 How
many stock markets in the world? We have heard numerous estimates, but
no definitive answers. Interestingly, some markets do better than the tried
& true. Brazil came out of nowhere and stunned
the world with a run up that showed no signs of leveling off. When
we started this website, China wasn't even a contender. Does that
mean that one should go looking for the next opportunity? Sort of.
Jimmy Rogers, the Investment Biker, went around the world with his girlfriend
on motorcycles; whenever and wherever he could he looked at the local stock
markets, and he invested. Jimmy Rogers knows where to look, he know what
to look for. He's extremely rich. Does Jimmy Rogers have the answer
to overseas stock markets, and how to play them? Perhaps, he is rich, and
he made his money far from the maddening crowd. Take a look at these
stock markets, you may just find some treasure. Also if you want to see
what Jim Rogers has to say about investing, it would be worthwhile to look
at that also. See Hot Commodities: How Anyone Can Invest Profitably in
the World's Best Market - Investment Biker: Around the World with Jim Rogers
- Jim Rogers is a guy who is not looking in the same spot. While
others lost fortunes in the down turn, he made one. |
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| Lima
Stock Exchange |
| Philippines:
Stock Exchanges |
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| The
Philippine Stock Exchange |
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| Warsaw
Stock Exchange |
| Portugal:
Stock Exchanges |
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| Comissão
do Mercado de Valores Mobiliários |
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| Bucharest
Stock Exchange |
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| AK&M
Analytical Information Agency |
| Moscow
Central Stock Exchange - MICEX |
| Russian
Trading System – RTS |
| Singapore:
Stock Exchanges |
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Singapore
Commodity Exchange - The Singapore Mercantile
Exchange (SMX) is the first pan-Asian multi-product commodity and currency
derivatives exchange. Situated in Singapore, SMX offers a comprehensive
platform for trading a diversified basket of commodities including futures
and options contracts on precious metals, base metals, agriculture commodities,
energy, currencies and commodity indices. Historically, markets have
always been the true barometers for any economy. At present, Asia is home
to the majority of the world's population and will account for a major
portion of the total global demand for commodities in the coming years.
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Singapore
Exchange (SGX) - Singapore Exchange (SGX)
is the Asian Gateway, connecting investors in search of Asian growth to
corporate issuers in search of global capital. SGX offers its clients Asia’s
broadest span of equity index derivatives, uniquely centred on Asia’s three
largest economies – China, India and Japan. SGX represents the premier
access point for managing Asian capital and investment exposure, and is
Asia’s most internationalised exchange with more than 40% of companies
listed on SGX originating outside of Singapore.
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Offshore
Banks In Singapore The Southeast Asian Tax Haven
- Barron’s reports that Singapore is the world’s second largest banking
center, behind Switzerland. Singapore’s worldwide share of the private
banking business is around 6 percent, compared with Switzerland’s 18 percent.
Singapore is “a convenient destination to protect and add value to your
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| Slovakia:
Stock Exchanges |
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Bratislava
Stock Exchange - Similar
to a majority of Stock Exchanges in the world, BSSE’s activity is based
on a membership principle. Stock Exchange membership can only be granted
to, and transactions can only be concluded by, a business entity which
is a bank/a securities dealer/an asset-management company that meets the
criteria stipulated by the law and by the Stock Exchange Rules. Natural
persons interested in selling or buying securities traded on BSSE have
to address one of BSSE members. For a complete list of BSSE members, including
contact information, please refer to the Members section of our website.
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Slovakia |
| Slovenia:
Stock Exchanges |
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Ljubljana
Stock Exchange - Slovenia
- The core business of the exchange is to ensure proper conditions
for the matching of supply and demand in the trading in securities and
other financial instruments, and for organized, transparent, liquid, and
effective trading in securities, in accordance with the law and other regulations.
