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Eric Dutram: As the ETF world has expanded in recent years, there has been a race to the bottom so to speak, in terms of ETF expenses. Many firms have slashed costs in order to be the cheapest ETF in a particular category, hopefully giving their funds a decided advantage over the competition. Read more…
Eric Dutram: As the European debt crisis has intensified in recent weeks and months, many investors have sought to exit the common currency bloc for other European nations that do not use the euro. Generally speaking, this has resulted in many investors Read more…
Chris Aylott: Of all the emerging markets, Russia has the most complex relationship with the West. The Russia Market Vectors ETF (NYSEArca:RSX) reflects this, and its unusual mix of natural resources and modern technology is a snapshot of Russia itself. Read more…
Kevin Kerr: Hello once again from historic Tallinn, Estonia, here in Eastern Europe (NYSEARCA:VGK) — about an hour or so from the Russian border. There are big changes under way in this region as Russia, after an 18-year wait, joined the World Trade Organization (WTO) in mid-December. Read more…
Tim Seymour: The weekend’s parliamentary elections showed support for Vladimir Putin’s “United Russia” party declining to the point where he barely has a simple majority to fall back on. These results are worth a closer look.Merrill Lynch is out in front noting that Putin is on track to get 49.7% of the total Read more…
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…
Scott Martin: Petroleum is the lifeblood of the Russian economy, but a recent round of stress tests indicate that oil prices will have to plunge to global crisis levels to trigger another recession there. Read more…
Kevin Kerr: Over the last several years Russia has seen an incredible influx of investment from all over the world as emerging markets, like China, try to secure its vast resources. Read more…
Tim Seymour: The Moscow market just got its second two-day upward move since March. That is not a great track record, but we can still look at the internals for guidance on the future. 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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