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Diane Alter: In attempts to ease its mushrooming financial pains, Spain unveiled new austerity measures today (Wednesday) that aim to reduce 65 billion euros ($80 billion) from the public deficit by 2014. Read more…
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…
Daniela Pylypczak: As many economies in the Euro zone continue to teeter on the edge of default (or forced bailouts), investors around the globe remain understandably leery of any investments made within the shaky economy. After several years of painstaking Read more…
Tony Sagami: If you ask me, all our politicians on a federal level are overcompensated. Every darn one of them! Not just the elected politicians themselves, but also their armies of support staff on the payroll. Read more…
According a recent SEC filing, On July 6, 2012, the Board of Trustees of IndexIQ ETF Trust authorized an orderly liquidation of the IQ South Korea Small Cap ETF (NYSEARCA:SKOR). The Trust’s Board of Trustees determined that closing and Read more…
Christian Magoon: India ETFs charged forward last week with gains of between 4% – 9% for unleveraged products. Three of the top five performing India ETFs for the week were small cap focused. However, none of these funds took the number one spot with Read more…
I’ve only recently returned from a two-week tour of the Baltics. Of the seven countries I visited, the most interesting was Russia – and not just because of the grandeur of the Peterhof Palace or the glories of the Read more…
Bill Luby: Two years ago today, in Spain rallies, I posted a chart of the Spanish ETF (NYSEARCA:EWP), that showed EWP had rallied off of a bottom and looked like it was poised for a bullish breakout. 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…
Jim Trippon: With the latest official data just released, China continues to show slower economic growth. The Purchasing Managers’ Index fell to 50.2 in June from 50.4 in May, which was its weakest reading in more than half a year. The index measures manufacturing data, Read more…
Martin Hutchinson: As the Eurozone teeters on the edge of a breakup, it begs the question: Can the U.S economy ”de-couple” from the Eurozone debt crisis? Read more…
Christian Magoon: India ETF investors experienced a chaotic first six months of 2012. This India ETF recap video highlights the challenges the market has and is facing. It also points out some of the India ETF products that have produced positive results for investors. Read more…
Michael Johnston: When asked to identify the economies that are posting the most substantial GDP expansion in the current environment, many investors would quickly respond with China, India, and other well known emerging markets. Read more…
Jack Crooks: I think it’s fair to say the UK benefited most from the cross-border financial services boom measured from 2000-2007, which abruptly ended thanks to the credit crunch. And on the flipside, the UK will be the developed-world country Read more…
David Zeiler: Stock markets around the world soared Friday in reaction to the morning’s Eurozone debt crisis deal, but noted investorJim Rogers wasn’t impressed. Read more…
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