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Runaway Inflation: Do TIPS Really Help?

You forgot to mention a fairly new ETF called the SPDR DB International Government Inflation-Protected Bond fund ticker WIP. It invests exclusively in non-dollar inflation-indexed bonds. It was launched in April 2008. It's both a play on a weakening dollar and on protecting against inflation.

3 CEFs for Emerging Market Debt Exposure

This is a good article. TEI and GHI are both great investments for income and both have highly-respected managers. As mentioned above, EDD is new, but it's good, too: it's yielding 11.12%. Another good one is Western Asset Emerging Mkt Floating Rate EFL. It's up an astronomical 36.86% YTD and is paying 7.03%. Unfortunately, it is now selling at a 21.07% premium.

Argentina’s Merval Index: An Overview

Why do you dislike Cresud CRESY? The very savvy managers of the American holding company Leucadia National LUK bought 35 million shares of CRESY and, according to Morningstar, 22 American mutual funds own an estimated 900,000 shares. Full disclosure: I own a few shares of CRESY, too.