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Mexican stockmarkets lose their spiceNews Mexico's economy is in poor shape – its GDP shrank by 8.3% last year and the recovery has been bumpy. And despite a 13% rise in value this year, investors are deserting its stockmarket.
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Emerging market stocks fall behind the developed worldNews The MSCI emerging market stock index is down this year, while developed-world stockmarkets have rallied.
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Investors lose faith in BrazilNews Brazil's benchmark Bovespa stockmarket index has fallen by 11% since January to become the world’s worst-performing market.
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Emerging markets: the Brics never lived up to their promise – but is now the time to buy?Analysis Twenty years ago hopes were high for Brazil, Russia, India and China – the “Brics” emerging-market economies. But only China has beaten expectations. Max King explains why and asks if now is the time to buy.
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Emerging-market central banks take on inflationNews Central banks in Poland, Russia, Mexico and Brazil have been raising interest rates to get ahead of global inflationary pressures.
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India: the next global growth engineNews India's stockmarket is booming, up by 37% so far this year, and the BSE Sensex index has delivered an annualised return over the last five years of more than twice that of the FTSE 100.
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Emerging markets: has the Brics dream survived reality?Analysis Two decades ago the “Brics” – Brazil, Russia, India and China – were the global economy's rising stars, with expectations high for their rapid development. Max King looks at how things have panned out.
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Forget China, here’s why you should invest in IndiaTips As China becomes increasingly hostile to investors, India, with a young, educated, tech-savvy population and a reform-minded government, is becoming an emerging-market favourite. Merryn Somerset Webb picks the best ways to invest.
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Russia's rigged election won’t rattle investorsNews Russian stocks are soaring, despite last week’s blatantly rigged election.
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