Best Stocks for 2008: ETF favorites with Materials (XLB) and Brazil (EWZ)

December 28th, 2007 | Category: Stocks to Buy, Commodities, Brazil, Best Stocks for 2008

For 25 years, Steven Halpern, editor of TheStockAdvisors.com, has surveyed the main financial newsletter advisors asking for their favorite stocks for the coming year. that scoop is one of 100+ ideas in the Best Stocks for 2008 report.

“There’s no question that that booming growth in the emerging countries has been a huge factor driving the strongest markets,” explains Pamela Aden, editor of The Aden Forecast.

“Three billion public are now participating in the global economy who weren’t involved before and that’s a dramatic force.

“As these countries build their infrastructure,

demand for raw materials has soared. Again, that mega-trend is poised to continue, along with strong growth.

“My favorite conservative way to play that trend is with the Materials choose SPDR (ASE: XLB), which moves with the raw materials sector. Instead of picking individual stocks, that provides a good way to generally profit from what’s happening globally.

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