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Forget the BRICs -- 2011 Could Be 'the Year of the USA'

Goldman's Jim O'Neill shot to fame by predicting the staggering rise of emerging-market economies like the BRIC nations, Brazil, Russia, India and China. But 2011, he says, "will be the beginning of a new phase in which the U.S. has strong GDP growth."

How Best to Ride the Emerging-Market Boom?

The U.S. stock markets had a dismal decade while many emerging economies delivered blockbuster growth. That's prompting investors in the developed world to grapple with how to take advantage of the explosive growth abroad -- without getting burned.

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