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      <title>Beyond BRICs: The New ABCs of Global Investing </title>
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        <![CDATA[Joe<br/>Interesting article. Just one small update. Nordea Bank's ticker changed to NRBAY.pk effective Jan 12th. Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas is the depository now instead of Bank of America NY Mellon.]]>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 22 Jan 2011 11:37:34 -0500</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[Joe<br/>Interesting article. Just one small update. Nordea Bank's ticker changed to NRBAY.pk effective Jan 12th. Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas is the depository now instead of Bank of America NY Mellon.]]>
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      <title>Equity Income Strategies With ETFs</title>
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        <![CDATA[Roger<br/>Sorry about that.I did not realize that your point was about building a portfolio with ETFs at the sector level.It was a misinterpretation on my part. I have been thinking about investing for income with ETFs and when I found the above paper I jumped on it.<br/><br/>Thanks<br/>-David<br/><br/>SA Readers<br/>Please note the clarification above. Thanks.]]>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 02 May 2010 10:03:06 -0400</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[Roger<br/>Sorry about that.I did not realize that your point was about building a portfolio with ETFs at the sector level.It was a misinterpretation on my part. I have been thinking about investing for income with ETFs and when I found the above paper I jumped on it.<br/><br/>Thanks<br/>-David<br/><br/>SA Readers<br/>Please note the clarification above. Thanks.]]>
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      <title>Brazilian Real Estate Market Set to Boom</title>
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        <![CDATA[There are two typos in the article above. Corrections below:<br/><br/>1. Gafisa is (<a href='http://seekingalpha.com/symbol/gfa' alt='GAFISA SA ADR' title='GAFISA SA ADR'>GFA</a>) of the Brazilian home-builder stocks.. must say:<br/><br/>Gafisa is (<a href='http://seekingalpha.com/symbol/gfa' alt='GAFISA SA ADR' title='GAFISA SA ADR'>GFA</a>) one of the Brazilian home-builder stocks.....<br/><br/>2.The growing resilience and strength of the Brazilian economy us confirmed by ... must say:<br/><br/>The growing resilience and strength of the Brazilian economy was confirmed by ...<br/><br/>Sorry about this.]]>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2009 07:24:31 -0500</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[There are two typos in the article above. Corrections below:<br/><br/>1. Gafisa is (<a href='http://seekingalpha.com/symbol/gfa' alt='GAFISA SA ADR' title='GAFISA SA ADR'>GFA</a>) of the Brazilian home-builder stocks.. must say:<br/><br/>Gafisa is (<a href='http://seekingalpha.com/symbol/gfa' alt='GAFISA SA ADR' title='GAFISA SA ADR'>GFA</a>) one of the Brazilian home-builder stocks.....<br/><br/>2.The growing resilience and strength of the Brazilian economy us confirmed by ... must say:<br/><br/>The growing resilience and strength of the Brazilian economy was confirmed by ...<br/><br/>Sorry about this.]]>
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      <title>The Top 25 Global Energy Companies According to Platts</title>
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        <![CDATA[Angermann &amp; User 491615<br/>Oops. <br/>Sorry that was a typo. BP is a British company. It should say US.<br/><br/>Whooper - Thanks for the ticker for BG.<br/><br/>Thanks<br/>-David]]>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:10:03 -0500</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[Angermann &amp; User 491615<br/>Oops. <br/>Sorry that was a typo. BP is a British company. It should say US.<br/><br/>Whooper - Thanks for the ticker for BG.<br/><br/>Thanks<br/>-David]]>
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      <title>Daily Wisdom: Brazilian ADRs Edition</title>
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        <![CDATA[Hi Alan<br/>Thanks for the note.Sorry about the outdated links.<br/><br/>Yes I should have made my disclaimer stronger. Anyway this was a new theme that I came up and it seems to help folks. I have posted a followup post on China ADRs. <br/><br/>In future posts, I will make sure that I don't link to old outdated articles.<br/><br/>Good Luck!<br/>-David]]>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 02 Aug 2009 22:29:00 -0400</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[Hi Alan<br/>Thanks for the note.Sorry about the outdated links.<br/><br/>Yes I should have made my disclaimer stronger. Anyway this was a new theme that I came up and it seems to help folks. I have posted a followup post on China ADRs. <br/><br/>In future posts, I will make sure that I don't link to old outdated articles.<br/><br/>Good Luck!<br/>-David]]>
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      <title>Some Global Markets Are Up Big YTD</title>
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        <![CDATA[tivoboy<br/>Point noted. next time I will use a different format so that it is very clear. Thanks.]]>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 22:57:35 -0400</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[tivoboy<br/>Point noted. next time I will use a different format so that it is very clear. Thanks.]]>
