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Stoyan Bojinov: The aftermath of the most recent financial crisis has yet to be fully resolved as much of the developed world is still plagued by the weight of its own debt. In Europe, lawmakers are struggling to ensure stability as many of the largest economies in the region Read more…
Eric Dutram: For quite some time, China has been a leader in global growth. The country has gone from an economically unimportant nation to one of the leading powers Read more…
Neena Mishra: 2012 started on a strong note for the emerging economies but many of them have been hit recently by slowdown concerns. Of the giant BRIC nations, Brazil seems to be the worst hit. Read more…
Martin Hutchinson: Words, indeed, are powerful things. As an Englishman in America, my personal favorite is freedom. It’s embodied by those words penned so long ago by a young Thomas Jefferson… Read more…
Stoyan Bojinov: The Chinese economy has carved out its presence on the global stage and this Asian bellwether continues to offer lucrative growth potential while Read more…
Joseph Hogue: The Chilean economy has long been the model for Latin America and maintains the region’s highest credit ratings with Aa3 from Moody’s and A+ from Standard & Poor’s and Fitch. Read more…
Eric Dutram: Although emerging market ETF investing has become more popular as of late, some countries are having significant trouble retaining assets. Brazil, for example, was once an investor darling, attracting not only assets from being a member Read more…
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Ron Rowland: Where do you look for opportunities? When the subject is international ETFs, people often think first about Europe and Asia. And indeed, you can find profit potential in both those places. Read more…
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Eric Dutram: For investors who focus on emerging market ETFs, political intervention should always be a key worry. While many governments in emerging nations have done a pretty good job of letting companies exist freely outside the state, Argentina has apparently taken a different approach as of late. Read more…
Scott Martin: Peruvian stocks have outperformed everything else in Latin America so far this year. However, traders who chalk up the rally to the country’s traditional gold and copper wealth would be Read more…
David Fry: After a recent series of rises and falls, the MSCI All Peru Capped Index Fund (NYSEARCA:EPU) has recovered most of its losses and is trading at a healthy $44.87 per share (as of March 14th), just 11% below its all-time high of $50.47 in February 2011. Investors were spooked in June 2011 when the Read more…
Joseph Hogue: Emerging market funds recorded a tenth week of inflows last week, the longest run since 2010, as investors put global risk (pronounced eurozone crisis) behind them. Despite the continued inflows, the average emerging market (NYSEArca:VWO) equity portfolio lost 3.1 percent as investors Read more…
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David Fry: Investors looking for exposure in the developing economies of Latin America would be remiss to not take advantage of the growth opportunities in Chile. At the moment there is only one ETF that provides exposure to this Read more…
Martin Hutchinson: In today’s market, dividend investing is the best way to achieve a decent income stream without taking on too much risk. On the other hand, this is also true: emerging markets give investors the benefit of the world’s fastest economic growth. Read more…
Joseph Hogue: The financial sector in Latin America continues to attract attention from buyers both domestic and foreign. Itau Unibanco Holding (NYSE:ITUB) told Estado de Sao Paulo news over the Read more…
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