Index
Aberdeen Chile Fund
Accounting issues, overview of book. See also specific countries
Africa. See also specific countries
East Africa overview
investment options in
Nile Pan Africa Fund
North Africa opportunity
opportunities
overview of
South Africa overview
strengths
threats
weaknesses
West Africa overview
Allende, Salvador
America, discovery of
America Movil
Amin, Idi
Andropov, Yuri
Angels Home Hotel
Angkor Wat temple
AngloGold Ashanti
Apartheid
Argentina:
future of
history of
land prices
opportunities
sights and sounds of
strengths
Thailand compared to
threats
weaknesses
Argentinian peso
Asian financial crisis of 1997:
China and
India and
Russia and
Thailand and
Asian republics (formerly Soviet)
overview of
Soviet Union collapse
threats
Asians in East Africa
Ataturk, Mustafa Kemal
Badaling section of Great Wall
Baltics. See also Russia and the CIS
overview of
Soviet Union collapse
Banco Bradesco
Bangalore
Bangkok
Bank of New York Mellon
Beijing:
Pearl Market
real estate in
sights and sounds of
Belarus, Soviet Union and
TheBig Bull
Big Mac Index
Block, Carson
“Blood in the streets” phrase
Blue Mosque
Boguslavski, Sasha
Bollywood
Bombay. See Mumbai
Bombay Stock Exchange
Bonner, Bill
Boom Securities
Boric, James
Bovespa exchange
Brazil:
investment options in
Lula recovery plan
Mexico compared to
opportunities
Petrobras overview
strengths
threats
as Tier 1 market
Vale overview
weaknesses
Brazil Real Fund
BRIC countries, list of. See also specific countries
Buenos Aires
Buffett, Warren
Cafayate
Cairo
Cambodia:
Angkor Wat temple
history of
investment options in
massage cost index
opportunities
sights and sounds of
strengths
threats
weaknesses
Canada, trade statistics
Cape Town
Casey, Doug
Casinos in Singapore
Caste system
CEMEX
Central America. See also specific countries
Costa Rica overview
Honduras overview
identifying emerging markets
investment options in
Mexico overview
opportunities
overview of
Panama overview
strengths
threats
weaknesses
Chandni Chowk
Characteristics of emerging markets
Chengdu
Chiang Kai-shek
Chile:
emergence as player
first journey to
investment options in
opportunities
shopping in
sights and sounds of
strengths
threats
as Tier 1 market
Vina del Mar overview
weaknesses
China:
accounting issues in
Africa and
Asian financial crisis and
as Asian tiger
bargaining in
Big Mac Index
Brazil and
as center of world
the China experiment
corruption issues in
exports to United States
first journey to
Great Wall
growth
history of
identifying emerging markets
investment options in
Mexico compared to
oil consumption
opportunities
pollution in
products in Turkey
real estate in
second journey to
Shanghai overview
Sino-Forest securities
strengths
third journey to
threats
as Tier 1 market
the two towers
Vietnam and
water supply issues
weaknesses
Chinese renminbi
Chinese yuan
Ciragan Palace Kempinski
Clayton, Douglas
Closed-end funds. See also specific funds
Chile and
China and
mutual funds compared to
online resource for
Thailand and
Turkey and
Coca Cola
Columbus, Christopher
Commonwealth of Independent States. See Russia and the CIS
Concha, Norman Jackson
Congo, Africa overview
Coptic Christians
Corruption issues. See specific countries
Costa Rica:
Central America overview
overview of
Counterfeiting
Cricket Club of India
CUSIP number
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Dalai Lama
Danowitz, Edward
Dar es Salaam exchange
Da Silva, Luiz Inacio Lula
Dayal, Ajit
Delhi
Depositary receipts (DR), overview of
Developing world growth trends
Dhobiwallas
Diamond mining
Discovery of America
DR to ORD ratio
East Africa. See also specific countries
Africa overview
opportunities
overview of
threats
Easter Island
Eastern Europe. See also specific countries
history of
investment options in
opportunities
overview of
positives
strengths
threats
weaknesses
EGPT fund
Egypt:
investment options in
opportunities
sights and sounds of
stock market dilemma
strengths
Tahrir Square revolution
threats
weaknesses
Egyptian Bazaar (Istanbul)
Egyptian pound
Egyptian stock exchange
El Salvador, Central America overview
Erdogan, Recep
Eskom
Estonia, sights and sounds of
European financial crisis
European Union. See also specific countries
Baltics overview
Turkey and
Exchange traded funds (ETFs). See also specific funds
China and
Egypt and
online resource for
Russia and
Facebook access
Film business comparison
Financial crisis of 2008–2009
Firebird Management
Flair Bar
Forbidden City
Former Soviet republics. See Russia and the CIS
419 scam
Four Seasons Hotel
France, Vietnam and
Frei, Eduardo
Gadhafi, Moammar
Gafisa
Gandhi, Indira
Gasoline prices
Gates, Bill
Global financial crisis of 2008–2009
Gold Fields
Gold mining
Gorbachev, Mikhail
Grand Bazaar
Great Wall of China
Greece:
fiscal issues
Turkey and
Grillot, Greg
Growth in countries. See specific countries
Hagia Sophia
Ha Long Bay
Han Chinese
Hanoi:
overview of
sights and sounds of
Hanoi Hilton (hotel)
Hindu nationalism
HIV AIDS virus
Ho Chi Minh
Ho Chi Minh City, name change
Honduras:
Central America overview
overview of
Hong Kong:
accounting issues
Boom Securities overview
Chinese steel mill and
corruption issues
handover
markets
origins of
Humilty, investing and
Hyderabad
Hyflux Ltd.
