Investments talk:Community Portal

Argentina
With Argentina paying off their IMF debt, is there any way to get our investment dollars into the country? Sounds like they are doing pretty good. Chadlupkes 21:17, 29 Dec 2005 (UTC)

For the average investor, the best approach is usually through an International Mutual Fund specializing in South America. At present, I don't know of any country specific ones. The other thing to keep in mind, is that you will have one additional risk to contend with, called Currency Risk. Example:


 * Your investment in Argentine currency grows by 25%. Pretty good, until you discover that the Argentine peso fell 35% relative to the US Dollar. It could concievably go the other way instead, but I wouldn't count too heavily on it.

--Kirk 22:19, 29 Dec 2005 (UTC)

Microloans
This may be more appropriate for the World Citizen or International Development wiki's, but are there any companies that are doing microloans to developing nations that we can actually invest money in instead of just making donations? Chadlupkes 21:17, 29 Dec 2005 (UTC)

These should not be construed as endorsements. I know precious little regarding the micro-loan market. These are just simply the first ones that I could find that appear to allow actual investment.


 * Accion International
 * LOKmicro
 * Micro Loans, Solid Returns

--Kirk 22:35, 29 Dec 2005 (UTC)