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Dominique de Kevelioc de Bailleul: With longstanding U.S. strategic plans to control oil production in Syria and Iran taking shape with the attempted overthrow of the Bashar al-Assad government in progress, a pretext for U.S. involvement to takeover from American Read more…
Stoyan Bojinov: One important question that is often overlooked when discussing the price of oil is asking who exactly profits (aside from seasoned futures traders) when fossil fuel prices rise. As you might have expected, the answer to the previous question has more than a handful of correct responses; one of Read more…
David Fry: When an investor’s thinks about the Middle East, there’s no doubt one thing that looms large in their mind: oil. Oil (NYSEARCA:USO) makes the world go round, and the Middle East is awash Read more…
Benjamin Shepherd: Every investor should allocate a portion of his or her portfolio to emerging markets. Most often, the phrase “emerging markets” calls to mind the BRIC: Brazil (NYSEARCA:EWZ), Russia (NYSEARCA:RSX), India and China (NYSEARCA:FXI). But these countries have developed vibrant, Read more…
Michael Johnston: A growing number of financial advisors are using exchange-traded funds to achieve international equity exposure for their clients, embracing funds that offer access to both developed and international market beyond the U.S. This should hardly be surprising Read more…
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Tony Daltorio: The credit markets in the oil-rich Persian Gulf states have successfully weathered market storms in recent weeks, and the Arab Spring of revolutionary movements. Read more…
The past few weeks have been a relatively slow stretch for the ETF industry–at least in terms of product development. Since EGShares rolled out a suite of sector-specific emerging markets ETFs on June 23, only two new products have hit the market: the S&P 500 Crude Oil Linked ETN Read more…
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Global X, the New York-based ETF issuer behind some of the most successful new ETFs of the last several years, has laid the groundwork to significantly expand its existing lineup. In a recent SEC filing, the New York-based firm shed some light on plans for 22 country-specific and region-specific Read more…
Larry D. Spears: Periodic eruptions of violence and instability make investing in the Middle East fairly tricky. But that doesn’t mean you ought to avoid the region entirely. Read more…
In another ETF industry first, Van Eck announced today the launch of an ETF offering pure play exposure to Latin American debt markets. The Market Vectors LatAm Aggregate Bond ETF Read more…
Martin Hutchinson: Late last year, as part of Money Morning‘s “Outlook 2011″ economic-forecast series, I suggested investing in emerging markets that were relatively cheaply priced Read more…
For investors looking to generate current returns from the equity portion of their portfolio, there is no shortage of exchange-traded products offering attractive dividend yields in the current 
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