ICICI Bank
Identifying emerging markets
Inco
India:
bargaining in
BSE background
Delhi overview
developing world growth trends
first journey to
infrastructure in
investment options in
as melting pot
Mumbai overview
opportunities
outsourcing
Parsis clan
pollution in
sights and sounds of
strengths
tech centers in
threats
as Tier 2 market
two-tiered pricing system
universities in
weaknesses
world oil consumption
Indian rupee
Infosys campus
Infrastructure issues. See specific countries
Intercontinental Managua
Interest rates, financial crises and
Internal Revenue Service
International Monetary Fund
Internet, pricing and
IShares Brazil
IShares MSCI Singapore Index Fund
Isolationism
Istanbul:
sights and sounds of
Istanbul Stock Exchange
Istiklal Caddesi
Ivory Coast
Jama Masjid
Japan:
China and
exports to United States
Johannesburg
Kazakhstan, resources of
Kenya:
Africa overview
investment options in
overview of
Kenyatta, Jomo
Kerr, Kevin
Khodorkovsky, Mikhail
Khyber restaurant
Kingdom Beer
Kirchner, Cristina
Kirchner, Nestor
Kurdistan Workers’ Party
Kurds in Turkey
Labor issues. See specific countries
Lake Palace Hotel
LAN Airlines
Lapis lazuli mining
Larsen and Toubro
The Last King of Scotland
Las Vegas Sands
Legal issues. See specific countries
Leopard Capital
Liberia
Libya, Egypt and
Long Bar (Shanghai)
Lula (president)
Luytens, Edwin
Macau, casinos in
Mala Mala Game Preserve
Managua
Mandela, Nelson
Mao Zedong
Mapuche Indians
Marina Bay Sands
Mau Mau movement
Mauritania
Mayer, Chris
McDonalds
Mehta, Harshad
Mello, Marcio
Mexico:
Central America overview
dependency issues
investment options in
opportunities
promise of
as Thailand of Americas
threats
tiered market system and
Mines:
Chilean
South African
Mobius, Mark
Moghul architecture
Mombasa
Money laundering
Moody’s Investment Services
MSCI Chile Investable Market Index Fund
MSCI South Africa Index Fund
MSCI Thailand Investable Market Index Fund
Mubarak, Hosni
Muddy Waters
Mugabe, Robert
Mumbai:
BSE background
Dhobiwallas in
as financial capital
sights and sounds of
terrorist attacks in
Muslims in India
Mutual funds, closed-end funds compared to
Nairobi Stock Exchange
Nepal accommodations
Nestle
Net asset value
New Delhi. See also Delhi
Oberoi hotel
universities in
New World Development Co.