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      <title>Ranking U.S. Banks by Insurance Income</title>
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        <![CDATA[ain't no fo...<br/>Yes.It would be helpful.<br/>I did not find the detailed split of the insurance income like you mention in the chart and report that I found. If I find the detailed info I will post it here again. Thanks for the note.]]>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 22:45:05 -0400</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[ain't no fo...<br/>Yes.It would be helpful.<br/>I did not find the detailed split of the insurance income like you mention in the chart and report that I found. If I find the detailed info I will post it here again. Thanks for the note.]]>
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      <title>Why Are So Many U.S. States Facing Budget Deficits?</title>
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        <![CDATA[Thanks to everyone for the comments. Your comments gave me an idea for a followup article. I will post that this weekend.<br/><br/>Thanks Al-USA.I agree many people misunderstand the mechanics of how capitalism works. ]]>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2009 07:40:47 -0400</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[Thanks to everyone for the comments. Your comments gave me an idea for a followup article. I will post that this weekend.<br/><br/>Thanks Al-USA.I agree many people misunderstand the mechanics of how capitalism works. ]]>
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      <title>U.S. Tops List of Countries with the Largest External Debt</title>
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        <![CDATA[Whidbey<br/>Yes it does in my opinion. For example, some folks prefer investing in countries where external debt is low or reduced on YOY basis.]]>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 01:17:43 -0400</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[Whidbey<br/>Yes it does in my opinion. For example, some folks prefer investing in countries where external debt is low or reduced on YOY basis.]]>
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      <title>Chart Shows U.S. Government Borrowing Rises Sharply</title>
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        <![CDATA[Conceptwizard<br/>Thanks for the comment. Interesting to know about the BIS info on European banks.]]>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 01:12:36 -0400</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[Conceptwizard<br/>Thanks for the comment. Interesting to know about the BIS info on European banks.]]>
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      <title>Chart: Commodity Types Carried by Major North American Railroads</title>
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        <![CDATA[Hi User<br/>Currently I don't.But I am doing some research to collect this type of data.Railroads report data on a weekly basis. So its tricky to collect data easily. Feel free to go to my site and send me an if you prefer.I can forward the data I collect. Thanks.<br/><br/>Thanks]]>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 01:09:33 -0400</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[Hi User<br/>Currently I don't.But I am doing some research to collect this type of data.Railroads report data on a weekly basis. So its tricky to collect data easily. Feel free to go to my site and send me an if you prefer.I can forward the data I collect. Thanks.<br/><br/>Thanks]]>
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      <title>Checking in on the Current State of Brazil's Economy</title>
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        <![CDATA[Bradeen<br/>Thanks for the comment.I am working on the Tier1 ratio analysis of US banks. Will post it soon.<br/><br/>Mad Hedge Fund Trader<br/>Thanks.]]>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 08:21:37 -0400</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[Bradeen<br/>Thanks for the comment.I am working on the Tier1 ratio analysis of US banks. Will post it soon.<br/><br/>Mad Hedge Fund Trader<br/>Thanks.]]>
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      <title>Slowdown in U.S. Housing May Bottom Out This Year</title>
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        <![CDATA[Bill<br/>We shall see as time goes on how the prime mortgages are affected.<br/><br/>Radardoc - Yes that may be the reason.I agree.The worst case scenarios may still use some rosy assumptions.Thanks for the comment.]]>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 04:14:02 -0400</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[Bill<br/>We shall see as time goes on how the prime mortgages are affected.<br/><br/>Radardoc - Yes that may be the reason.I agree.The worst case scenarios may still use some rosy assumptions.Thanks for the comment.]]>
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      <title>Four European Healthcare ADRs</title>
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        <![CDATA[EDAP came up in my screener. I did not know about EDAP until I wrote this post.]]>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 04:10:30 -0400</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[EDAP came up in my screener. I did not know about EDAP until I wrote this post.]]>
