Are the BRICS yesterday’s news?  Frontier markets outperformed the BRICs by a wide margin in 2010.  The media has now moved onto other emerging markets, like the CIVETS, in search of opportunities.  While China continues to garner a great deal of attention for its economy, its stock market is no longer is top of mind.  Now that the BRIC fever has broken, maybe it is time to take another look at these former darlings.  In today’s screencast a look at China and Russia.

Items mentioned in the above screencast:

Top (and bottom) performing global markets in 2010.  (DailyFinance)

A review of the CIVETs in 2010.  (Minyanville)

Can the US market run without China?  (The Reformed Broker)

A better ETF option to play China.  (IndexUniverse)

Russia is regaining momentum.  (Howard Lindzon)

China, Russia and the BRICs in 2010.  (StockCharts)