(Black Enterprise) — By now, nearly every American investor knows about the potential opportunities in the emerging markets of BRIC countries (Brazil, Russia, India, and China) and Latin America. What’s driving the growth potential, economists argue, is that countries with large populations and abundant natural resources are generating economic growth and nurturing consumer advancement toward the […]
FORTUNE — Volatility in the stock market is a lot like turbulence on an airplane: scary, nausea-inducing, and, if at all possible, best to ignore. Just as a plane almost certainly will land safely despite the uncomfortable bumps, the market usually rises over time (the gruesome past decade notwithstanding). Yet while for the vast majority […]
According to a report released by New York-based Strategic Insight on Thursday morning, investors put $30 billion into stock and bond mutual funds in February. For the first quarter of 2010, net inflows to stock and bond funds could top $100 billion, a big reversal from the less than $10 billion garnered in the year-ago […]
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