When seeking out exposure to emerging markets, investors tend to gravitate towards the superstar economies of India and China, two markets that are expanding at mind-boggling rates as cities swell Read more…

ECH, EPU, EWZ, GXG, ILF

While U.S. investors can be forgiven for thinking that stocks have been stuck in a fairly narrow trading range for the last 3 ½ months, those who are scanning the globe for investment ideas are Read more…

EEB, EEM, EGPT, EPI, EWZ, EZA, FXI, GXG, IDX, RSX, TUR, VNM

In this episode of Money and Markets we examine three markets that offer both safety and the potential for high returns: Canada, Australia and Brazil. They’re young, Read more…

BRAZ, BRF, BRXX, CNDA, EWA, EWC, EWZ, KROO

No matter where I went – Tokyo, Hong Kong or London – the story was the same. When I stopped by global equity fund managers to pitch them on American small cap stocks, they’d pull out elegant, leather-covered ledgers and take notes with their Mont Blanc fountain pens. That was back in the Read more…

ACWI, CAF, EWG, EWM, EWT, EWY, EWZ, IDX, INP, PLND, TUR

Brazil has become one of the most popular investment destinations in recent years, as U.S. investors have begun to question their “home country bias” and tilt portfolios more heavily Read more…

BRAF, BRAQ, BRAZ, BRF, BRXX, BZF, BZQ, EWZ, UBR

double-dip recession, this country was struggling to overcome the fallout from an Arab oil embargo, Vietnam War-era deficits, and an inflationary spiral that just wouldn’t let go. Read more…

EWC, EWY, EWZ

If you’ve been missing some of Ron Rowland’s columns on exchange traded funds — ETFs — that we publish here each Thursday, then I think you may be making a serious tactical error. Read more…

EWM, EWZ, EZA, INP, RSX

As Brazil continues to witness stellar economic growth, its financial sector appears to show signs of optimism and for good reason Read more…

BRAF, BRF, EWZ

Global X is set to begin trading the “Global X Brazil Consumer ETF” (BRAQ) tomorrow July 8th. The Global X Brazil Consumer ETF (“Fund”) seeks to provide investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the Solactive Brazil Consumer Read more…

BRAQ, BRAZ, BRF, BRXX, EWZ

Imagine a country with little debt… Now envision it has plentiful economic growth and boundless natural resources. Sounds too good to be true in this lousy global economy, right? Wrong. Because Brazil has all three. True, it wasn’t always that way. Plagued by hyperinflation, the nation hit a peak of Read more…

BRAZ, BRF, BRXX, EWZ

In trading on Thursday, the United States Natural Gas Fund (UNG) is outperforming other ETFs, up about 6.1% on the day. Also up on the day is the Internet Infrastructure HOLDRs ETF (IIH) which is up Read more…

EWZ, EZA, FDN, IIH, JJC, UNG

“Brazilian equities are down on their luck despite its sizzling economy, but some U.S. companies are drawing trump cards from sales growth. After surging 83% last year, the Bovespa has shed 11% in Read more…

EWZ

During the global recession, equities in emerging nations declined more than those in developed nations. From its high in 2007 to the low in 2008, the iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Index Fund Read more…

EEB, EEM, EFA, EPP, EWZ, FXI, ILF, VNM, VWO

ProShares is set to begin trading the “ProShares Ultra MSCI Brazil ETF” (UBR) tomorrow April 29. The Fund seeks investment results for a single day only, not for longer periods. This means that the return of the Fund for a period longer than a single trading day will be the result of each day’s returns Read more…

EWZ, UBR

“When it comes to Latin America, Brazil (NYSE:EWZ) in many investors minds, takes the cake. With its abundant natural resources, growing middle class and strong government, it can be considered Read more…

EWW, EWZ