Martin Hutchinson: Having lived in Singapore as a child I’ve always been fond of Southeast Asia. Fifty years later, though, I like it for a slightly different reason. Read more…
NYSE:EWM, NYSE:EWS, NYSE:EWY, NYSE:VWO
Scott Martin: From a technical point of view, emerging markets have gotten a nice lift over the last week. But not all slices of the globe have bounced back equally. Read more…
NYSE:EEM, NYSE:EFA, NYSE:EWM, NYSE:EWW, NYSE:EWY, NYSE:EWZ, NYSE:IDX
Stocks posted mixed results yesterday as trade quickened. The Nasdaq fell 0.8% yesterday and lost support of its 50-day MA. The S&P 500 (NYSEARCA:SPY) also lost ground as it closed lower by 0.1%. However, the DJIA (NYSEARCA:DIA) showed relative strength as the blue chip index tacked Read more…
NYSE:DUG, NYSE:EWM, NYSE:IWM
Zacks ETF Research: Southeast Asian countries have had a long tradition of enticing investors from all over the globe. This is because the market is an attractive destination for domestic and foreign, investors thanks to solid growth rates, booming populations and generally good governance. Read more…
NYSE:ASEA, NYSE:EIDO, NYSE:EWM, NYSE:EWS, NYSE:IDX, NYSE:VNM
Tony Sagami: Chinese stocks started off with a bang this year, rallying by 10% in January and February, but struggling since Premier Wen Jiabao lowered China’s 2012 GDP growth forecast from 8% to 7.5% on March 5. Read more…
NYSE:ASEA, NYSE:EWM, NYSE:IDX, NYSE:THD
Yiannis Mostrous: Malaysia traditionally has been viewed as a backward economy with a very defensive market. As a general rule, the Malaysian market tends to perform best relative to other Asian markets during periods of higher oil prices. That’s because Malaysia is a net exporter of oil. Read more…
NYSE:EEM, NYSE:EWM, NYSE:VWO
Michael A. Gayed: The emerging markets in the BRIC group — Brazil, Russia, India and China — remain drags on the global asset class, but their counterparts elsewhere in Asia and Latin America are cementing their leadership. Read more…
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Michael A. Gayed: We regularly compare China, Brazil, South Korea, Taiwan, South Africa, Russia, India, Mexico, Malaysia and Indonesia against the broader Vanguard Emerging Markets ETF (NYSE:VWO) to see where momentum is picking up and where it lags. Read more…
NYSE:EEM, NYSE:EWM, NYSE:EWT, NYSE:EWY, NYSE:EZA, NYSE:VWO
Joseph Hogue: Emerging market funds recorded a tenth week of inflows last week, the longest run since 2010, as investors put global risk (pronounced eurozone crisis) behind them. Despite the continued inflows, the average emerging market (NYSEArca:VWO) equity portfolio lost 3.1 percent as investors Read more…
NYSE:ECH, NYSE:EPI, NYSE:EWM, NYSE:EWW, NYSE:FXI, NYSE:VWO, RSX
Sean Geary: Investors seeking exposure to the explosion of middle class growth in frontier and emerging markets have started to turn their attention to Southeast Asia. Here are a few of the ETFs that focus on countries in this region. Read more…
NYSE:EWM, NYSE:IDX, NYSE:THD, NYSE:VNM
Stocks ended the session mixed, as large cap issues outperformed. The Nasdaq (NASDAQ:QQQ) set a fresh 52-week closing high on Tuesday as it tacked on 0.7%. The S&P 500 (NYSEArca:SPY) posted a 0.3% gain, while the DJIA (NYSEArca:DIA) eked out a 0.2% advance. The small-cap Russell Read more…
NYSE:EWM, NYSE:IYR
Stocks surged higher on Thursday but on lighter trade. Following Wednesday’s poor performance, bulls stepped back into the market yesterday, carrying the major indices well into the black. Yesterday’s rally easily erased all of Wednesday’s losses. Higher beta issues dominated the action, as the small-cap Read more…
NYSE:DVY, NYSE:EWM, NYSE:SCZ, NYSE:SOXL, NYSE:XLU
Martin Hutchinson: In today’s market, dividend investing is the best way to achieve a decent income stream without taking on too much risk. On the other hand, this is also true: emerging markets give investors the benefit of the world’s fastest economic growth. Read more…
NYSE:DEM, NYSE:EWM, NYSE:EWT, NYSE:EWZ
Joseph Hogue: The markets anxiously waited but got no relief on the deal between Greece and the Institute of International Finance (IIF), the organization representing private debt holders. With the Read more…
NYSE:EPI, NYSE:EWM, NYSE:EWZ, NYSE:FXE
Yiannis Mostrous: I have been bullish on Malaysia long before the Southeast Asian nation became a fashionable investment destination. MY recommendation to buy into the country’s market via iShares MSCI Malaysia Index Fund (NYSEArca:EWM) has generated a 36.5 percent return since I Read more…
NYSE:EEM, NYSE:EPI, NYSE:EWH, NYSE:EWJ, NYSE:EWM
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