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Frank Holmes: My debate with Gordon Chang on China‘s future at the Vancouver Resource Investment Conference was a stimulating, intellectual exercise. A healthy market needs a compromise between the bid and ask, and discussions between people who strongly disagree is a great way to promote critical Read more…
Exchange traded funds or ETFs seem like the darling of the investment world right now, as these Wall Street newcomers account for nearly one third of daily trading volume in the U.S. In this installment of Investing 101, we’re taking a closer look at an asset class that now Read more…
Chris Aylott: Of all the emerging markets, Russia has the most complex relationship with the West. The Russia Market Vectors ETF (NYSEArca:RSX) reflects this, and its unusual mix of natural resources and modern technology is a snapshot of Russia itself. Read more…
Sara Nunnally: Emerging markets (NYSEArca:VWO) are hot. But when it comes to the best of them all, there’s one relatively undiscovered country you need to know about. Read more…
Yiannis Mostrous: Emerging market equities (NYSEArca:EEM) had a great run in January, with the MSCI Emerging Markets Index gaining 11.2 percent. This performance dovetails with our commentary from mid-December: Read more…
David Gillie: For those of you in my generation, the thought of Vietnam brings up visuals of military carnage as seen on the nightly news of the 1960′s. This is what Vietnam looks like today. 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…
Jim Trippon: US China watchers are eager to gauge the presumed next leader of China, Vice-President Xi Jinping, when he visits the White House next month. The visit, announced by the Read more…
Jared Cummans: The ETF industry has long been known for the many advantages that it offers over competing mutual funds and other investment vehicles. One of the most significant upsides that exchange traded products have is their relatively low expenses; investors can gain exposure to asset Read more…
Michael Johnston: iShares added to its already robust lineup of emerging markets this week with two new regional products designed to deliver targeted exposure to companies in the developing world. Read more…
Jim Trippon: The latest economic data from China (NYSEArca:FXI), which included factory output, retail sales, fixed asset investment and the all-important GDP numbers, initially failed to move Read more…
Jim Trippon: Incumbent President Ma Ying-jeou was re-elected in a close campaign in Taiwan. Ma, of the Kuomintang Party, or KMT, defeated chairwoman Tsai Ing-wen of the Democratic Party Progressive Party, or DPP. Ma received 51.6 percent of the votes to Tsai’s 45.6 percent. Read more…
Jim Trippon: China’s (NYSEARCA:FXI) recently released data showed that December consumer inflation had retreated to a 4.1 percent annual growth rate. China’s slowing economy as well as Read more…
Sy Harding: Brazil continues to impress as a country and economy, due in no small way to its government’s multi-year efforts and determination to make it an important global presence. Read more…
CNBC is at the Fifth annual Index Universe “Inside ETFs conference” in Hollywood Florida. Below are some of the interviews from that conference, Monday January 
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