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Feb 19 2008 12:00am EDT

Chart of the Day: Castro Out, Money In

Trading volume into the Herzfeld Caribbean Basin Fund, "which aims to profit from the resumption of U.S. trade with Cuba," is up a whopping 215 times since this morning's announcement that Fidel Castro will end his 49-year reign as the country's leader. Shares in the fund have zoomed 20 percent on the day.

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Thomas Herzfeld, who runs the Basin Fund, also has filed S.E.C. documents for a Cuba-only fund once relations with U.S. are normalized.

And a bonus chart: The "Castro Will Return to Power in Cuba" contract from NewsFutures.


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