David Hunkar

Employment Report Disaster

The unemployment numbers are far worse than what is reported by the govt. agencies. Many folks are out of work and can't find jobs.

iShares Austria: Exposure to Rapid Growth in Post-Communist Europe

I agree Austria has many advantages over other countries but caution is needed now. In many of these East European countries inflation is creeping high and too many investors are pouring money into these small countries.

The Rising Risk of Emerging Markets

Chinese stocks are still overvalued.I think they will drop dramatically even before the games.

Finance, Credit Cards, and the Fed

I agree with your first item there.Today "Quants" (for Quantitative Analyst) are hot in the markets.These are folks who have financial engineering or Ph.D. degrees and make all the models that are in use today at most financial institutions.Oh by the way those Quants make a lot of moolah too...

Will the FTSE's Weakness Persist?

Bradford and Bingley seems to be stupid even when it comes to share offering. Maybe they are another Northern Rock in waiting...

Nusbaum: Portfolio for a New Era

I agree with User 197614.If one does not catch a sector at the right time they may end up holding the stock while it languishes. This is especially true with mid and small caps which don't pay any dividends or pay very little.

Bluesmoke - you are so correct.It takes a lot of work just to stay in the same place due to inflation.Forget about getting ahead.

Compared with Canada, U.S. Economy Looks OK

I too think that Canada will do just fine.It is the US that I am more worried about.

These 32 Commercial Banks and Thrifts May See the Dung Hit the Fan

Glacier Bank may come out fine out of this mess since they operate in states like Montana,Wyoming,Dakota... etc.The stock is holding pretty good when compared to other banks of similar size.So far they havevn't announced huge losses and their loan portfolio is ok.

Canadian National Railway: Choo-choo, Ka-ching!

CNI is larger than Canadian Pacific - CP.However in recent years CP stock is doing much better than CNI. CNI's CEO Hunter Harrison is running this operation well but the stock price does not reflect that.Hopefully like the article mentions the Prince Rupert terminal will kickoff a great run of the stock.

Calendar Year Country Fund Returns: 1997-2007+

The Swiss ETF - EWL seems to always an average performer.Others like EWG,EWD are probably better bets.

Seven Ways to Invest in Chile

Nice list.Thanks for the compilation.

Keeping Score of Global Stock Markets' Returns and Valuations

Bill - I agree with your comment.I don't think that the US and British economies are tied to one another like everyone thinks. In the housing market, they have stricter lending standards than the US and even today house prices are not crashing as they are here.

What's the Best Way to Capture a Country?

I also prefer individual stocks, if available, over ETFs. Many of these country specific ETFs are heavily weighted towards one sector or another. For eg. - EWO the Austrian ETF is heavy in financials. In some country ETFs just one sector make up nearly 50% of the portfolio which is not good.

Thanks Roger for the neat article.

Banco Bradesco: A Brazilian Play Unaffected by US Financial Crisis

I agree.BBD is a buy at these levels. Their competitor ITU is splitting stock 5:4 on June 9th.

10 Top Pink Sheet Stocks

EONGY is a buy at these levels. The stock is gonna split 3:1 as announced on April 30th,2008.