links for 2008-05-01
1 05 2008-
April 30 (Bloomberg) — Brazil’s Bovespa stock index jumped to a record after Standard & Poor’s unexpectedly raised the country’s credit rating to investment grade.
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The Absa House Price Index, released last week, shows house prices still rising, but at a relatively modest 8,7% year-on-year. When you take the rate of inflation into consideration - CPIX is around 9,4% - the real return in February was slightly negative


