Pat McKeough responds to many personal questions on specific stocks and other investment topics from the members of his Inner Circle. Every week, his comments and recommendations on the most intriguing questions of the past week go out to all Inner Circle members. And each… Read More

7 Days Group (ADR), $9.48, symbol SVN on New York (Shares outstanding: 50.0 million; Market cap: $474.0 million; www.7daysinn.cn), is China’s second-biggest budget hotel operator, behind Home Inns & Hotels Management (ADR), symbol HMIN on Nasdaq.

The company’s hotels operate under the 7 Days Inn brand… Read More

MARKET VECTORS VIETNAM ETF $19.18 (New York symbol VNM; buy or sell through brokers; www.vaneck.com) holds shares of Vietnamese companies or foreign firms that get a significant amount of their revenue from Vietnam.

Market Vectors Vietnam ETF was launched on August 11, 2009. Its expense ratio… Read More

Vietnam’s economy is growing quickly, largely due to the country’s rising exports and low wages: its labour and production costs are as little as one-third of similar costs in China. Vietnam also has a large future labour pool: over 50% of its population of 85… Read More

Vietnam has a fast-growing economy, largely thanks to its low wages and rising exports. The country’s labour and production costs are as little as one-third of similar costs in China. Plus, over 50% of Vietnam’s population of 85 million is under 25 years of age,… Read More

We think the long-term outlook for China — and Chinese stocks — is bright. That’s because the country’s huge population is generally younger than North Americans, and large numbers of Chinese have the potential to advance from poverty into the middle class.

(One of the best… Read More

We think the long-term outlook for China — and Chinese stocks — is strong. That’s because the country’s huge population is generally younger than North Americans, and large numbers of Chinese have the potential to advance from poverty into the middle class.

(One of the best… Read More

CANADIAN IMPERIAL BANK OF COMMERCE $76 (Toronto symbol CM; SI Rating: Above average) is Canada’s fifth-largest bank with $280.4 billion in assets.

In August 2005, the bank set aside $2.8 billion (or $7.45 a share) to cover various lawsuit settlements related to its dealings with bankrupt… Read More

Bank stocks have been among the market’s top performers in the past few years — as they have for the past few decades. Now some investors worry that rising interest rates will hurt their loan growth, and that the banks’ loan losses will rebound to… Read More