INVEST IN CUBA IS HIGH RISK!

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  FOREIGN INVESTORS FRUSTRATED BY CUBA INVESTMENTS

Cuba's Foreign investment Strategy announced in 2012 spoke positively of attracting more international investors and Cuba wanted to increase foreign investment from international mutual funds and stock market pension fund investors. The Cuban's did a strategic review of the long Cuban investment approval process and came to the conclusion that special economic free trade and Investment zones like joint venture golf courses, Cuba Insurance, real estate, marinas and new manufacturing investments are being  planned all over Cuba.

Cuba may want more foreign investment dollars but there have been more promises to change rather than actual investment changes that have many barriers to true foreign investment in Cuba.

Many other countries and their international insurance investment and mutual fund companies, America, Europe, China, Russia and Brazil to Singapore and various European Union members, have expressed desire to invest in Cuba despite the silly American U.S. trade embargo against Cuba.

Unfortunately the Cuban government is demanding at least a 51% majority interest in all joint ventures and is dragging its heels or obfuscating in negotiations. The main obstacle is that Cuba wants to maintaining its independence and sovereignty without any risk on their part without consideration to the Investors risk of loss of their investment which Cuba will eventually control.

Cubans have an historical problem with Communism, free enterprise and Cuban nationalism. Cuban investment organizations are simply not interested in minority shares so Cubans can say that no foreign company owns a piece of their island of Cuba. Many foreign investors complain the Cubans insisting on 51 percent ownership of all new Cuban Joint ventures so that Cuba keeps effective control of the entire business.

CUBA INVESTMENT RISK

CUBA HAVANA INVESTMENTS With President Castro of the Council of State and Council of Ministers of Cuba Raul Castro. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Cuban investments have been signed in important agreements many years ago with poor results blaming the Mutual fund investment delay on critical issues such as Cuba's two parallel currency exchange rates.

 When international investors drill down into the fine details the Cuban investment funds become cloudier and hazier the deeper you dig. In the end one investor said it clearly " the Cubans are very nice people but when it comes to foreign investment, Mutual funds, Insurance, home mortgages and financial investments in Cuba the control of 100% of your money is in their hands with absolutely no possibility of recouping even one penny if your Cuban business investment runs into problems. The risk of Investing in Cuba is 100% against you from the start because the Cubans make some of the rules in your favor today only to change all the rules against you in the future when its time to start making a profit on your initial high risk Cuban investment.

Another Investor from America stated the slow Cuban government is decades away from turning its Cuban Investment plans into reality.  Cubans have been trying to invest in new businesses in the promised special economic zones, only to be told to come back next year after the Cuban Investment law that was introduced by the best Cuban Lawyers was approved.

In short if you want high risk low reward investments then Cuba is your best bet today. However everything can change in an instant as soon as American president lifts the economic sanctions against Cuba. This would send Cuba investments in Home mortgages, Health care, Insurance, and real estate into the hottest investment market on the planet.  Investing in Cuba should be done with a long term capital appreciation horizon like an retirement pension fund.

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INVEST IN CUBA INVESTMENTS?

Investment in Cuba Investments

  INVEST IN CUBA YES OR NO?

Many Cuban Health Resorts and international business executives in the Luxury Hotel Investment, Insurance, Mortgage, Lending and financing sector released a Cuba Investment statement outlining their recommendation to increasing investment and business ties with Cuba. The Cuban American investment group had concerns about Calling Cuba and investing in Cuba while the financial controls were not yet in place. They suggested that before American Mutual funds, Pension and Insurance funds start to place American investment dollars in Cuba they want the U.s. and Cuban governments to put in place Investment Guarantees and investing guidelines to ensure that Cuba offers investment security to all foreign investors.

The Cuban American Investment group said it was concerned regarding Fidel & Raul Castro deceptive campaign targeted at securing international financial mutual fund resources to extend its control over the Cuban people.  This Cuba investment group of executives is made up of some of the biggest names in U.S. business, including PepsiCo, Dow Chemical, Bristol-Myers Squibb, American Express, General Mills along with luxury hotel brands Marriott, Holiday Inn, Radisson Resorts and Four Seasons Resorts to name a few.

Cuba Mutual fund investors want true economic reforms that will truly open up Cuba to international stock markets and many Insurance and pension funds. Fidel and Raul Castro have introduced non-systemic, heavily-taxed, revocable reforms with no financial and legal protection or investment return which has the Cuba Investment group concerned.

American Investors in Cuba. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Invest in Cuba Mutual Funds Goals

 • U.S. to lift or further weaken the embargo to funnel Millions of American tourist dollars and pension mutual fund bank investment credits to the people of Cuba.

• Allow Investment from the Cuban-American community businessmen by allowing investment protection and reforms with more liberty and democracy for the people of Cuba.

Many investor from the top industries are interested in Investing in Cuba once the conditions improve.  

Cuba Investment Companies List

• Manuel Jorge Cutillas, former chairman and CEO, Bacardi

• Sergio Masvidal, former vice chairman, American Express Bank (NYSE: AXP)

• Enrique Falla, former executive vice president and CFO, Dow Chemical (NYSE: DOW)

• Eduardo Crews, former president, Latin America, Bristol-Meyers Squibb (NYSE: BMY)

• Emilio Alvarez-Recio, former VP, worldwide advertising, Colgate-Palmolive (NYSE: CL)

• Néstor Carbonell, former VP, international government affairs, PepsiCo (NYSE: PEP)

• Alberto Mestre, former president, Venezuela, General Mills (NYSE: GIS)

• Rafael de la Sierra, former VP, international coordination, Warner Communications (now Time Warner), (NYSE: TWX)

• Eugenio Desvernine, former senior executive VP, Reynolds Metals

• José R. Bou, former VP primary products operation, Martin Marietta Aluminum (NYSE: MLM)

• Alberto Luzárraga, former chairman, Continental Bank International

• Remedios Diaz-Oliver, former director of U.S. West and Barnett Bank

• Leopoldo Fernández-Pujals, chairman of Jazztel, founder of Telepizza

• Jorge Blanco, former president and CEO, Amex Nickel Corp.

