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Russ Koesterich: While I generally like emerging markets better than developed ones, one emerging market I’m not a fan of right now is India. As I explained in a recent post, I currently hold an underweight view of Indian stocks given India’s slowing growth, stubbornly high inflation Read more…
Eric Dutram: The global economy is in the doldrums. A dismal U.S. job scenario and threats of political turmoil in Greece have put equity returns at risk, not only in the short term but over the rest of 2012 as well. Thanks to this, investors are looking to other, often overlooked markets Read more…
Tony Sagami: The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, may have brought the U.S. into war against the Japanese, but Japan had been waging war against much of Asia for a decade before Read more…
With IndexIQ proposing a physically backed diamond ETF, CNBC asks the question: Are Read more…
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…
Equities closed lower yesterday on brisk trade. All five major indices ended the session in the red but well off session lows. The small-cap Russell 2000 (NYSEARCA:IWM) led the decline for a second consecutive day as it fell 0.7%. The S&P MidCap 400 shed 0.6%, while the Nasdaq, Dow Jones Industrial Read more…
Monday was a good day for Wall Street. Stocks gapped up at the open and never looked back. By the closing bell all five major indices closed more than 1% higher and near session highs. For a second consecutive day the small-cap Russell 2000 Index (INDEXRUSSELL:RUT) led the advance, as it claimed a 2.0% Read more…
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…
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…
Jim Trippon: Incumbent President Ma Ying-jeou was re-elected in a close campaign in Taiwan. Ma, of the Kuomintang Party, or KMT, defeated chairwoman Tsai Ing-wen of the Democratic Party Progressive Party, or DPP. Ma received 51.6 percent of the votes to Tsai’s 45.6 percent. Read more…
Michael Johnston: As the ETF universe has expanded dramatically over the last several years, many investors have taken advantage of this asset class to tap into international equity markets. With single-country ETFs dedicated to dozens of developed and emerging markets, accessing the major Read more…
Michael Johnston: The universe of U.S.-listed ETFs has expanded at a record pace in 2011, with more than 300 new products beginning to trade. This year has also seen some contraction, as a number of different issuers have shuttered products that failed to generate interest from investors. IndexIQ is Read more…
Martin Hutchinson: If you think the global economy is out of the woods now that the European Union (EU) has expanded its effort to solve the sovereign debt crisis, then I’m afraid you’re sorely mistaken. Read more…
Martin Hutchinson: Don’t let the headlines fool you, there’s lots of money to be made in global investing in 2012. You’re just going to have to be careful – more so than in years past – because right now the line drawn between successful markets and markets that are in danger of collapse is treacherously Read more…
Stoyan Bojinov: Domestic equity indexes started off the week on a positive note, unlike European markets which fell victim to selling pressures as worries over Italy spooked investors. Yields on 10-year Italian bonds soared to their highest level since 1997 as political turmoil in Rome intensified after Read more…
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