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Eric Dutram: Although many emerging markets still have excellent growth prospects, they have been hammered in recent weeks thanks to a ‘risk off’ trade in equities. Broad funds targeting this space, such as VWO or EEM, have fallen sharply in this time period, declining by nearly 16.8% in the past quarter Read more…
Todd Shriber: On Tuesday, Jim O’Neill, head of asset management at Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) and the gentleman perhaps most known for coining the term “BRIC” in reference to the Brazil, Russia, India and China quartet, made an interesting, and by his own admission, controversial proclamation Read more…
Carl Delfeld: It is the world’s largest landmass by a vast margin with 6.6 million square miles. At the other end of the spectrum is Vatican City at only 0.17 square miles. Read more…
In recent years interest in achieving exposure to emerging markets has intensified tremendously, as the developing economies of the world have established themselves as the clear leaders of GDP Read more…
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Today marks the first day of trading for the Market Vectors Russia Small-Cap ETF (NYSE:RSXJ), the first exchange-traded product offering U.S. investors exposure to small cap Russian stocks. Read more…
New York-based asset manager Van Eck Global has launched Market Vectors Russia Small-Cap ETF (NYSE:RSXJ), the first U.S.-based exchange-traded fund (ETF) designed to give investors pure-play exposure to the developing local Russian economy as measured by the country’s small-capitalization Read more…
As the ETF industry has continued to expand at a breakneck pace, the introduction of first-to-market products has become somewhat commonplace. Well more than 100 ETFs have debuted this 
April was somewhat of a calming month for markets, as geopolitical concerns took a back seat to earnings reports and a relatively uneventful Federal Reserve meeting. This month saw two of the 
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