Eric Dutram: Recent years have not been very good for developed markets like the U.S and Europe. A heavy debt burden and high level of unemployment have put pressure on the economic Read more…
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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…
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Eric Dutram: The uncertainties regarding the sovereign debt crisis in Europe has many investors shifting their focus from the region to strong and stable Asian markets Read more…
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Eric Dutram: Given the ongoing trouble in Europe and the U.S., many Asian markets have slid under the radar in recent weeks. However, stocks in these countries Read more…
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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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Tony Sagami: The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, may have brought the U.S. into war against the Japanese, but Japan had been waging war against much of Asia for a decade before Read more…
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Yiannis Mostrous: I have been bullish on Malaysia long before the Southeast Asian nation became a fashionable investment destination. MY recommendation to buy into the country’s market via iShares MSCI Malaysia Index Fund (NYSEArca:EWM) has generated a 36.5 percent return since I Read more…
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Russ Koesterich: As 2011 draws to a close, many investors are asking me what I expect the global economy will look like next year. While I don’t have a crystal ball, I do believe that three economic scenarios could play out in 2012. In my recent Markets Perspective piece, I’ve assigned probabilities to them Read more…
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Chris Aylott: When IndexIQ launched the IQ Hong Kong Small Cap ETF (NYSEARCA:HKK) on May 18, it was hailed as the first ETF to target small-cap companies in the region. Six months later, it’s looking like a bad bet. Read more…
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Stoyan Bojinov: Domestic equity indexes started off the week on a positive note, unlike European markets which fell victim to selling pressures as worries over Italy spooked investors. Yields on 10-year Italian bonds soared to their highest level since 1997 as political turmoil in Rome intensified after Read more…
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