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Chris Ciovacco: Traders often look for relatively easy ways to monitor the battle between “risk-on” and ‘risk-off”. Given that foreign stock indexes have lagged the S&P 500 in recent months and the center of the risk universe sits in Europe, Read more…
Michael Johnston: At times, it seems as if the number of ETFs available to U.S. investors will soon exceed the number of stars in the sky. That might be overstating things a bit, Read more…
Jim Trippon: With the April economic numbers for China (NYSEARCA:FXI) just released, they revived the arguments for the China bears (NYSEARCA:FXP) who believe the economy is in a severe slowdown, still headed for a hard landing. But is this really the case? Read more…
Mike Larson: Europe is a lovely place to visit. The amazing architecture. The outstanding food. The multitude of cultures and languages. Personally, I can’t wait to honeymoon there in June! Read more…
Larry D. Spears: For most of the past decade, the name of the game in worldwide equities has been investing in emerging markets. Read more…
Jim Trippon: The pundits are out in full force on China. First they were yelling the sky was falling for the Chinese economy, but now that slowing growth in China appears to be both a more mixed picture and not the dire event first predicted, the China critics turn to Chinese stocks. The latest sounds are the Read more…
Michael Snyder: What happens when debt-fueled false prosperity disappears? Just look at Spain (NYSEARCA:EWP). The 4th largest economy in Europe (NYSEARCA:VGK) was riding high during the Read more…
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Don Miller: High commissions and management fees, along with taxes, can really cut into your returns. That’s where exchange-traded funds, or ETFs, come in. In today’s investment world, ETFs are cheaper Read more…
Michael Johnston: The ongoing expansion of the ETF industry continues to bring previously hard-to-reach corners of the global financial market at the fingertips of mainstream investors and institutional money managers alike. However, with innovation also comes the introduction of new complexities, and for Read more…
Richard Mills: As a general rule, the most successful man in life is the man who has the best information. Trade imbalances – deficits and surpluses – between nations are one of the major reasons for financial crises. Countries become trapped in a vicious spiral – they accumulate debt because they are Read more…
Yiannis Mostrous: Malaysia traditionally has been viewed as a backward economy with a very defensive market. As a general rule, the Malaysian market tends to perform best relative to other Asian markets during periods of higher oil prices. That’s because Malaysia is a net exporter of oil. Read more…
Jim Trippon: It wasn’t one of the top news items recently in the western media, and it didn’t even get a lot of play in the financial media. Yet it’s an item of importance for China watchers and investors, especially, to notice. It’s the announcement that China will attempt to increase its imports further. Many China Read more…
Jim Trippon: At the quarter pole of this year, the Shanghai Composite Index finished an eventful three months which saw the year start out with a bang, only to see the rally in China stocks (NYSEARCA:FXI) briefly run out of steam, as it gave up some of its gains with a whimper. Investors are divided as to what the Read more…
Jim Trippon: China’s (NYSEARCA:FXI) latest preliminary PMI data showed that factory activity continued to slow down for the fifth consecutive month. The numbers confirm that Chinese industrial activity continued to weaken in the face of the slower global economy. Some analysts had expected China’s Read more…
Corey Rosenbloom: Traders and investors often use popular ETFs like the iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF (NYSEARCA:EEM) and iShares MSCI EAFE ETF (NYSEARCA:EFA) for assessing overseas markets quickly, so let’s take a moment to view the key short-term barrier levels – mainly resistance Read more…
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