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Wells Fargo Private Bank Director of Asset Allocation and Strategy Ron Florance on where the opportunities are in frontier markets. Ron gives his opinion on ETFs for the space. Ron thinks that, despite the opportunities, passive management Read more…
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…
Slok Carpenter: What are CIVETS anyway? A Goldman Sachs economist coined the term BRIC ten years ago describing the four big emerging markets he predicted would drive global economic growth: Brazil, Russia, India and China. 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…
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…
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…
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Equities closed lower yesterday on brisk trade. All five major indices ended the session in the red but well off session lows. The small-cap Russell 2000 (NYSEARCA:IWM) led the decline for a second consecutive day as it fell 0.7%. The S&P MidCap 400 shed 0.6%, while the Nasdaq, Dow Jones Industrial Read more…
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…
In trading on Thursday, the iPath Dow Jones UBS Natural Gas (NYSEArca:GAZ) is outperforming other ETFs, up about 6.08% on the day. Also up on the day is the Read more…
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