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I’ve only recently returned from a two-week tour of the Baltics. Of the seven countries I visited, the most interesting was Russia – and not just because of the grandeur of the Peterhof Palace or the glories of the Read more…
Stoyan Bojinov: Commodity prices across the board have endured a dismal decline over the past few months as grim global economic growth expectations have kept a lid on investors’ confidence. Uncertainty has been plaguing virtually every corner of the financial market thanks to a sluggish Read more…
Eric Dutram: As the European debt crisis has intensified in recent weeks and months, many investors have sought to exit the common currency bloc for other European nations that do not use the euro. Generally speaking, this has resulted in many investors Read more…
Kevin Kerr: Hello once again from historic Tallinn, Estonia, here in Eastern Europe (NYSEARCA:VGK) — about an hour or so from the Russian border. There are big changes under way in this region as Russia, after an 18-year wait, joined the World Trade Organization (WTO) in mid-December. Read more…
Eric Dutram: Although many emerging markets still have excellent growth prospects, they have been hammered in recent weeks thanks to a ‘risk off’ trade in equities. Broad funds targeting this space, such as VWO or EEM, have fallen sharply in this time period, declining by nearly 16.8% in the past quarter Read more…
Kevin Kerr: Over the last several years Russia has seen an incredible influx of investment from all over the world as emerging markets, like China, try to secure its vast resources. Read more…
A month after jailed oil oligarch Mikhail Khodorkovsky was moved to a secret prison, there are calls from within the Kremlin to create an amnesty for purely economic crimes. Read more…
Tim Seymour: The Micex, one of the key Russian stock gauges, has been rallying strong over the last few weeks and is now at its highest point since May — but there is still a lot of ground left to recover. Read more…
Today marks the first day of trading for the Market Vectors Russia Small-Cap ETF (NYSE:RSXJ), the first exchange-traded product offering U.S. investors exposure to small cap Russian stocks. Read more…
While you cannot trade the Russian banks at all in the United States — even the foreign shares move in London — it is worth looking at their financial performance for insight into the global Read more…
Even at the worst of the softness around Christmas, the Russian market retained its technical poise and now seems to be racing ahead after the new year break. Read more…
Russia recently won the right to host the 2018 World Cup, one of the world’s largest sporting events, which is expected to boost the nation’s economy and provide positive price support to the Read more…
The world’s biggest gas company is “carefully” looking at opportunities to expand into Israel in order to continue growing out its global distribution network. Read more…
According to Jim O’Neill, who invented the term “BRIC” almost a decade ago, Russian earnings momentum makes the Moscow market look undervalued by any standard. Read more…
iShares is set to begin trading their “iShares MSCI Russia Capped Index Fund” (NYSE:ERUS) this Wednesday. The investment objective of the Fund is to provide investment results that correspond Read more…
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