has made laborious progress in moving towards exclusive individual taxation. There are serious disincentives in cohabiting out of wedlock in the home of the brave, while financial benefits are kept away from homosexual homes. Financial planning must cater to personal preferences, and even heterosexual citizens have to plan in advance to keep the cash drains of their feelings for others under control!

• Financial Planning In and Out of Love (Part 2) - Editor, 15 January 2008 - No Comments yet

Financial Planning In and Out of Love (Part 1)

Financial Planning Aspects of Relationships

Capital acquisition, gross income, the cash needs of dependents, and prevailing tax legislation are important financial planning matters that deserve expert consultation and careful review. One way is to do this when you are back at work after your annual summer break, so that things are in place before the festive season starts. The other option is to have a great time first, and use the long January nights to agonize over the financial planning aspects of relationships after the partying has died down.

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