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Stoyan Bojinov: Stocks extended their gains into Thursday as investor worries about the euro zone debt crisis eased up a bit following encouraging comments by the European Central Bank earlier in the day. ECB President Jean-Claude Trichet said the central bank would revive its purchases of covered bonds Read more…
Eric Dutram: As the American economy has continued to weaken over the past few months, a number of other nations have also been heavily impacted. One of the hardest hit is Canada, as the country sends close to 75% of its total exports to its Southern neighbor every year. Read more…
Tim Seymour: A three-day rally has traders wondering whether the emerging markets are safe to dive in again. We lay out both sides of the argument on today’s installment of Trading the Globe. Read more…
This past week was a surprisingly solid one for markets as a choppy session on Monday gave way to broad strength in Tuesday and Wednesday trading. Markets performed poorly in Thursday and then closed out the week in a volatile session thanks to a release of the GDP report and Ben Bernanke’s Read more…
Investors were reminded of last week’s chaos after stocks plunged on Thursday as worries about the global economy and European debt woes dominated media headlines. Leading economic indicators grew 0.5% in July, beating analyst estimates, although investors were disappointed after the Federal Read more…
Global X will begin trading its new “Global Canada Preferred ETF” (NYSE:CNPF) Wednesday, May 25, 2011. The Global X Canada Preferred ETF (“Fund”) seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the Solactive Canada Preferred Read more…
U.S. equities finished the week pretty much flat as losses in Monday and Tuesday trading were soon erased by solid performances out of the blue chips later in the week to push the S&P 500 Read more…
Weekly Recap: Last week proved to be quite bumpy for investors, as asset classes from stocks to commodities–and everything in between–swayed between gains and losses for the last several Read more…
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Martin Hutchinson: If you read the newly released United Nations report on global population trends, you can reach only one conclusion about the long-term outlook for global commodity Read more…
David Fry From ETF Digest goes into detail on a BRIC ETF discussing the Guggenheim BRIC ETF (NYSE:EEB) in a video. Read more…
A retirement portfolio that includes both foreign and domestic investments can provide for more diversification, with more opportunities for growth. This article will focus on country specific ETFs Read more…
BlackRock Asset Management Canada Limited (BlackRock Canada), an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of BlackRock, Inc., today announced the launch of six new iShares Exchange-Traded Read more…
Martin O. Hutchinson: When a March 25 “no-confidence” vote toppled the government of Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, it also set the stage for a new general election. Read more…
Each month I update a momentum based ranking system of individual country ETFs. Historical studies have shown that momentum based strategies have performed well over time; thus, 
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