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Located south of China and east of India, the booming Southeast Asian region is oftentimes overlooked by even the most sophisticated investors. The free trade pact between the regional grouping (ASEAN) and China inked early this year has led to a jump in trade and Read more…
Tim Seymour: Indian IT service vendor Infosys has been finding it hard to deliver market-pleasing results lately, and the timing could not be much worse. Read more…
Keith Fitz-Gerald: If you’re still bearish on long-term silver prices, you’d better reconsider your stance. Dollar-denominated Chinese silver futures were scheduled to begin trading on the Hong Kong Mercantile Exchange early today (Friday). This development will grant Asian investors direct Read more…
Although concerns remain over debt issues, corporate profits have come in pretty strong over the past few days as the summer earnings season kicked off without a hitch. The news has been especially good for companies in the industrial sector as railroad operators such as Union Pacific Read more…
Equities performed well on Thursday pacing all five major indices well into positive territory. By the closing bell the S&P 500 (NYSE:SPY) tacked on 1.4% while the Dow Jones Industrial Average (NYSE:DIA) and small-cap Russell 2000 (NYSE:IWM) followed closely as both gained 1.2% Read more…
Noel Archard: I’ve talked a lot (some may argue too much) about the practice of short selling ETFs in my last couple of posts, but I think that in order to put this particular “myth” to rest, it’s also necessary to address short selling as it relates to our commodities ETFs – the iShares Silver Trust Read more…
In trading on Thursday, the KEYnotes First Trust Enh 130/30 LgCp ETN (NYSE:JFT) is outperforming other ETFs, up about 9.77% on the day. Also up on the day are the Read more…
Interest in fixed income ETFs has skyrocketed in recent years, as investors have embraced the exchange-traded structure as an efficient means of establishing exposure to a core asset class. Though inflows in recent years have accelerated, the growth of this corner of the ETF market lagged Read more…
Van Eck has joined an already long list of ETF issuers with plans on bringing funds offering exposure to China’s fixed income market to the U.S., recently filing details on two proposed “Greater China” bond ETFs. Each of the proposed ETFs would offer exposure to the Greater China region, a group Read more…
Sumit Roy: All large precious metals ETPs saw substantial inflows over past week, but grains ETPs performed best. Read more…
In the first half of the year, ETF investors have been looking to find income, diversify away from the dollar, and protect themselves from inflation, says Morningstar’s Scott Burns. Today, we’re going to talk a little bit about the new launches in 2011 in the ETF space, particularly some of the themes that we see and who the real success stories have been. I think it should be really no shock that the largest launch Read more…
John Nyaradi: As governments and central banks around the world struggle to keep their overwhelming debt loads under control, they remind me of the old fable of the little Dutch boy who saves his country by sticking his finger in a dike to stop the dike from breaking. Read more…
Andy Crowder: As an options trader I am often asked about my favorite options strategy for producing income. And recently, after working with Ian on an issue for SmallCap Investor Daily, “What You Need to Know Before Using Options on Small Cap Stocks,” I have been bombarded with Read more…
Joseph McBrennan: Bill Gross admits he was wrong. Here’s what his mistake tells us about the U.S. bond default threat. Read more…
The Financial Times is reporting that Deborah Fuhr, a fixture in the ETF Industry, is leaving Blackrock. Deborah was the Global Head of ETF Research and Implementation Strategy and a Managing Director at BlackRock. Under Ms Fuhr’s guidance, BlackRock’s Global ETF Research and Implementation Strategy team was responsible for advising clients on the implementation of asset allocation Read more…
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