• Carlos Gutierrez, former U.S. Secretary of Commerce

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Cuba Investment In Tourism Havana Resorts

Russian Investors flock to Resorts in Havana and Varadero Cuba

Cuba Tourism Investment Breaks Record

Cuba Tourism Investment in Havana broke the Caribbean islands record in 2012 reported the Cuban Financial and Investment Ministry of Tourism and Financial Statistic Bureau of Banking.

The strategic long term investment funds in tourism by Cuba has resulted in huge increases in foreign Holiday vacationers that visit Cuba, Varadero, Matanzas, Cayo Coco, Trinidad and this Caribbean island beach paradise reached millions foretasted the Cuban tourism and Insurance bureau said, adding that the previous Cuban Health, Travel & Insurance record produced increases in revenue.

In 2012, the top Cuban tourist resorts located in Cuba, Havana, Trinidad, Cayo Largo & Varadero beaches received a record breaking 300,000 tourists, over 15,000 more tourist than the previous record. Cuba's top tourism and resort investment partner is still Canada the most valuable source of Cuban tourists, followed by Melia Group of Spain, Accor of France, Argentina, Germany, Russia and Mexico.

The Cuban Americans looking to invest in resorts coming from Miami Florida are the fastest growing tourist sector with over Five hundred thousand Cuban Americans travel to Cuba in the past year with millions more Americans expected to vacation in Cuba as soon as U.S. President Obama lifts the American travel restrictions.

English: Cuban dancers in Varadero (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Cuba Investments in resorts and tourism are also banking on Cuban health care insurance and medical tourism to serve as a the financial engine of growth to help the future development of other social, medical and economic projects, the Cuban government aims at receiving over 3 million tourists in 2012.

Cuban Investment Funds in Tourism

International Mutual Investment Funds are looking closer at resort investment in Havana Cuba's tourism hotel business where financial imports and domestic banking exports were up 20 percent during the first quarter of 2012, compared with last year due mainly to the increased income from tourism, Cuban travel, Health Insurance and health care services reported the Ministry of Cuban Insurance, Banking and Finance.

Increase in Cuban financial profits by 20 percent in Foreign exports according to managers at the Foreign International Trade Ministry. Increasing Cuba tourist is good news for Cuban President Raul Castro and his efforts to boost Cuba's debt ridden economy by increasing financial investments  with export income and decreasing imports cost from high interest investment banks.

Cuba's imported $10 billion according to sources in Cuba banking ministry while's exports rose 20 percent and 15 percent of which was tourism, Cuban hotels and the remainder health and travel insurance services. The financial profits earned from tourism insurance services are accounted for by tourism and health care assistance. In Varadero tourist grew over 10 percent in April according to the Cuban National Statistics Office.

As a bonus for protecting the health care of foreign tourist in Cuba some 40,000 Cuban professionals, most from the health care sector, are working in the tourist sector in Varadero, Cayo Coco, Trinidad, Matanzas, Havana and also in oil-rich Venezuela and the bulk of earnings go to the Cuban government.

Cuba health care sector exports similar Insurance and surgery laser technical services to some 30 other countries with service category income that also includes communications and revenues from hospitals and  joint ventures.

After 10 years of investing in Cuban tourism hotel sector Castro's investment funds appears to have paid off in order to boost exports and reduce imports which have resulted in annual trade surpluses averaging $2 billion since the first Cuban Investment back in 1990.

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Cuba Investment Opportunities

Cuba Mutual Funds - Investments in Cuba - Cuba Investment Guide

 HOW TO INVEST IN CUBA LIST

Cuba has become the forbidden fruit of the mutual funds and investment funds industry. International investors can now invest directly in Cuba Mutual funds and Cuba investment via a variety of strategic  long term investments in Cuba.

1. Cuba Mutual Funds

On the New York Stock exchange the Herzfield Caribbean Basin Fund under the Stock symbol NYSE: CUBA  is publicly traded as a Cuba mutual fund but beware as it has very little direct investment in Cuba. Once the embargo lifts this fund will be a top performing Cuba mutual fund.

2. Cuba Forex Trading

Cuba currency trading on Forex exchanges are not really available in today's investment arena however you can buy & sell Cuban debt in European markets. They are risky cheap and can be very profitable after the embargo lifts.

3. Cuba Investment Funds

Cuba does not have many companies to invest directly in however there are a few foreign investment funds that specialize in Cuba investments. The main low risk investments in Cuba are via CIEBA investments a Jersey offshore investment company that is listing in the TSE. The fund has the top management with expert foreign investors that live in Havana and have done business with Cuba for over 15 years.

4. Cuba Investment Company

Many Publicly traded companies do business in Cuba with a few that are over 90% Cuba investments. Stock companies that you can invest in are Leisure Canada for Cuba real estate, Melia group for hotels, Repsol & Petrobras for oil & Gas, York Medical for Cancer Drugs, and the best Cuba investment is the Canadian company Sherritt International listed on the TSE under the symbol "S" which is by far the biggest, most experienced and most successful foreign company in Cuba with investments in Oil, Gas, Hotels & real estate.

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