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Don Miller: The never-ending hunt for higher yield is leading investors to bet record amounts on emerging market debt. In just the first two weeks of 2012, governments of undeveloped economies from Asia to Africa sold more than $30.6 billion in dollar-denominated bonds Read more…
Joseph Hogue: The financial sector in Latin America continues to attract attention from buyers both domestic and foreign. Itau Unibanco Holding (NYSE:ITUB) told Estado de Sao Paulo news over the Read more…
Martin Hutchinson: The Eurozone is about to collapse. The United States is struggling out of the deepest recession since World War II. And the IMF forecasts global growth will drop from 5% in 2011 to 2.6% in 2012. Read more…
Rudy Martin: The European tightening may be setting the ground for a rebound in financial stocks in the latter part of 2012. The markets had been anticipating a liquidity-driven surge in the financial stocks that does not appear to be forthcoming. Instead, the Europeans seem to be headed for a more Read more…
Keith Fitz-Gerald: You may be surprised to learn that some of the world’s best investors are buying heavily right now – not because they think we’ve hit a bottom, or even the bottom, but because they’re setting themselves up for the next big run. Read more…
Joseph Hogue: Debt auctions in Italy and Spain went fairly well last week and tensions have come down a little with lower yields in the peripheral European countries. Despite this, end-of-year Read more…
Stocks tumbled sharply on Thursday on increased trade. All five major indices closed down for the session. The small-cap Russell 2000 (NYSEARCA:IWM) demonstrated the most weakness as it slumped 3.1%. The S&P MidCap 400 dropped 2.6% while the S&P 500 (NYSEARCA:SPY) slid 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…
Tim Seymour: Massive amounts of money are pouring back into emerging markets funds. Conventional wisdom is that this is a buying signal. We lay out the numbers on Trading the Globe. Read more…
Scott Martin: This has been a major reversal for a lot of emerging market currencies, largely due to central bank intervention. But traders are excited to see the Mexican peso has been appreciating more organically. Read more…
Stocks took a beating on Friday but on lighter pre-holiday trade. All five indices closed in the red as stocks struggled from the opening bell. Both the small-cap Russell 2000 (NYSE:IWM) and the S&P MidCap 400 plunged a whopping 3.6%. The Nasdaq (NASDAQ:QQQ) slid 2.6% while the S&P 500 Read more…
After a promising start stocks closed near session lows and snapped a four day winning streak. All five major indices closed in the red with the small-cap Russell 2000 (NYSE:IWM) leading the decline as it ended down 2.4%. The S&P MidCap 400 slid 1.5% while the Nasdaq (NASDAQ:QQQ) dropped Read more…
Stocks climbed for a second consecutive day as volume faded. All five major indices posted gains. Both the S&P MidCap 400 and the small-cap Russell 2000 (NYSE:IWM) advanced 1.4%. The S&P 500 (NYSE:SPY) and the Dow Jones Industrial Average (NYSE:DIA) added 1.3% while the Nasdaq Read more…
Ian Wyatt: Famous contrarian Dr. Marc Faber, author of the Gloom, Boom and Doom Report, recently sat down with Bloomberg news to give his current views on the global economy. Read more…
Global X took a unique approach to celebrating a holiday dedicated to the Mexican army’s defeat of French troops at Puebla; the issuer debuted the first U.S.-listed ETF offering exposure to small cap 
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