Bottom approaching: sentiment gets more negative on emerging markets and gold

Looking for a bottom in emerging market stocks and gold, two of the worst performing assets in 2013? Sentiment continues to go from negative to negativ-er. In Bloomberg survey 25% of respondents picked Brazil as either the worst or next to worst market in the world over the next year. A huge 35% picked India. Gold, down 22% in 2013, got a thumbs down–and $1050 target price–from Goldman Sachs.

10 stocks for a “difficult” market

10 stocks for a “difficult” market

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Emerging markets: I think we can call this a crisis

Emerging market currencies continue to drop. The Indonesian rupiah sinks to its lowest level since 2009. The Indian rupee hits a new record low. The Turkish lira falls another 0.8% against the dollar. The Brazilian real drops to its lowest level since March 2009. Central bank actions haven’t been able to stem the decline