For Serious Investors: It’s Time for Africa

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World Market Pulse submits:

In this era of global uncertainty, investors are wary of investing in alien markets. A lack of fundamental analysis of the potential good upcoming markets also acts as a deterrent for investors. Some markets follow the global patterns and some just swing with an entirely different wavelength. One such market that historically has never followed the global market and its patterns is the African continent. The African people and more importantly the African markets have their own dynamic life and irrespective of current trading volumes, liquidity or fundamentals, African markets have mostly walked without much global baggage. Considering the fact that most African regions are bracing themselves to kick-start their economic progress, a long-term growth potential is the best possible way to look at the African markets.

Gone are the days when Africa was considered to be a poor continent rich only in natural resources but where poor people fought for survival amid disease and poverty. Africa, the birthplace of human civilization, is slowly but surely is getting its rightful place in the history of mankind. African countries are not simply spectators to the economic rise of China and India but are a party to it. Africa is not only attracting investors from China and India, but African ETFs have also shown substantial gains in the recent times. There is no doubt that some African nations offer a tremendous growth opportunity for the investors, especially for those looking at emerging economies outside the BRIC nations. Of course there are people who are skeptical of the kind of growth African nations can achieve, but as South Africa showed with the successful completion of the FIFA World Cup Football 2010, the continent is ready to attain its lost glory.

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High Conviction: Opportunities in Africa and the Mideast

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Jamie Allsopp submits:

Jamie Allsopp joined London-based Insparo Asset Management in November 2009, bringing nearly a decade of first-hand experience of African markets to his role, which combines investment research and allocation with marketing the firm’s Africa and Middle East fund in Insparo’s target regions.

Jamie was previously with New Star Asset Management for eight years. During his tenure, Jamie rose from equity analyst to portfolio manager for two of New Star´s high profile funds. In 2007, Jamie launched the New Star Heart of Africa Fund, which invested in Sub Saharan equities.

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High Conviction: Opportunities in Africa and the Mideast

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Jamie Allsopp submits:

Jamie Allsopp joined London-based Insparo Asset Management in November 2009, bringing nearly a decade of first-hand experience of African markets to his role, which combines investment research and allocation with marketing the firm’s Africa and Middle East fund in Insparo’s target regions.

Jamie was previously with New Star Asset Management for eight years. During his tenure, Jamie rose from equity analyst to portfolio manager for two of New Star´s high profile funds. In 2007, Jamie launched the New Star Heart of Africa Fund, which invested in Sub Saharan equities.

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Why Is China Pushing into Africa’s Industrial Zones?

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World Bank Crisis Talk submits:

Last week I attended a World Bank discussion on "Chinese Investment in Africa’s Industrial Zones: prospects, challenges, and opportunity for Africa". Such "one-stop shop" zones have captured the interest of a variety of Chinese businesses, in addition to the World Bank, which is in talks with Beijing to collaboratively set up low-cost factories in these zones.

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Digging into Africa: 3 Investment Funds

Alan Young submits:

There has been much attention lately on the outperformance by emerging markets over the US. All the pundits talk about is the BRIC countries, China in particular, with an occasional nod to Taiwan or maybe Korea. So I thought I’d look more closely at Asia.

I started comparing regional indexes, going back 18 months to remove the "off the bottom" performance bias, and discovered something unexpected:

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Cramer’s Stop Trading! Into Africa (5/21/09)

Stocks discussed on Jim Cramer’s Stop Trading TV Segment, Thursday May 21.

Sappi (SPP), Market Vectors Africa (AFK), Randgold (GOLD), AngloGold Ashanti (AU), Freeport McMoRan (FCX)

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