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| South
Africa: Stock Exchanges |
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| Johannesburg
Stock Exchange (JSE) |
| South
African Futures Exchange - Safex Equity Derivatives |
| South
African Futures Exchange - Safex Agricultural Products |
| South
Korea: Stock Exchanges |
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| Korea
Stock Exchange |
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| Barcelona
Stock Exchange |
| Bilbao
Stock Exchange |
| Bolsa
de Madrid |
| Comisión
Nacional del Mercado de Valores Consejero |
 MEFF
Renta Fija - (Spanish Financial Futures & Options Exchange)
- MEFF is an official secondary market regulated by Spanish laws and under
the supervision of the Spanish National Securities Market Commission. MEFF
offers trading and central counterparty services for futures and options
on IBEX-35 and on stocks. Likewise, MEFF offers central counterparty services
for repos on Spanish Public Debt. On March 21st 2011 a new group of energy
derivatives will be launched in MEFF’s central counterparty. Additionally,
MEFF renders other services related to its main activity to different types
of entities through its subsidiary companies. |
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Continuo Español Sociedad de Bolsas |
Valencia
Stock Exchange - La
Bolsa de Valencia declina toda responsabilidad en lo relativo al uso comercial
de las informaciones contenidas en este servidor y/o en las obtenidas a
través del mismo. Al tener este servidor un carácter
meramente informativo, cualquier uso que se haga de los datos suministrados
en el mismo, diferente del meramente informativo, se realizará por
cuenta y riesgo del usuario.
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| Sri
Lanka: Stock Exchanges |
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| Colombo
Stock Exchange |
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| Swaziland:
Stock Exchanges |
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Swaziland
Stock Market -
A move towards a formal structure for capital markets development in Swaziland
goes back 12 years (1989) when a working party, under the direction of
the Central Bank, was commissioned to examine if there were economic benefits
to be derived from the establishment of a stock exchange. The working party
concluded that there was indeed a need and an opportunity for such a move;
and proposed, as a first step, the formation of a stockbroking company,
which would be licensed under existing banking legislation pending the
drafting of a securities law.
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| OM
Stockholm Exchange |
| Switzerland:
Stock Exchanges |
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| SFBC
- Swiss Federal Banking Commission |
| Swiss
Stock Exchange (SWXZurich Stock Exchange |
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| Taiwan
Stock Exchange |
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| Taiwan
Futures Exchange (TAIFEX) |
| Tanzania:
Stock Exchanges |
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| Dar
es Salaam Stock Exchange (Tanzania) |
| Thailand:
Stock Exchanges |
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| Stock
Exchange of Thailand |
| Trinidad
& Tobago: Stock Exchanges |
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| Trinidad
and Tobago Stock Exchange |
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| Tunis
Stock Exchange |
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Istanbul
Stock Exchange - The
Istanbul Stock Exchange was established on December 26, 1985 for the purpose
of ensuring that securities are traded in a secure and stable environment,
and commenced to operate on January 3, 1986. The ISE has contributed to
the development of Turkish capital markets and Turkish economy since the
date of its establishment.
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Istanbul
Gold Exchange - Istanbul
Gold Exchange - It took a long time to bring gold which has important social
and economic roles in Turkey into its current financial situation. With
the amendments in Decree number 32 concerning the Protection of the Value
of Turkish Currency in 1993, determination of the gold price, gold export
and import are liberalized. The decisions aimed at liberalization of gold
helped import and export processes. The rapid growth seen in gold sector
due to these developments, accelerated new decisions concerning gold which
has a great economic potential. These new decisions aimed at restructuring
gold sector.
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| Capital
Markets Board of Turkey
- Capital Markets Board of Turkey (CMB) is the regulatory and supervisory
authority in charge of the securities markets in Turkey. Empowered by the
Capital Markets Law (CML), which was enacted in 1981, the CMB has been
making detailed regulations for organizing the markets and developing capital
market instruments and institutions for the past nineteen years in Turkey. |
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Uganda
Securities Exchange
- “To Develop and Manage the most Efficient, Transparent Securities Market
that matches International Standards, and promotes a Partnership with the
General Public, Foreign Investors, Institutional Investors, Employees,
the Government and other Stakeholders in the Development of Uganda’s Capital
Markets Industry.”
