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When I think of Middle Eastern nations with massive oil and gas reserves, Israel isn’t a country that comes to mind… ever, really. After all, Israel still imports 99% of its oil and 70% of its natural gas. In fact, for the last 60 years, energy companies there have basically Read more…
Ron Rowland: ETFs give you a better way to invest in many different assets — and especially international markets. Parts of the world that were “off-limits” to individual investors just a few years Read more…
Eric Dutram: The nation of Israel has been under the microscope over the past few months as tensions continue to build between the country and Iran. Many analysts believe that Israel will not tolerate Iran possessing a nuclear weapon and that the small country will move to bomb Iranian facilities in short order. Read more…
ETF Base: There was an interesting article in BusinessWeek this weekend highlighting how Israel’s risk-adjusted return over the past 10 years bested all other developed markets. Overall, the Israel market as defined by the Tel Aviv 25 returned 161% including dividends vs. the “lost decade” in much of the Read more…
The last few weeks have been incredibly volatile in U.S. markets. Though major indexes have been trending upwards for the majority of 2011, last week saw a major blip in performance as Read more…
Investors have become familiar with the term “contagion” in recent years, but most are accustomed to hearing the phenomenon discussed in relation to sovereign debt defaults in Europe Read more…
NASDAQ:GULF, NYSE:EGPT, NYSE:EIS, NYSE:EZA, NYSE:GAF, NYSE:MES
Northern Trust, the one-time issuer that began making plans for a second run at the ETF industry last year, has joined the crowd of major financial institutions seeking approval to launch actively Read more…
Last week I warnedof a flare-up in Egypt and a reversal in oil and gold. The media are transmitting pictures of street scenes in Egypt that for the most part appear benign. However, riptides of anti Read more…
NASDAQ:GULF, NYSE:DBC, NYSE:EGPT, NYSE:EIS, NYSE:GAF, NYSE:MES, OIL
Labels mean something. They’re why a blue Armani suit costs more than basically the same suit at a department store. They’re why Titleist golf balls cost more than Maxflis. Believe it or not, labels Read more…
David Fry From ETF Digest goes into detail on the Israel ETF discussing the iShares MSCI Israel Cap Invest Mkt Index ETF (NYSE:EIS) in a video. Read more…
Last week saw the end of a year that was relatively kind to investor portfolios, as most major asset classes managed to post strong results in 2010. As the calendars flip to 2011, the outlook remains Read more…
NYSE:CEW, NYSE:CHIX, NYSE:EIS, NYSE:EUO, NYSE:HYD, NYSE:IAU, NYSE:INXX, NYSE:XLK, NYSE:XOP, PSP, REMX
Many of the world’s developed markets have struggled to return to solid levels of growth and have been weighed down by large budget deficits and high levels of unemployment. Due to this, many Read more…
In trading on Thursday, the C-Tracks Citi Volatility Index TR ETN (NYSE:CVOL) is outperforming other ETFs, up about 6.99% on the day. Also up on the day are the 
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