Nicaragua:
Central America overview
Chile compared to
threats
Nigeria, overview of
Night Safari
Nile Kempinski hotel
Nile Pan Africa Fund
Noriega, Manuel
North Africa. See also Africa; specific countries
development
opportunity
threats
Oberoi Amarvillas
Oberoi New Delhi
O’Higgins, Bernardo
Oil consumption:
China vs. United States
world
Oil prices:
Brazil
China
China vs. United States
Russia and the CIS
South Africa
Oil resources:
Brazil
Mexico
Nigeria
Russia and the CIS
Opdyke, Jeff
Opportunities, in SWOT analysis. See also specific countries
Opportunity Travel
Orascom Telecom
Ottoman Empire
Overview of book
Pakistan, India and
Panama:
Central America overview
overview of
Parsis clan
Patios de Cafayate
Patpong district
Paulson, John
Pearl Market
Pemex
People’s Bank of China
Perón, Eva
Perón, Juan
Perriello, Barbara
Personal income, oil consumption and
Petrobras
Phnom Penh
Pillow, Chris
Pink Sheets exchange
Pinochet, Augusto
Poland
Pollution issues. See specific countries
Pol Pot
Prague
Pravda,
Pribaltiyskaya Hotel
Putin, Vladimir
Qut’b Minar
Raffles Grand Angkor
Raffles Singapore
Rancho Santana
Real estate investment. See specific countries
Rice production
Rio, skirmish in
Ritz-Carlton hotel
Rolex brand
Rosberg, Esteban
Rosneft
Rothschild, Baron
Russell, Richard
Russia and the CIS:
Asian republics overview
Baltics overview
Eastern Europe and
investment options in
Khodorkovsky case
opportunities
privatization background
sights and sounds of Russia
Soviet Union collapse
strengths
threats
as Tier 2 and 3 markets
weaknesses
Russian financial crisis of 1997
Sadat, Anwar
Saeed, Mohamed
Saigon:
name change
sights and sounds of
Salam, Mohamed Abdel
Salta
San Carlos de Bariloche
San Jose (Costa Rica)
Santiago
Sasol
Satyam campus
Sawiris, Naguib
Scam, Nigerian
Shanghai:
meeting at Long Bar
paper trading in
as Pearl of Orient
real estate in
sights and sounds of
strengths of China
Shinawatra, Thaksin
Shinawatra, Yingluck
Shopping suggestions. See specific countries
Siem Reap
Sightseeing suggestions. See specific countries
Sikhs in India
Singapore:
Asian financial crisis and
investment options in
massage cost index
opportunities
Raffles hotel chain
sights and sounds of
strengths
threats
as Tier 1 market
Vietnam compared to
water supply issues
weaknesses
Singapore Airlines
Singapore Exchange
Sino-Forest
Slim, Carlos Helu
Solzhenitsyn, Alexander
South Africa:
Africa overview
history of
investment options in
opportunities
overview of
sights and sounds of
threats
South African rand
Soviet Union. See also Russia and the CIS
collapse of
Eastern Europe background
Spice Market
St. Petersburg
Stalin, Joseph
Steel mill tour
Stock Exchange of Thailand
Straits Times Index
Strengths, in SWOT analysis. See also specific countries
Suez Canal
Sufi dancing
Sultanahmet area
SWIFT codes
SWOT analysis of countries. See also specific countries
Tahrir Square revolution
Taiwan, China and
Taj Mahal (sight)
Taj Mahal Palace (hotel)
Taksim Square
Tanzania:
Africa overview
investment options in
overview of
Tata family
Templeton, John
Templeton Dragon Fund
Templeton Eastern Europe Fund
Templeton Russia Fund
Thai baht
Thai Capital Fund
Thai Fund
Thailand:
Asian financial crisis and
Bangkok overview
black market
investment options in
massage cost index
Mexico compared to
opportunities
strengths
threats
as Tier 2 market
Vietnam and
weaknesses
Threats, in SWOT analysis. See also specific countries
Three-tiered system for markets. See also specific countries
Tibet, China and
Tier 1 market category. See also specific countries
Tier 2 market category. See also specific countries
Tier 3 market category. See also specific countries
Tipping in Egypt
Touring suggestions. See specific countries
Traders’ markets, emerging markets as
Transparency issues, overview of book. See also specific countries
Turkey:
bargaining in
black market
Egypt compared to
European Union and
history of
investment options in
Istanbul overview
opportunities
strengths
threats
as Tier 1 market
weaknesses
Turkish Fund
Uganda:
Africa overview
investment options in
overview of
Ukraine:
privatization background
Soviet Union collapse
Ultrascan
Uncertainty, investing and
United States:
Big Mac Index
Central America and
China and
Egypt and
gasoline prices
Honduras and
oil consumption
outsourcing issues
U.S. dollar:
Argentina and
China and
DR trades overview
Pinks trades overview
South Africa and
U.S. treasury securities
U.S.S.R., former republics of. See Russia and the CIS
Vale
Valparaiso
Vietnam:
Cambodia and
China and
exports to United States
generational differences
growth
Ha Long Bay
history of
investment options in
lifestyles of North and South
massage cost index
opportunities
sights and sounds of
strengths
threats
as Tier 3 market
as tiger cub
visa requirements
weaknesses
Vietnam ETF
Vimpelcom
Vina Concho y Toro
Vina del Mar
Volcanoes in Chile
Wages. See also specific countries
China-U.S. relations and
oil consumption and
Waldorf Astoria
Wal-Mart de Mexico
Water, demand for
Weaknesses, in SWOT analysis. See also specific countries
Werba, Jay
West Africa. See also specific countries
Africa overview
overview of
threats
Williams, Robert
Wolong Yuye, description of
World oil consumption
Yak and Yeti hotel
Yeltsin, Boris
Yukos
Zell, Sam
Zimbabwe, economic issues