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Neena Mishra: The equity markets began the year 2012 on a strong note but as the Euro-zone situation worsened and emerging markets’ slowdown appeared much worse-than-expected, the investors rushed into “safe haven” assets. Read more…
Neena Mishra: Vietnam ETF (NYSEARCA:VNM) was the third best performer among all equity ETFs during the first quarter of 2012, behind only Market Vectors Egypt ETF (NYSEARCA:EGPT) and Market Vectors India SmallCap ETF (NYSEARCA:SCIF). Read more…
Stocks closed lower yesterday but well off the day’s lows. After a significant morning gap down and test of Tuesday’s lows, all of the major indices recovered to close in the upper half of their respective trading ranges. The Nasdaq and the S&P Read more…
Ron Rowland: I’m always on the lookout for investment opportunities. The last few years, most of the profit potential seems to be outside the U.S. Read more…
Stocks gapped down yesterday but closed well off session lows on light trade. All five major indices ended the session in the red. The small-cap Russell 2000 led the decline, as it fell 1.5%. The S&P MidCap 400 slid 1.1% while the Nasdaq posted a 1.0% loss. Both the S&P 500 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average Read more…
Zacks ETF Research: Uncertainty in the U.S. markets, the ongoing euro-zone debt crisis, has shaken investors’ confidence in some developed nations. As such, investors are looking for the opportunity to purchase securities elsewhere—namely in emerging nations– which have potentially higher returns with Read more…
Eric Dutram: The first quarter of 2012 was an excellent time to be in the stock market as the S&P 500 had its best start to the year in more than a decade. Quality data points along with an improved jobs outlook help to make many investors feel better about the economy, pushing the key benchmark to a 12% gain Read more…
Zacks ETF Research: Southeast Asian countries have had a long tradition of enticing investors from all over the globe. This is because the market is an attractive destination for domestic and foreign, investors thanks to solid growth rates, booming populations and generally good governance. Read more…
NYSE:ASEA, NYSE:EIDO, NYSE:EWM, NYSE:EWS, NYSE:IDX, NYSE:VNM
You may be reading quite a bit about China’s property bubble, higher manufacturing costs, slowing economic growth and its attempt to shift gears to a consumer-led economy. What’s next for China is debatable, but there’s no question that it’s Read more…
Sara Nunnally: Emerging markets (NYSEArca:VWO) are hot. But when it comes to the best of them all, there’s one relatively undiscovered country you need to know about. Read more…
NYSE:EEM, NYSE:EPHE, NYSE:EPU, NYSE:EWY, NYSE:IDX, NYSE:VNM, NYSE:VWO
Eric Dutram: One of the biggest stories in the investing world over the past few years as been the rise of emerging markets. These countries continue to grow at an impressive clip and are in a much better position from a fiscal perspective than their developed market counterparts. Furthermore, the countries Read more…
Michael Johnston: Job creation–or the lack thereof–has taken center stage throughout much of the developed world, emerging as one of the most substantial hurdles to economic growth and potential catalysts of a double dip recession. The jobs situation in the U.S. is shaping up to be the central issue Read more…
Tim Seymour: Emerging markets funds lost $1.64 billion from their investor accounts last week, but the question for traders is now whether this is just a trickle over the wall or a more serious Read more…
NYSE:EEM, NYSE:EPU, NYSE:EWT, NYSE:EWZ, NYSE:EZA, NYSE:FXI, NYSE:GUR, NYSE:GXG, NYSE:THD, NYSE:VNM, RSX
In trading on Wednesday, the Gold Miners ETF (GDX) is outperforming other ETFs, up about 3.1% on the day. Also experiencing a healthy push to the upside is the Market Vectors Vietnam ETF (VNM) up 1.8%. And underperforming other ETFs today is the 
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