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Michael Johnston: When asked to identify the economies that are posting the most substantial GDP expansion in the current environment, many investors would quickly respond with China, India, and other well known emerging markets. Read more…
Stoyan Bojinov: Investors on Wall Street have endured a grueling week as political turbulence in the overseas currency bloc paved the way for volatile trading and rampant profit taking. On the product development front, ArrowShares 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…
State Street Global Advisors has filed paperwork with the SEC for a “SPDR S&P Small Cap Emerging Middle East & Africa ETF.” The SPDR S&P Small Cap Emerging Middle East & Africa ETF (the “Fund”) seeks to provide investment results that, before fees and expenses, correspond generally to the total return performance of an equity index based upon the small capitalization segment of Middle Eastern and Read more…
As hundreds of billions of dollars have flowed into exchange-traded products in recent years, international equity ETFs have been a particularly popular destination. As investors have shed Read more…
NASDAQ:GULF, NYSE:AFK, NYSE:DND, NYSE:DNH, NYSE:ESR, NYSE:GAF
Investors have become familiar with the term “contagion” in recent years, but most are accustomed to hearing the phenomenon discussed in relation to sovereign debt defaults in Europe Read more…
NASDAQ:GULF, NYSE:EGPT, NYSE:EIS, NYSE:EZA, NYSE:GAF, NYSE:MES
Last week I warnedof a flare-up in Egypt and a reversal in oil and gold. The media are transmitting pictures of street scenes in Egypt that for the most part appear benign. However, riptides of anti Read more…
NASDAQ:GULF, NYSE:DBC, NYSE:EGPT, NYSE:EIS, NYSE:GAF, NYSE:MES, OIL
An unexpected specter is haunting the streets throughout the capitals of North Africa and the Middle East. Although revolution has been quelled for many years, dollar devaluation has caused Read more…
NASDAQ:GULF, NYSE:DBO, NYSE:GAF, NYSE:GDX, NYSE:GLD, NYSE:MES
As the world seeks natural resources and economic growth, Africa’s economy may continue to witness expansion enabling the Market Vectors Africa Index (NYSE:AFK) and the SPDR S&P Read more…
Physical demand for gold and silver is strong as investors seek protection of wealth against uncertainty in the Middle East. It has already been reported that Col. Qaddafi has been a wise gold 
If you turned on your TV in the last week or so, you almost certainly saw coverage of the protests in Egypt. Almost overnight, the media narrative moved from Washington to Cairo. 
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