An Exchange traded fund (ETF) is a fund that is designed to track the performance of a specific market or index as closely as possible, nothing more, nothing less.They have been available in the US since 1993 and in Europe since 1999. ETFs allow investors to diversify over a wide range of markets, geographic sectors […]
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Is it Time to Invest in BRICs?
According to HSBC Asset Management, the BRIC (Brazil/Russia/India/China) countries are trading at an average discount of 30%. Therefore, this would seem like a good time to revisit investing in BRIC funds. [I love buying things when they are cheap, must be my Scottish blood.] In terms of five-year averages, the Russian market is the most […]



