Jim Trippon: In a series of recent developments, some glimmers of clarity on the direction China’s (NYSEARCA:FXI) economy will take in the near future have appeared. Read more…

NYSE:FXI, NYSE:FXP, NYSE:VWO

Money Morning Staff: With the U.S. Federal Reserve intent on keeping interest rates low until at least late 2014, investing in dividend ETFs (exchange-traded funds) is necessary for income investors who are all but forced to consider asset classes Read more…

NYSE:DWX, NYSE:SDIV

Bloomberg ETF analyst Eric Balchunas discusses Charles Schwab’s decision to cut the operating expense ratios for its Schwab exchange-traded funds. Bloomberg Radio’s Catherine Cowdery reports on Read more…

NYSE:SCHE, NYSE:SCHX, NYSE:VWO

Eric Dutram: Although worries over the Chinese market are building, it is hard to completely forget about the world’s second largest economy, and a clear engine of growth Read more…

NASDAQ:CHXF, NYSE:FXI

Jim Trippon: German Chancellor Angela Merkel made a quick pilgrimage to Europe’s major trading partner, China, which shows again, among other things, how important Read more…

NYSE:EWG, NYSE:EWI, NYSE:EWP, NYSE:FXI, NYSE:VGK

Jim Trippon: What do slowdown, stability and succession have to do with each other? With China (NYSEARCA:FXI), they are intimately related. The economic slowdown, Read more…

NYSE:FXI, NYSE:FXP

Chris Ciovacco: As Ben Bernanke clearly stated during this week’s press conference, the Fed is trying to inflate the value of 401(k)s and residential real estate, which is another Read more…

NYSE:AGG, NYSE:SPY, NYSE:TLT, NYSE:XLB, NYSE:XME

Guess who is going to need a bailout right after Spain (NYSEARCA:EWP)?  The Italian economy is the 8th largest economy on the entire planet and right now it is being absolutely overwhelmed by a tsunami of debt.  In an attempt to address this problem Read more…

NYSE:EUO, NYSE:EWG, NYSE:EWI, NYSE:EWP, NYSE:VGK

Stoyan Bojinov: After 18 long years of negotiations, Russia has finally joined the World Trade Organization (WTO), marking a major stride forward in the nation’s continued effort to grow its presence in international affairs and on the global economic stage. Read more…

NYSE:ERUS, NYSE:RBL, NYSE:RSX, NYSE:RSXJ

Jim Trippon: China stands right now at the confluence of many swirling economic waters, both short and long term. The ongoing European slowdown, which has sapped the demand from the Chinese export trade near term, along with the prospects of long term slow Read more…

NYSE:EEO, NYSE:FXI, NYSE:FXP, NYSE:VWO

Jeff Nielson: Yet again we see a Tale of Two Economies. One economy has a (real) plan. One economy has (real) growth. One economy acts proactively to address its problems. Read more…

ETF BASIC NEWS

Emerging Global Advisors is offering investors new ways to access emerging markets. It launched two exchange-traded funds this month that focus on less mature emerging markets such as Indonesia and Morocco. Bloomberg’s Read more…

NYSE:BBRC, NYSE:EMDD

Adam Patti, CEO of IndexIQ, sat down with FOX Buisness to discuss the drought of 2012 and its impact on agriculture stocks. Adam also gives his ETF picks for the Read more…

NYSE:CROP, NYSE:EMER, NYSE:MCRO, NYSE:QAI

Eric Dutram: As investors grow increasingly skeptical over the health and near term future of emerging markets, many are taking a closer look at a once favorite destination of Brazil. The country is now growing at arate of just 2% (or less) a year, a huge decrease Read more…

NYSE:BRXX, NYSE:EWZ

Christian Magoon: India fund products gained ground for the most part last week. Most ETFs gained a bit less than 1% with the largest India fund, the WisdomTree India Earnings ETF (NYSEARCA:EPI) gaining close to one third of one percent. Here’s the entire Read more…

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