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Slok Carpenter: What are CIVETS anyway? A Goldman Sachs economist coined the term BRIC ten years ago describing the four big emerging markets he predicted would drive global economic growth: Brazil, Russia, India and China. Read more…
Jack Crooks: Back in late February I gave you an easy way to consider investing in emerging market (EM) currencies. Effectively, it comes down to: Follow the stock market of the local EM that interests you, and the currency will almost always follow. Read more…
Sean Geary: Citing ineffectual and capricious government policy, Moody’s has reaffirmed its negative outlook on South Africa’s credit rating, as its economy (NYSEARCA:EZA) is now experiencing slower growth in addition to stubbornly high unemployment. Read more…
In the mid-90s, there were few choices when it came to investing in exchange traded funds (ETF). Today, you can find an ETF to suit pretty much anything you want. From tracking the S&P 500, to the global fishing industry, to small caps in Read more…
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Sara Nunnally: The BRICs are starting to show their power. As tensions with Iran rise, their economic fate is at risk. When Russia’s worried, we all should be worried… Read more…
Rudy Martin: A world-shaking event occurred this week in the global financial arena, and its impact will be felt for years to come. It will yank the wind straight out of the U.S. dollar’s sails and force a fundamental de-valuation of assets down to emerging-market levels. 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…
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…
Monty Agarwal: As investors, most of us have looked in the rearview mirror and dreamed of owning Microsoft, Google, Apple or Amazon when they were still unrecognized and unloved … long before they multiplied in value and turned their early owners into millionaires, multiple times over. Read more…
Russ Koesterich: In my opinion, investors should consider minimizing their exposure to emerging markets in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, otherwise known as EMEA. Read more…
Jack Crooks: We’re constantly talking about how much help the euro zone (NYSEArca:VGK) needs to escape the economic mess they’ve created. So will the European Central Bank (ECB) monetize debt? Read more…
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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…
Joseph Hogue: The coming week may prove relatively light after last week’s volley of meetings and summits. Despite tensions in Russia and a few important CPI reports, the lack of real market movers Read more…
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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…
Eric Dutram: One of the biggest stories in the investing world over the past few years as been the rise of emerging markets. These countries continue to grow at an impressive clip and are in a much better position from a fiscal perspective than their developed market counterparts. Furthermore, the countries Read more…
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