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Emerging Markets for Cowards

In the 1830s British investors spotted an attractive emerging market offering high returns with low risk. The United States was booming, thanks to industrialization in the Northeast, rapid settlement of the Midwest, and expansion of cotton production into new areas … Continue reading

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The Culture of Capitalism and BRIC Investing

Important insights for investors are to be found in historian Joyce Appleby’s thoughtful and informative book The Relentless Revolution: A History of Capitalism.  She agrees with Max Weber’s observation that “A man does not by nature wish to earn more … Continue reading

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