Over the past month, I’ve maintained a bullish stance and have recommended that readers put their trading capital to work in some of the world’s more speculative markets (see “ECB Could Trigger Monster Rally in Spanish Stocks” and “Access Africa”). Today, I’m going to reiterate my position that, in the age of competitive quantitative easing...Read More

In case you had any concerns about the safety of Russian stocks, you can now set those fears aside. By Kremlin decree, Russian stocks will now start paying higher dividends. As the Financial Times reported this week, “One of the reasons why Russian companies trade at a discount to their global peers is their historically...Read More

The problem with taking a vacation is that, alas, you eventually have to come home. And given the ubiquity of smart phones and wifi access, you’re never really “away” to begin with. This is good and bad, of course. When you have capital at risk, you need to be able to trade in a hurry...Read More

Mexico gets no love. It’s not quite a developed market, but being next door to the United States it’s not quite remote or exotic enough to be an alluring emerging market either. And starting with the letter “M,” it doesn’t fit into any popular acronyms. Lest you think I am joking, the four countries that...Read More

As I write this article, 670 million people are without electricity in India. Stop and think about that for a minute.  That’s nearly double the population of the United States, and none of them have had electricity for the better part of two days.  Some homes and businesses have backup generators, but the vast majority...Read More