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Eric Dutram: European events continue to dominate the headlines despite the relatively successful Greek election. As the small country looks to pick up the pieces of its economy and build for the future, the focus is shifting towards larger markets in the region. Read more…
Tony Sagami: Chinese stocks started off with a bang this year, rallying by 10% in January and February, but struggling since Premier Wen Jiabao lowered China’s 2012 GDP growth forecast from 8% to 7.5% on March 5. Read more…
Martin Hutchinson: There is a good reason investors have been clamoring to invest in emerging markets (NYSEARCA:VWO). With the West spinning its wheels, the truth is there’s a good deal of Read more…
Michael Johnston: For many investors, March 9, 2009 was a major turning point; on that day the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed below 6,550, capping a disastrous stretch that had erased billions of dollars from portfolios around the world. Fortunately, that proved to be the low point of the recent Read more…
Sean Geary: Investors seeking exposure to the explosion of middle class growth in frontier and emerging markets have started to turn their attention to Southeast Asia. Here are a few of the ETFs that focus on countries in this region. Read more…
Dominique de Kevelioc de Bailleul: Gloom Boom Doom Report publisher Marc Faber was back on Fox Business, Friday, with his latest thoughts on Greece, China, stocks, U.S. real estate, and some creative Read more…
Rudy Martin: Many of the best emerging-value dividend plays today are traded on the U.S. exchanges. That’s not just my opinion — my proprietary indicators are clearly telling me that’s the Read more…
Michael Johnston: AdvisorShares added to its rapidly-growing lineup of active ETFs today with the debut of the Accuvest Global Opportunities ETF (NYSEArca:ACCU), which utilizes country-specific ETFs with the goal of generating excess returns relative to benchmarks such as the MSCI All Country Read more…
Jonathan Yates: Central bank buying, along with George Soros and Steven Cohen, is contributing mightily to the increase in the price of gold, with the exchange traded fund, SPDR Gold Shares (NYSEARCA:GLD) up almost 4% for the week. Read more…
With the global financial markets keeping undivided attention on Europe for the past few months, a quiet and potentially alarming slowdown in China has fallen under the radar. While some global markets rallied through Read more…
Martin Hutchinson: Gloom has enveloped most of the investment landscape these days, but there is still one region that offers strong growth and serious returns. Read more…
Friday brought a modest recovery to the market but on light trade. All major indices ended the session higher with higher beta issues leading the way. Both the small-cap Russell 2000 (NYSE:IWM) and the S&P MidCap 400 rallied 1.3% while the Nasdaq (NASDAQ:QQQ) climbed by 1.1% The S&P 500 (NYSE:SPY) tacked on 0.6% Read more…
Tim Seymour: The now-infamous “twist” in the Federal Reserve’s bond-buying activities is driving money out of emerging markets ETFs and mutual funds. Read more…
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Michael Johnston: Job creation–or the lack thereof–has taken center stage throughout much of the developed world, emerging as one of the most substantial hurdles to economic growth and potential catalysts of a double dip recession. The jobs situation in the U.S. is shaping up to be the central issue Read more…
In trading on Tuesday, the Russell 1000 High Beta ETF (NYSE:HBTA) is outperforming other ETFs, up about 9.61% on the day. Also up on the day are the 
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