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Aberdeen Indonesia (IF): A 'Bargain Buy'

Posted Nov 11th 2010 2:00PM by Steven Halpern (RSS feed)
Filed under: International Markets, Newsletters, ETF Investing, Stocks to Buy

"Indonesia is one transitioning market that actually saw a big 53 percent gain in foreign portfolio flows over the past year; it's an economy and market that I've been touting for the past couple of years," says Neil George.

The editor of The Pay Me Strategy explains, "The nation is in the high-growth Asian region and is rich in resources and lower cost, increasing skilled labor. And it's run by a very popular president, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyno.

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Indonesia: The 'Most Overlooked Opportunity' in Asia

Posted Nov 11th 2010 11:00AM by Steven Halpern (RSS feed)
Filed under: International Markets, Newsletters, ETF Investing, Stocks to Buy

"Our focus as we look to 2011 is Indonesia; in our view, the country represents the most overlooked opportunity in Asia," says Carl Delfeld, with iGlobalStrategist.com.

The advisor continues, "Indonesia is a sprawling archipelago with a landmass three times the size of Texas that serves as a bridge between China and India and the Pacific and Indian Oceans.

"It is the world's third largest democracy and the fourth most populous nation. Indeed, it is an emerging democracy with 240 million people. And it's stock market has has been a stellar performer since the economic crisis badly hit capital markets in early 2009.

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Special Report: Investing in Obama's Asia Trip

Posted Nov 10th 2010 3:10PM by Steven Halpern (RSS feed)
Filed under: International Markets, India, China, ETF Investing, Japan, Stocks to Buy

President Obama's trip to Asia has turned global attention towards opportunities in India, Indonesia, South Korea and Japan. Should investors be following in his footsteps?

We polled several of the top international investing experts to find out what their favorite ideas were in these markets. And, indeed, many see strong upside potential for long-term investors.

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Analyst initiations: AA, ATI, CRM, LAMR and RIGL

Posted Jul 22nd 2008 12:12PM by Eric Buscemi (RSS feed)
Filed under: Alcoa Inc (AA), , Allegheny Technologies (ATI), Analyst Initiations, salesforce.com inc (CRM)

MOST NOTEWORTHY: The Metals and Mining sector, Lamar Advertising and Rigel Pharmaceuticals were today's noteworthy initiations:

Banc of America initiated the Metals and Mining sector with an Equal Weight rating and believes investors should take a selective approach to stocks in the group. The firm initiated Alcoa (NYSE: AA) and RTI International Metals (NYSE: RTI) with Buy ratings and a $44 target and $41 target, and started Allegheny Tech (NYSE: ATI), Century Aluminum (NASDAQ: CENX) and Titanium Metals (NYSE: TIE) with Neutral ratings and a $64 target, $58 target and $12 target, respectively.
Lamar Advertising (NASDAQ: LAMR) was initiated at Caris with an Above Average rating and $40 target. Caris is positive on the company's North American focus and exposure to the aggressive deployment of digital boards.
Stanford believes Rigel Pharma's (NASDAQ: RIGL) lead drug R788 has the potential to be the first oral drug for rheumatoid arthritis and expects clinical news flow and partnerships to serve as catalysts. Shares were initiated with a Buy rating and $30 target.

OTHER INITIATIONS:

Thomas Weisel assumed Salesforce.com (NYSE: CRM) with an Overweight rating and $90 target.
International Flavors (NYSE: IFF) was initiated at Lehman with an Underweight rating.
JP Morgan started Ares Capital (NASDAQ: ARCC) with an Underweight rating.