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The CIVETS: Windfall Wealth From the 'New' BRIC Economies

By , Global Investing Specialist, Money Morning -

Forget the BRICs. There's a brand new set of emerging market economies set to make investors windfall profits... but only if you know which ones to pick - and which to avoid completely! Read on to find out which new emerging market is worthy of your investing dollar...

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Despite Talk of a Bubble, Indonesia Is Still a Profit Haven for Investors

By , Contributing Writer, Money Morning -

Several readers who know of my affinity for Indonesian stocks have sent me articles reporting that one of the country's bank officials had expressed discomfort over the Jakarta's rising stock market and raised the specter of new capital controls.

I have been investing in emerging markets for a long time, and have found that the news services often pick up these kinds of comments from random officials that are then contradicted a day later by some other random official.

And that was the case this time, too.

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Foreign Markets Outshine U.S. on Investors' Increasing Appetite for Risk

By , Contributing Writer, Money Morning -

U.S. stocks carved out one of their patented half-percent advances last week -- a little sloppy, to be sure, yet not bad at all considering their very overbought condition.

The stars of the global capital show this month, though, have been markets in China and Europe, as they shook off their multi-month torpor to score big wins. With a scorching 6% advance in the past two weeks, ishares FTSE Xinhua China 25 Index (NYSE: FXI) nosed up to log a +5.5% gain for the year after being negative for three months. And the ishares S&P Europe 350 Index (NYSE: IEV) rose 1%, putting it at flat for the year after malingering below zero.

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Indonesia Catching China's Eye

By , Managing Editor, Money Morning -

It's an open secret that Indonesia's economy is on the rise. In the spirit of March Madness, it's something of a sleeper.  That's why China, which is always looking for promising new investments, is looking to make inroads there.

Indeed, China's appetite for commodities makes Indonesia - with its close proximity and abundance of natural resources - an ideal partner.

PetroChina Co. Ltd. (NYSE ADR: PTR), Sinopec, Sinosteel, Minmetals and China Investment Corp (CIC) - Beijing's $300 billion sovereign wealth fund - are all aggressively scouring South East Asia's largest economy for takeover targets and joint venture partners, the Live Trading News reported.

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Get in on the Ground Floor of This Growing Global Profit Machine

By , Contributing Writer, Money Morning -

I am enamored with Indonesia.

I've never been there. I've never met anyone from there. And it's not a country we hear much about. But it's the world's third-largest democracy (the current president got more votes than U.S. President Barack Obama). And it's one of the few Muslim countries - along with Turkey - that doesn't hate the United States as a matter of public policy.

And those are just a few of the reasons that it's time to invest in Indonesia.

To see why Indonesia is truly a ground-floor economy, continue reading...

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