Despite the high risks (currency risk, liquidity risk, lack of transparency, high transaction costs, poor regulatory environment)...

An emerging market is defined as an “economy with low to middle per capita income“. Frontier markets are part of developing markets....

A recent survey on individual investors investing in Vietnamese stocks has shown that only 8% of them were "almost never" looking at...

Investing in a frontier market means high risks. Investing in stocks as an asset also involves high risks. The combination of the two...

Many studies have shown that not only do individual investors under-perform the markets after taking into consideration all costs but...

Many questions exist about Chinese accounting principles and the reliability of the financial statements produced by both state-owned and...

There was a major plan for merging Hà Nội Stock Exchange and the HCM Stock Exchange. This merge of the two stock exchanges was on the...

A quick look at the main Vietnamese indexes performance since the beginning of January 2019. The month has seen indexes being rather...

The Vietnamese stock markets keep evolving. They already come a long way. The State Securities Commission of Vietnam plans to launch more...

Barber and Odean (2000)[TM1] , (“Trading Is Hazardous to Your Wealth: The Common Stock Investment Performance of Individual Investors“)...

Knowing your exact portfolio performance is of primary importance whether it be in Vietnam or elsewhere. The concept of time-weighted...

Odean (Odean, T. (1999), (“Do Investors Trade too Much?" American Economic Review) analyzed the trading records of 10,000 investors over...

Our job is to help our clients finding the best investment opportunities in the world. Finding the theoretical best investment is one...

December has been a difficult month not only for the Vietnamese stock markets but for almost all the equity markets worldwide. The world...

Vietnam is sometimes viewed as being an emerging market, but technically, it is still officially classified as a Frontier market. A...

Vietnam recently launched a derivatives market tin order to boost liquidity. It is widely excepted that this new market will help attract...

While investing in a developed market involves different aspects than investing in an emerging market, it could be argued that investing...

The trading year is over in Vietnam. The last month had been painful to watch. The two main indexes have recorded losses this year....

Vietnam is often described as an emerging market. Did you know however that there is no commonly accepted definition of what is an...

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