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I’ve only recently returned from a two-week tour of the Baltics. Of the seven countries I visited, the most interesting was Russia – and not just because of the grandeur of the Peterhof Palace or the glories of the Read more…
Stoyan Bojinov: Commodity prices across the board have endured a dismal decline over the past few months as grim global economic growth expectations have kept a lid on investors’ confidence. Uncertainty has been plaguing virtually every corner of the financial market thanks to a sluggish Read more…
Eric Dutram: As the European debt crisis has intensified in recent weeks and months, many investors have sought to exit the common currency bloc for other European nations that do not use the euro. Generally speaking, this has resulted in many investors Read more…
Michael Johnston: Emerging markets stocks are a core holding in the portfolios of many investors: developing economies such as China and India account for a growing portion of global GDP, and a significant percentage of all global GDP growth. Read more…
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Michael Johnston: It wasn’t that long ago that indexes were used almost exclusively as performance benchmarks and barometers for stock market performance, most visible as a summary of recent activity on the evening news on in the business section of the morning paper. But over the past several Read more…
Russ Koesterich: “Is it time to sell emerging market equities?” That’s what many investors are wondering given that emerging market stocks are up significantly since fall lows and have modestly outperformed developed markets year to date. Read more…
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Russ Koesterich: As expected, Vladimir Putin claimed victory in Russia’s presidential election Sunday. Assuming the disputed election results don’t lead to greater civil unrest, there are four reasons why I continue to advocate overweighting Russian equities through instruments like the iShares MSCI Russia Read more…
In trading on Tuesday, the iPath Short Extended Russell 20 (NYSEArca:RTSA) is outperforming other ETFs, trading down 11.60% on the day. Also up on the day is the Read more…
In trading on Tuesday, the iShares MSCI ACWI ex US Cnsmr Dscrtn Idx (NYSEArca:AXDI) is outperforming other ETFs, up about 9.17% on the day. Also up on the day are the Read more…
In trading on Thursday, the PowerShares S&P SmallCap Energy (NASDAQ:PSCE) is outperforming other ETFs, up about 3.40% on the day. Also up on the day are the Read more…
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Eric Dutram: Although many emerging markets still have excellent growth prospects, they have been hammered in recent weeks thanks to a ‘risk off’ trade in equities. Broad funds targeting this space, such as VWO or EEM, have fallen sharply in this time period, declining by nearly 16.8% in the past quarter Read more…
Todd Shriber: On Tuesday, Jim O’Neill, head of asset management at Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) and the gentleman perhaps most known for coining the term “BRIC” in reference to the Brazil, Russia, India and China quartet, made an interesting, and by his own admission, controversial proclamation Read more…
Russ Koesterich: Call #1: Maintain Overweight US Municipals – This week, our first call focuses on our preference for US Municipals over Treasuries Read more…
Russia recently won the right to host the 2018 World Cup, one of the world’s largest sporting events, which is expected to boost the nation’s economy and provide positive price support to the Read more…
BlackRock, Inc. (NYSE: BLK) today announced that the iShares Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) business, the world’s largest manager of ETFs, launched the new iShares MSCI Russia Capped Index Read more…
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