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		<title>Country Indexes: Long-Term Total Returns</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 15:18:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Shaw</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gaining long-term perspective on country fund investing is hampered by the lack of long-term existence of some of the funds. Fortunately, MSCI, publishes country index total return figures that go back ten years or more &#8212; longer than some of the country funds have been around.
These three charts present the total return (including distributions, but [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Calendar Year Country Fund Returns, 1997-2007+</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 22:32:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Shaw</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We selected the single country funds available in the Index Universe database for calendar year return analysis. Cumulative and annualized returns are important, but so too are discreet calendar years.
While statistical tools may theoretically, adequately describe variation or consistency of returns, a visual impression can be helpful too. This analysis is primarily visual.
Within the list [...]]]></description>
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