December 15, 2014

Chart of the Day: Russia = Africa + more risk

Russia = Africa + More Risk
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December 11, 2014

Investopedia: "ETFs And Mutual Funds Investing In Africa"

Investopedia: “Invest in mutual funds,” the standard grandfatherly advice goes. Reduced risk, no overexposure, etc. It’s the responsible, conservative way to build a substantial — if unimpressive — nest egg. And judging by the size of the mutual fund market ($24 trillion worldwide), plenty of people indeed heed that counsel. Click through the following link to read the full article: http://www.investopedia.com/articles/investing/112614/etfs-and-mutual-funds-investing-africa.asp


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December 5, 2014

MarketWatch - Mark Mobius: Why Africa is the next emerging-markets success story

Mobius: Africa Could Be Emerging Market Story of Next Decade
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LONDON (MarketWatch) — Emerging markets super-bull Mark Mobius has his sights set on a new region: Africa. Mobius has spent more than 40 years focusing on emerging markets. In the late 1980s, he joined Franklin Templeton and set up the company’s first emerging-markets funds, in the same year that the MSCI developed its first emerging-markets indexes. He said in an email interview with MarketWatch: “With this tremendous potential growth becoming increasingly available to investors, we believe that Africa could be the emerging-market story of the next decade”. Click through the following link to read the full article: Mark Mobius: Why Africa is the next emerging-markets success story


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MarketWatch: You aren’t investing in Africa — and you’re missing out

Not Investing in Africa?
Bloomberg - Cosmo City, a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa and a stronghold of the continent’s growing middle class.

















LONDON (MarketWatch) — If a financial adviser offered her clients a chance to invest in a country that expected economic growth of 6% or 7% a year for the next two decades, chances are the clients would jump at the prospect. But once they found out that country was in sub-Saharan Africa, chances are a lot of them would lose their nerve. David Snowball, publisher of the Mutual Fund Observer newsletter, says the two best Africa-focused funds are winning  “by consistently hitting singles and working hard not to strike out, rather than for seeking the highest possible gains.” Click through the following link to read the full article: You aren’t investing in Africa — and you’re missing out


Africa GDP Growth Rates Comparison















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December 2, 2014

CNBC: Investment opportunities in Africa





CNBC: Larry Seruma, Managing Principal at Nile Capital Management, is optimistic that the worst case scenarios for Ebola is over.

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