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Daniela Pylypczak: Europe has been in the spotlight throughout the last several months as the continent has fought an increasingly desperate battle to ward off a wave of sovereign debt defaults that could ultimately lead to the end of the euro. While much of the attention–particularly from international investors Read more…
Tim Seymour: While the United States was said to enjoy the best credit in the world, that was less a factor of its AAA rating and more a matter of a massive economy and unsurpassed resources. Read more…
The fixed income corner of the ETF industry has experienced tremendous growth in recent years, as investors have become increasingly comfortable with achieving bond exposure through the exchange-traded structure. In 2010 more than $26 billion flowed into bond ETFs, following a year Read more…
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Many ask … what makes gold a valuable investment; and note that it is falling lower in price. Historical research shows that monetization of debt by a central bank, such as the US Federal Read more…
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Actively-managed ETFs have been launched in several different segments of the market now, ranging from plain vanilla large cap equities to municipal bonds to the real estate market. Read more…
While there have been pockets of strength in emerging markets for equities (see links below), emerging markets bonds have been even stronger performers in 2010, both on an absolute and Read more…
As developing nations continue to prosper and grow and investment dollars fund their way overseas, international bond exchange traded funds (ETFs) may be the answer to portfolio Read more…
As developing nations continue to prosper and grow and investment dollars find their way overseas, international bond exchange traded funds (ETFs) may be the answer to portfolio Read more…
“If you think that the credit issue and risk in sovereign debt is going away any time soon, you better think again. A small under-covered downgrade today is something which should be reviewed by Read more…
“Europe’s monetary system is a textbook example of contagion. By virtue of the fact that they use the same currency, each of the 16 member nations are so intertwined with each other that Read more…
ETF BASIC NEWS, NYSE:BWX, NYSE:EWG, NYSE:EWP, NYSE:EWQ, NYSE:VGK
The past week has seen the continuation of brisk expansion in the ETF industry, with more than a dozen new products debuting. The product pipeline continues to fill as well, with the most 
Another week went by with risk assets being in much favor. This is especially true for the traditionally considered ‘riskiest’ assets including emerging market equities (NYSE:VWO) 
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