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Tim Seymour: We are big fans of the Turkish market around here, but it says something when the world’s second-biggest economy, growing at a rate of nearly 9% a year, is trading at the same Read more…
Randall Mah: A plan by the IMF to raise $600 billion in new funds to help tackle Europe’s (NYSEARCA:VGK) debt crisis helped boost Asian markets to a two-month high. But countries including the United States are warning that any increase in lending by the IMF should supplement European countries’ Read more…
Randall Mah: Markets across the world perked up as investors bought about 7 billion euros in Italian bonds on Thursday, leaving yields on 10-year Italian (NYSEARCA:EWI) bonds down at 6.98%, from a record high of 7.56% in November. Read more…
Jonathan Yates: Bill Gross recently confirmed a bleak outlook for real estate as he predicted that low interest rates would be maintained by the Federal Reserve for “three, four or five years.” He also stated that the European Central Bank and the Bank of England will continue to keep interest rates low, Read more…
Randall Mah: The death of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il sent Asian stocks, particularly in South Korea, down as uncertainty over regional stability reverberated throughout the Pacific Rim. Read more…
Randall Mah: Stocks across Asia continued their downward spiral Friday amid investor worry that Europe’s leaders would not be able to secure the funds to resolve the Eurozone’s continuing debt crisis. Read more…
Tim Seymour: The value of so-called ultra prime homes throughout Asia has soared over the past five years as the continent mints ever more billionaires.
The changes are felt especially in Mumbai and Singapore, where prices have more than doubled. Read more…
Frank Holmes: Markets in Hong Kong, Vietnam, Taiwan and Korea were closed last week as people across Asia celebrated Moon Festival, one of the culture’s most beloved holidays along with Chinese New Year. Moon Festival’s origins center around a husband (Houyi) and wife (Chang’e), who were sentenced to live Read more…
David Fry: Our goal in this profile is to help investors wade through the many competing ETF offerings available. Using our long experience as an ETF publication, and nearly 40 years in the investment business, we can help select those ETFs that matter and may or may not be repetitive. Read more…
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Tony Sagami: We are thick in the middle of quarterly earnings season, and even though all we typically read and hear about are U.S. companies, the long arm of China is having huge impacts on many of them. Read more…
Equity indexes tumbled into red territory on Tuesday following Moody’s most recent downgrade of Ireland. The ratings agency pushed Ireland’s credit rating to junk status, sending additional waves of panic selling throughout the market as investors prepare for other larger markets to be next in line 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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Tony Sagami: You’re probably reading this column because you want to make money, and you’re probably not a millionaire … yet. Read more…
BlackRock, Inc. (NYSE:BLK) yesterday (3/31/11) announced the listing of the iShares MSCI China Index Fund (NYSE:MCHI). The press release claims it is the first ETF to be benchmarked to the Read more…
Despite a series of tightening monetary measures in 2010, China’s economy grew by an astonishing 9.8 percent in the fourth quarter pushing it ahead of Japan as the world’s second largest economy, 
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