Most Emerging-Market Stocks Advance With Chinese Lenders

Most emerging-market stocks advanced as Chinese lenders gained after the central bank added money to the financial system. OAO Uralkali, the world’s largest potash producer, posted the biggest decline since 2008.

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Weak Home Builders are Good for Emerging Markets

I have noted in several of my most recent writings that we are seeing weak behavior in the home-builder stocks as of late, relative to the S&P 500, and warning that this may be an early sign that the biggest source of reflation may be about to slow down.

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The Short and Long of Emerging Markets

Fickle investors have spurned emerging markets in recent weeks, but this rout has obscured a more alluring vista out on the horizon.

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Stronger Emerging Markets Outlook For Second Half

Emerging markets have suffered greatly in an investment climate where markets with monetary stimulus are clobbering those without.

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Nokia Unveils Low-Priced Lumia Targeting Emerging Markets

Nokia Oyj, the mobile-device manufacturer striving to regain market share lost to Apple Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co., introduced a smartphone for its Lumia line targeted at developing economies.

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Emerging Markets And BRICs Are Beginning To Look Cheap

Investing in supposed ‘growth’ stories is often seen as the holy grail, yet often ends up an unholy mess. Growth most spectacularly failed as an investment concept with the implosion of the technology bubble. 

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Facebook Feature Phone App for Emerging Markets Hits 100M Users

Facebook recently marketed itself as a powerful way for brands to reach consumers when people are on the move during summer, as usage via mobile is up 22 per cent in the UK and 18 per cent in the US.

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Time to Be Brave About Emerging Markets

Naysayers continue to sound warnings over slowdowns in China, Brazil and other developing economies. Given the relative underperformance in those countries' equity markets, we think it's precisely the time for longer-term investors to be brave and take advantage of the opportunities to get in at potentially rewarding levels.

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Emerging Markets Drive Mobile Shopping

Consumers in the United States haven't warmed up to shopping via their smartphones as quickly as have their peers around the world, a new study finds.

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Datsun Leads Emerging Markets Push

Nissan Motor Co. said its new entry level Datsun brand hatchback will help attract young buyers looking for their first car in emerging markets including India.

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Eye on Emerging Markets, Firm Invests in Start-Up

As the world awaited the next pope in March, Peter Bale, the vice president and general manager for digital at CNN International in London, wanted to know how Africans would react if the pope were from their continent.

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Emerging Market Rout Offers Bargains

The recent rout in emerging markets is enticing some investors to jump back in to search for cheap stocks, bonds and currencies. But the selloff is prompting these bargain hunters to be a lot pickier than in the past.

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Coursera Nabs $43M to Bring Online Education to Emerging Market

Coursera today raised $43 million in funding to market online education to millions of students globally.

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Ignore the Bad News on Emerging Markets

Truth is, emerging markets haven't just been bad but are likely to get worse, especially in comparison to developed markets.

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Chinese Phone Makers Ready for Demand in Emerging Markets

Last year, when China quietly passed the United States as the largest smartphone market, the dynamics of global phone making shifted.

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Nissan Goes Back to Future With Datsun in Emerging Markets

New Delhi fashion designer Rebecca Nelson is the kind of customer Nissan Motor Co. aims to attract as it revives the Datsun brand: Someone on a budget looking to buy her first car. Problem is, she’s never heard the name.

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The Biggest Myth About Emerging Markets

File this one under “Much ado about nothing!”  As I pointed out on Friday, stocks in the most popular emerging markets are getting clobbered. Truthfully, the entire emerging markets space is taking it on the chin right now. 

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Get Ready to Buy Ugly, Cheap Emerging Markets

If, as the Wall Street adage goes, the time to buy is when blood runs in the streets, then investors should prepare, sadly, to start picking up emerging-markets stocks.

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Economists See Positives Amid Emerging Market Protests

Clouds of tear gas in Turkey, the thud of truncheons in Brazil and Wednesday’s ousting of Egypt’s president. Protests have not escaped Bulgaria, either

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Smartphone War All About Emerging Markets

The smartphone war is far from over, but the battlegrounds are quickly shifting to Brazil, Russia, India and China (BRICs) and other emerging markets.

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Emerging Markets ‘Cheap Now’

Emerging-market currencies are still the best bet for investor returns amid growing doubts about the direction of monetary policy at the U.S. Federal Reserve, said EverBank Financial Corp. senior market strategist Chris Gaffney in an interview Friday.

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Emerging Markets: Down, But Not Out

It has been a painful ride in emerging markets this year, with inflation-related protests in Brazil, political unrest in Turkey, and a slowing economy in China. 

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