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      <title>Four European Oil Company ADRs with Dividends Greater than 5%</title>
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        <![CDATA[Thanks bc818 for the note.<br/><br/>Pink Panther - My screener did not bring up STO.Sometimes this happens due to data inconsistency between screeners. Anyway I will add debt to capital ratio in future posts of this type.]]>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 04:09:31 -0400</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[Thanks bc818 for the note.<br/><br/>Pink Panther - My screener did not bring up STO.Sometimes this happens due to data inconsistency between screeners. Anyway I will add debt to capital ratio in future posts of this type.]]>
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      <title>10 International Stocks That Have Doubled Their Dividends Over the Past Six Years</title>
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        <![CDATA[Thanks Living4Dividends.<br/><br/>-David]]>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 24 May 2009 12:43:40 -0400</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[Thanks Living4Dividends.<br/><br/>-David]]>
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      <title>U.S. Financial Institutions No Longer on Top</title>
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        <![CDATA[Thanks Greyowl for the comments. Though I agree that the Chinese government propped up their banks to be on the top I doubt they would be able to keep it that way for too long. You are right. Not many Chinese banks operate internationally.]]>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 24 May 2009 12:43:00 -0400</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[Thanks Greyowl for the comments. Though I agree that the Chinese government propped up their banks to be on the top I doubt they would be able to keep it that way for too long. You are right. Not many Chinese banks operate internationally.]]>
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      <title>Four Frontier Market ADRs with Strong Dividends</title>
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        <![CDATA[Interesting to know that BLX cut their dividend.I will check their balance sheet and latest info and see if I can find anything that warranted this cut. <br/><br/>Sure.Some companies do cut their dividend just because so many others are doing it.Thats why I always keep a close watch on my dividend stocks.<br/><br/>Thanks for the info.<br/>-David]]>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 24 May 2009 12:38:58 -0400</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[Interesting to know that BLX cut their dividend.I will check their balance sheet and latest info and see if I can find anything that warranted this cut. <br/><br/>Sure.Some companies do cut their dividend just because so many others are doing it.Thats why I always keep a close watch on my dividend stocks.<br/><br/>Thanks for the info.<br/>-David]]>
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      <title>Top Five U.S. Regional Banks Worth a Look Right Now</title>
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        <![CDATA[Rob<br/>Thanks for the note about FNFG.<br/>I will check it out. <br/><br/>-David]]>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 24 May 2009 12:36:31 -0400</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[Rob<br/>Thanks for the note about FNFG.<br/>I will check it out. <br/><br/>-David]]>
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      <title>Are Indian Bank Stocks Now a Good Bet?</title>
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        <![CDATA[Mircea<br/>FII means Foreign Institutional Investors. I have noted it right below the chart above. Thanks<br/><br/>-David]]>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2009 06:07:34 -0400</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[Mircea<br/>FII means Foreign Institutional Investors. I have noted it right below the chart above. Thanks<br/><br/>-David]]>
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      <title>Six Energy ADRs with Attractive Yields</title>
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        <![CDATA[Hi bullpasture  <br/>Thanks for the note. Yes I know that Canadian stocks trading in the US are not ADRs. When Seeking Alpha editors changed the title name of this article they changed it to say ADR. It was just a typo.<br/><br/>Cheers<br/>-David<br/>]]>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2009 23:48:12 -0400</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[Hi bullpasture  <br/>Thanks for the note. Yes I know that Canadian stocks trading in the US are not ADRs. When Seeking Alpha editors changed the title name of this article they changed it to say ADR. It was just a typo.<br/><br/>Cheers<br/>-David<br/>]]>
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        <![CDATA[Thanks freddyv.<br/><br/>]]>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 14 Mar 2009 14:04:07 -0400</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[Thanks freddyv.<br/><br/>]]>
