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Tony Sagami: The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, may have brought the U.S. into war against the Japanese, but Japan had been waging war against much of Asia for a decade before Read more…
Jim Trippon: So you think rising gasoline prices have US consumers’ attention, with the price of a gallon edging toward $4? What about Chinese consumers (NYSE:CHIQ), who just saw the latest increase go to $4.42 per gallon, a 6.4 percent hike? This was the second increase in a month, and Read more…
Tony Sagami: How did your portfolio do in 2011? The answer greatly depends on where you invested your money and how able you were to withstand some wild volatility. Read more…
According to their website, E-Trade has launched a commission-free exchange-traded fund (ETF) Program. The E*TRADE Securities commission-free exchange-traded fund (ETF) program is a special offering that allows customers to buy and sell many Read more…
NYSE:BRAF, NYSE:BRAZ, NYSE:CHIQ, NYSE:ELD, NYSE:GLDX, NYSE:NORW, NYSE:SIL
David Zeiler: Although some economists have predicted that steeply rising wages in China (NYSEARCA: FXI) would bring some jobs back to the United States, the biggest winners will be the large multinational companies operating in China. Read more…
Tim Seymour: The latest “flash” reading on the health of the Chinese factory sector shows that far from saving the world, Beijing may be wrestling with trouble of its own. Read more…
Interest in emerging markets has surged in recent years, and investors have embraced ETFs as the preferred means of accessing this asset class. Emerging markets have been established as the clear leaders of global GDP growth, while the economies of the United States and much of Europe have Read more…
NYSE:BRAQ, NYSE:CHIQ, NYSE:ECON, NYSE:GGEM, NYSE:INCO, NYSE:VGEM
Tony Sagami: It is an old statistic but one that investors should never forget: Roughly 70% of the U.S. economy is comprised of consumer spending. That is the money that you and I spend at the grocery store, the shopping mall, at car dealerships, and at our favorite restaurants. Read more…
So far in 2011 more than 200 new exchange-traded products have debuted, taking the ETF lineup close to the 1,300 mark. Over the past several years, the exposure accessible through ETFs has become increasingly granular; while some of the new products debuting are “plain vanilla” funds Read more…
NASDAQ:SKYY, NYSE:BRAQ, NYSE:CHIQ, NYSE:ECON, NYSE:EIRL, NYSE:INXX, NYSE:SCHZ, NYSE:SOIL
Stocks snapped a five day winning streak to end the session mixed. The Nasdaq (NASDAQ:QQQ) put in the day’s best performance as it rose by 0.35%. The small-cap Russell 2000 (NYSE:IWM) and S&P MidCap 400 closed higher by 0.2% and 0.1% respectively. By the closing bell both the Dow Jones Read more…
It is probably safe to say that feudal China of the ancient philosopher’s day had very little in common with the fast-growing industrial powerhouse of the 21st century, and yet Read more…
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Last night’s trade numbers out of Beijing are getting mixed response from the analysts, but look at the market reaction for your first guide. Read more…
The March import/export numbers came in from Beijing over the weekend and the headlines probably made Tim Geithner and the administration smile. Read more…
The global economy has something to look forward to in the next few years as Asia comes to rely on its own economic growth instead of the stagnant West. Its rising middle class practically ensures Read more…
I was in Moscow a few weeks ago sitting in on a very interesting panel on the emerging middle class with Columbia professor Joe Stiglitz and Alexei Kudrin, Russia’s finance minister. 
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