Article(s): Breaking Down BRIC and A Bull’s Case for Silver

Two updates on the article front today:
1) Over at Index Universe, I’ve got a new article in this month’s Exchange-Traded Fund Report, “Breaking Down BRIC” (registration required). It’s a fun little round-up of the Big 4 countries in emerging markets–Brazil, Russia, India and China (hence the term “BRIC”)–and what makes each economy unique for investors.
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Article: “Subprime” Carbon?

I’ve got a new article up over at Hard Assets Investor called “‘Subprime’ Carbon?”, about the current state of the carbon trading market. “Carbon trading” is an up-and-coming alt-energy futures market; it trades contracts allowing you to emit a certain amount of carbon dioxide into the air, in an attempt to limit total national emissions [...]