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  • Investing options with Japan could pay off again

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    For nearly a decade, Japan dealt with its collapsing banking system by putting its hands over its ears and singing loudly. Not surprisingly, this strategy didn’t work. But recent reforms have restored Japan’s banks to improve investing options with Japan — and its stock market, as well. If you decide to go east, however, go…

  • Take care when investing overseas

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    The past five years in the U.S. stock market have been like an all-expense-paid trip to the South Pacific. By raft. If you’re thinking of sending your money to exotic locales — Latin America, Eastern Europe or Asia — it may be a profitable trip. The trick is coming home before you get set adrift.…

  • Investing stocks could be best way to make profit on Russian market in Sept – Interfax CEA

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    MOSCOW. Sept 1 (Interfax) – Investing in stocks could be the best way for investors to make the most money on the Russian financial market in September, as it was in August, Interfax Center for Economic Analysis analysts said. Analysts said the S&P/RUX composite index could grow 4%-5% to 234- 236 by the end of…

  • Insiders looking outside for hints on investing

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    Stock market researcher Michael Painchaud calls it “the Bermuda Triangle” for investors–also known as September. Company insiders know their companies better than arm’s-length investors, said Painchaud, research director of Seattle-based Market Profile Theorems. But insiders also are well aware of market trends, and they are growing more cautious. “The behavior of corporate insiders squares with…

  • Parachute Investing

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    Ever jumped out of an airplane? It’s OK if you have on a parachute. Pretty dumb if you don’t. Every buy any stocks, mutual funds or Exchange Traded Funds? It’s OK if you know how much you are willing to risk. Pretty dumb if you don’t. Parachute investing is buying an equity with a parachute…

  • Five foreigners that figure to win

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    Five foreigners – These international stocks have an edge over U.S. rivals LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) — Just like that old Irving Berlin tune, what the savvy investor may find these days is that anything a U.S company can do, an international rival can do — sometimes better. Investing in European stocks year-to-date would have certainly…

  • China’s On The Playing Field

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    NEW YORK – Look-out global playing field. Here comes China to play. Before we can turn around, suddenly China, or at least Chinese companies–and is there a real difference?–may wind up owning some large swaths of corporate America. A Chinese company, Lenovo, bought IBM’s entire PC business last month. Now, Chinese companies may be in…

  • Real return bonds in spotlight

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    Real return bonds — a security that offers holders inflation protection for both the interest and principal components — is the newest fixed income asset class to make its way into a structured product. Connor, Clark & Lunn Capital Markets Inc. — a unit of Vancouver-headquartered Connor Clark & Lunn Financial Group — is behind…

  • Chinese VC investing plummets

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    Venture capital investment in China (Chinese VC) plunged by 43% to $165 million in first-quarter 2005, hit by legal uncertainties that a foreign exchange regulation created, according to a survey by Beijing-based consulting firm Zero2IPO Ltd. A total of 28 VC investors sank $165 million into 35 Chinese companies in the first quarter, of which…