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| Ukraine
- PFTS Securities Trading System |
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 How
To Buy A Vineyard Overseas
- 9 Artices About Owning, Managing & Living On
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France, disappointments and successes. If you want to own a vineyard read
these articles and see how others have done it. |
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 Where
to Own Gold – Asset Protection Planning
- Owning precious metals seems to be the only protection from governments
racing to devalue their currencies to cover their debts. Although this
is likely not a revelation to you, the markets have brought you dozens
of ways to begin acquiring through financial instruments, futures, and
allocated or unallocated physical storage. |
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 Moving
Money Offshore By Jay Butler Asset Protection Services Ltd
- The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) considers all income reportable regardless
of the source or location derived and most assets held offshore are reportable,
however some are not. When looking to preserve your assets it is important
to understand the difference between taxable income and reportable assets.
Here are 3 ways to legally move money offshore without any requirements
to report it to the United States government, the IRS or international
regulatory agency. 1.) Opening an Offshore Bank Account - >
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 How
to Maintain Asset Privacy Within the US By Bobby Casey, Global Wealth Protection
- With asset protection planning, anonymity seems to be the number one
concern for people these days. And rightly so. Any 11 year
old with a laptop can easily do an online record search and find your bank
accounts and their balances, your vehicle registrations, your real estate
assets, your credit report, your residence history and even your driving
record. Many clients are interested in anonymity and asset protection.
In some cases clients confuse the two. They think that anonymity
is asset protection. It is not, but anonymity does have benefits.
When forming an FLP (family limited partnership) or an LLC (limited liability
company), the strength of the entity is dependent upon the state of formation,
the quality of the operating agreement and the business purpose of the
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 Hedgefund
Manager’s Report from China - I am writing
this from the back of a taxi in Hong Kong’s Central district. My meetings
with assorted bankers, hedge fund managers, Taipans, and the press stretched
on longer than expected, with the result that I am now stuck in rush hour
traffic on the way to the airport. So I might as well use the time productively
and sum up my thoughts on my recent trip to China. When I first cajoled
my way into to the Middle Kingdom in the early seventies, it was in the
back of a broken down truck carrying bags of wheat, no doubt destined to
a thriving black market. We drove down a heavily potholed single lane road
that had not seen serious maintenance since the thirties. -
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 List
Of Offshore Banks - An offshore bank is defined
by its location, or 'jurisdiction'. An offshore bank is usually located
outside of the depositors country of residence, typically within a jurisdiction
that levies very low taxes, or no taxes at all. Each jurisdiction
varies in its degree of taxation, its degree of privacy, and its services.
Offshore banks located in politically and economically stable jurisdictions
provide a safe-haven for assets that may be at risk in the nation in which
the investor lives and holds residency. |
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Belize
- Offshore Banks in Belize - The legal system
of Belize is founded on English Common Law supplemented by local legislation.
Belize is now in its second decade of providing international financial
services.
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Expat
Taxes - Offshore Tax Information - Foreign Earned Income
- Individuals have been leaving their own land to seek opportunities elsewhere
since the dawn of mankind. But it has only been since the development of
the modern nation-state, and its taxation of the worldwide income of its
citizen-residents, that expatriation has taken on significant tax consequences.
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 Stock
Markets / Stock Exchanges A - E (Africa through Europe)
- Some exchanges are physical locations where transactions are carried
out on a trading floor, by a method known as open outcry. This type of
auction is used in stock exchanges and commodity exchanges where traders
may enter "verbal" bids and offers simultaneously. The other type of stock
exchange is a virtual kind, composed of a network of computers where trades
are made electronically via traders. The purpose of a stock exchange is
to facilitate the exchange of securities between buyers and sellers, thus
providing a marketplace (virtual or real). The exchanges provide real-time
trading information on the listed securities, facilitating price discovery. |
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Markets / Stock Exchanges F - N (Finland through Norway)
- Market participants include individual retail investors, institutional
investors such as mutual funds, banks, insurance companies and hedge funds,
and also publicly traded corporations trading in their own shares. Some
studies have suggested that institutional investors and corporations trading
in their own shares generally receive higher risk-adjusted returns than
retail investors. A few decades ago, worldwide, buyers and sellers were
individual investors, such as wealthy businessmen, usually with long family
histories to particular corporations. Over time, markets have become more
"institutionalized"; buyers and sellers are largely institutions (e.g.,
pension funds, insurance companies, mutual funds, index funds, exchange-traded
funds, hedge funds, investor groups, banks and various other financial
institutions). |
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