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Will there be some slowdown in the BRICs and emerging markets for 2012? Yes… But let’s remember: It’s all relative – relative to the fact that those returns will probably be better than those of developed countries. Plus, who can say what dictates an emerging Read more…
Scott Martin: Another BRIC heard from in the race to stimulate local markets and keep foreign capital flowing: Brazil has eliminated the 2% tax on foreign investment in stocks. Read more…
David Fry: Our goal in this profile is to help investors wade through the many competing ETF offerings available. Using our long experience as an ETF publication, and nearly 40 years in the investment Read more…
New York-based investment manager Van Eck Global announced that it is lowering the expense cap on its Market Vectors Brazil Small-Cap ETF (NYSE:BRF), effective today. BRF’s expense cap is being reduced from 62 basis points (bps) to 59 bps. Van Eck expects that, as a result of this, investors in BRF Read more…
A deluge of bad data conspired to sink markets in the Holiday-shortened week as most major benchmarks finished the period down significantly. The S&P 500 sank by 2.8% on the week while Read more…
New York-based asset manager Van Eck Global announced today that, effective May 1, 2011, expense caps were reduced on the following Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs) in its Market Vectors family: Market Vectors Africa Index ETF (NYSE:AFK), Market Vectors Brazil Small-Cap ETF Read more…
Stocks closed Wednesday’s session higher on a pickup in volume. All five major indices finished the day up. The small-cap Russell 2000 led all indices by posting a healthy 1.6% advance. Read more…
Lots of central bank activity on interest rates, and some of it is a little surprising given the tone in the global macro community. Read more…
In recent years, emerging markets have been established as the clear leaders of global GDP growth, while the economies of the U.S. and western Europe have stalled. Developed markets are facing Read more…
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Despite anticipation that new Brazilian central bank chief Alexandre Tombini would shake things up at today’s short-notice press conference, the real news stole his thunder. Read more…
The Brazilian real fell 50 basis points today on a combination of sliding commodity prices and fear that central bankers will intervene aggressively to keep the currency’s value under control. Read more…
As another New Year gets underway, it’s traditionally a good time for many investors to rebalance their portfolios. Question is, exactly how diversified should your global portfolio be? It’s one of the trickiest issues that investors face. Mutual funds have long been a popular choice when it comes to Read more…
All five major indices closed down on Wednesday. The session opened flat and stocks rallied until the 11:00 am reversal period. The market spent the remainder of the day in a stair step descent. Read more…
In trading on Thursday, the Wireless HOLDRS ETF (AMEX:WMH) is outperforming other ETFs, up about 5.12% on the day. Also up on the day are the 
Something very, very important happened in the closing days of 2010, and very few people noticed. The “BRIC” club is expanding to include South Africa. Today I’ll discuss this development 
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