Whatever Happened to the BRIC?
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The Motley Fool
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🗓️ 20 September 2016
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
For more than 15 years, analysts have been predicting that Brazil, Russia, India, and China—aka the BRIC—were going to take off economically and these emerging markets were the place to be investing. So what happened? Do they really deserve a place in your portfolio or are there better options? Joe Magyer, Foolish Fan Favorite, gives us an update on the BRIC and shares his strategy for getting international exposure.
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| 0:34.9 | Well, this week we're going to talk about the brick or maybe it's the bricked or the bric. Or the bricks. We're talking about Brazil, Russia, India, China, and sometimes Turkey, Indonesia, or South Africa. And while we maybe couldn't agree on the acronym, everyone used to agree it was the place to be investing. So what happened? We're going to get some help from Uncle Joe Mager, |
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