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Robert Scott Martin: Angela Merkel remains optimistic about Germany’s ability to withstand a larger economic slowdown without suffering more than a “flattening” of the growth curve. Read more…
Tim Seymour: While the United States was said to enjoy the best credit in the world, that was less a factor of its AAA rating and more a matter of a massive economy and unsurpassed resources. Read more…
Worries in the euro zone over sovereign debt issues are continuing to plague the region as a number of nations appear on the brink of default. While countries such as Greece, Portugal, and Ireland continue to teeter on the edge, worries are beginning to crop up over large euro zone nations such Read more…
Ron Rowland: For a continent with such magnificent heritage, Europe is a mess. The post-WW2 economic order is unraveling by the day. Look at what we’ve seen just in the last couple of weeks … Read more…
Martin Hutchinson: The April 18 announcement by Standard and Poor’s that it downgraded its outlook for U.S. debt to “negative” from “stable” was unsurprising. Read more…
Thirty new ETFs and eight new ETNs arrived in March. This was the best month for new product introductions since 43 arrived in June 2008. No products were closed in March, marking the third 
March marked the most active month yet in 2011 for the ETF industry. While both of the previous months saw a healthy boost in funds introduced and filed for, March brought 38 new funds to 
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