Fears that the financial malaise engulfing Europe right now will spread beyond the region appear to be well-founded. In fact, Citigroup Latin America strategist Read more…

ILF, NYSE:ECH, NYSE:EEM, NYSE:EWZ, NYSE:FXI

Michael Johnston: The last five years have seen a tremendous expansion of the ETF industry, as assets have skyrocketed and the number of products available to U.S.-based investors has multiplied. That same period of time has also been a period of tremendous volatility in global financial markets; the last Read more…

IAU, ILF, NYSE:EWM, NYSE:EWZ, NYSE:GDX, NYSE:GLD, TLT

ILF, LATM, NYSE:AND, NYSE:EEM, SPY

Stocks ended the session mixed on light trade. What began as a promising day, ended with stocks clinging to minor gains. At the open stocks gapped up sharply but were quickly met with selling pressure and spent the remainder of the day on a downward march. The Dow Jones Industrial Read more…

ILF

Equities posted strong gains on Monday but once again trade was soft. All five indices added more than 1.5% with the small-cap Russell 2000 (NYSE:IWM) leading the charge. By the closing bell the Russell had tacked on an impressive 3.0% while the S&P MidCap 400 gained 2.7%. The S&P 500 Read more…

ILF, XRT

State Street Global Advisors has filed paperwork with the SEC for a “SPDR S&P Small Cap Emerging Latin America ETF.” The SPDR S&P Small Cap Emerging Latin America 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 Latin American emerging markets. Read more…

ILF, LATM, NEW FILING, NYSE:AND, NYSE:GML

Tony Sagami:  This column is devoted to Asian investment opportunities, but it doesn’t mean you or I should ignore the rest of the world. That is especially true when companies in other regions are making big profits by doing business with China. Read more…

ILF, NYSE:GML

Stocks rallied sharply yesterday but on lighter volume. After nine days of continuous selling the major indices finally saw a day of strong gains. High beta stocks led the advance as the small-cap Russell 2000 (NYSE:IWM), S&P MidCap 400 and the Nasdaq (NASDAQ:QQQ) tacked on gains of Read more…

IBB, ILF

Sam Subramanian:  Emerging market investments offer potential for higher returns while being highly volatile. Investors therefore include emerging markets ETFs in their ETF portfolio. Read more…

ILF, NYSE:EEM, NYSE:EIDO, NYSE:EPHE, NYSE:ESR, NYSE:EWM, NYSE:EWS, THD, VWO

Stocks finished Wednesday’s session modestly down, but on higher volume. However, the Dow Jones Industrial Average managed to eke out a fractional gain, making it the 8th consecutive up Read more…

ILF, NYSE:GDX, NYSE:GXG

Global X, one of the fastest-growing ETF issuers, continues to build out the emerging markets portion of its lineup. The company Read more…

ILF, NYSE:AND, NYSE:ECH, NYSE:EPU, NYSE:GXG

Friday was a very tough day on Wall Street. Stocks were down dramatically across the board and all five major indices closed lower. The bears snatched control of the market at the open, and held on Read more…

ILF, KBE, NYSE:ECH

The market closed higher on Thursday, but volume was off. All five major indices finished in positive territory, with the Nasdaq leading the way. The tech rich index closed the day higher by 0.6%. Read more…

ILF, NYSE:RKH, THD

As the developed world continues to struggle out of the Great Recession, emerging markets performed relatively well in 2010 and are expected to sustain this growth and performance in the Read more…

ILF, NYSE:GML

Let me ask you a question. Suppose you have the ability to invest in any stock market in the world. One of the largest markets has lagged badly for many years now. And there are few reasons to think Read more…

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