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        <![CDATA[xsellside<br/>You are welcome.<br/><br/>-David]]>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 14 Mar 2009 14:02:53 -0400</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[xsellside<br/>You are welcome.<br/><br/>-David]]>
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        <![CDATA[Hi HaavBline<br/>Thanks for the info. I stand corrected.<br/><br/>Value<br/>Thanks for the info.When I searched for them, they did not come up with the data provider I use.<br/><br/>-David]]>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2009 19:59:12 -0500</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[Hi HaavBline<br/>Thanks for the info. I stand corrected.<br/><br/>Value<br/>Thanks for the info.When I searched for them, they did not come up with the data provider I use.<br/><br/>-David]]>
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      <title>U.S. Pensions to Suffer Further Losses in 2009?</title>
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        <![CDATA[Guys<br/>Recently read a BW article where they had some retirees who lost most of their assets since they were invested in equities especially aggressive ones. So its true that one has to carefully plan for retirement. Never just depend on equity investments to retire. One should have the majority in savings, bonds, and other fixed income instruments close to retirement age.Like we saw in the past 2 years or so, the market can be brutal for many months.<br/><br/>-David]]>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2009 23:01:51 -0500</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[Guys<br/>Recently read a BW article where they had some retirees who lost most of their assets since they were invested in equities especially aggressive ones. So its true that one has to carefully plan for retirement. Never just depend on equity investments to retire. One should have the majority in savings, bonds, and other fixed income instruments close to retirement age.Like we saw in the past 2 years or so, the market can be brutal for many months.<br/><br/>-David]]>
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        <![CDATA[fatcat<br/>I would agree with you. All loans related to real estate and consumers are problematic now.<br/><br/>-David]]>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2009 22:55:38 -0500</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[fatcat<br/>I would agree with you. All loans related to real estate and consumers are problematic now.<br/><br/>-David]]>
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      <title>Five International CEFs Selling at Deep Discounts to Their NAVs</title>
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        <![CDATA[Thanks Joe for the useful information. I will use this perspective on CEFs when analyzing CEFs.<br/><br/>_David]]>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 14 Feb 2009 11:36:14 -0500</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[Thanks Joe for the useful information. I will use this perspective on CEFs when analyzing CEFs.<br/><br/>_David]]>
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        <![CDATA[jstratt<br/>Thanks for the comment. Glad you like my post.<br/><br/>Nathaniel<br/>Yes it is incredible that our government discourages savings in every possible even now. The interest rate now offered by banks is almost nothing which is the first major factor that prevents people from saving. <br/><br/>-David]]>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 14 Feb 2009 11:33:44 -0500</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[jstratt<br/>Thanks for the comment. Glad you like my post.<br/><br/>Nathaniel<br/>Yes it is incredible that our government discourages savings in every possible even now. The interest rate now offered by banks is almost nothing which is the first major factor that prevents people from saving. <br/><br/>-David]]>
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        <![CDATA[Kunal<br/>Thanks for the information. I did not know that the FIIs you mention are raising their estimates on India. I will check out the details and use them in my future articles.<br/><br/>Cheers !<br/>-David]]>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 14 Feb 2009 11:26:01 -0500</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[Kunal<br/>Thanks for the information. I did not know that the FIIs you mention are raising their estimates on India. I will check out the details and use them in my future articles.<br/><br/>Cheers !<br/>-David]]>
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        <![CDATA[I agree with with you 100% McHattie. There are plenty of small, nimble banks that would grow more profitably without any tax payer welfare. The superbanks seem to dominate the news headlines when they are practically insolvent if not for the Feds keeping them on life support. BAC is a case in point.]]>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 14 Feb 2009 11:22:56 -0500</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[I agree with with you 100% McHattie. There are plenty of small, nimble banks that would grow more profitably without any tax payer welfare. The superbanks seem to dominate the news headlines when they are practically insolvent if not for the Feds keeping them on life support. BAC is a case in point.]]>
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