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Russ Koesterich: Earlier this month, as part of my changed view of emerging markets. I initiated an overweight view of Brazil and noted that I am paying close attention to Chile. As promised, here are more of my thoughts regarding these two emerging market countries. Read more…
Tim Seymour: The world’s investment journals are bemoaning Japan’s revolving prime ministers and lack of long-term leadership. The question is where in the world this kind of political void is not a factor. Read more…
Tim Seymour: A three-day rally has traders wondering whether the emerging markets are safe to dive in again. We lay out both sides of the argument on today’s installment of Trading the Globe. Read more…
Toby Connor: I’ve been warning bears for a couple of weeks that the market was due for an aggressive bear market rally. That rally has clearly begun. Read more…
Eric Dutram: Thanks to increased risk appetites over the last few days, some investors have begun to once again pile into emerging market focused ETFs. Yet, the specter of inflation has kept others at bay from many emerging nations as the rate of price increases in certain industrializing economies Read more…
George Maniere: The term Rare earth is an oxymoron. Rare Earths are all around us and indeed are very common. What is rare is to find high concentrations of Heavy Rare earths in a mining friendly area, mines that are the open pit variety, sites that have the basic infrastructure needed for mining Read more…
Since the financial sector peaked in February, three months before the broader markets, no group has fallen harder than it has. Even after the 30% plunge many, arguably most, investors still want nothing to do with banks and financial services firms — except Dick Bove, the well-known Rochdale Securities analyst with Read more…
Keith Fitz-Gerald: It wasn’t long ago that U.S. Treasuries were considered a “risk-free” investment. But the financial crisis, hulking budget deficits, political gridlock, and the Standard & Poor’s debt downgrade have changed that perception – forever. Read more…
Stock put in a strong performance on Monday but on very light volume. All five major indices ended the session higher by more than 2.0%. Smaller cap stocks led the way as the small-cap Russell 2000 (NYSE:IWM) and the S&P MidCap 400 rocketed 4.8% and 3.90% respectively. Read more…
US stock futures point to a lower open Tuesday, giving back some gains from yesterday’s strong rally into the upper level of the current range. The market opened higher Monday amid relief that Hurricane Irene did not produce more catastrophic damage along the East Coast, and continued higher all day. Today, traders will be on the lookout for consumer confidence, as well as minutes from the latest Read more…
Sam Subramanian: At a time when continuing growth of the U. S. economy appears not so certain, investors often look to overweight industries that can continue to grow. Read more…
Eric Dutram: While 2011 may have gotten off to a good start for many equity markets, a summer slowdown has hit stocks across the globe. Worries over the fallout from a downgrade of American debt have now shifted to concerns over more stimulus either by the Federal Reserve or by Read more…
Corey Rosenbloom: You’re probably aware of the large price breakout in defensive bond ETFs, iShares Barclays 20+ Year Treas Bond ETF (NYSE:TLT) and iShares Barclays 7-10 Year Treasury ETF, but it’s always worth reviewing along with current price levels to watch for support or a Read more…
It’s been a tumultuous few weeks with everything from continued drama in the Middle East to further contagion in the Euro zone and capping it off with Hurricane Irene. There was a 2008 moment when shares of Bank of America (NYSE:BAC) continued to crater on fears of a run on the Read more…
In trading on Monday, the B2B Internet HOLDRs (AMEX:BHH) is outperforming other ETFs, up about 11.76% on the day. Also up on the day are the 
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