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Eric Dutram: 2012 started off as a pretty solid year for the markets as equities rose across the board in the first quarter. However, the second quarter wasn’t nearly as friendly to investors as markets slumped thanks to a number of risks. Read more…
Michael Johnston: The first half of 2012 is now in the books, dropping the curtain on a back-and-forth six months for many investors. Though the sentiment recently 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…
Slok Carpenter: What are CIVETS anyway? A Goldman Sachs economist coined the term BRIC ten years ago describing the four big emerging markets he predicted would drive global economic growth: Brazil, Russia, India and China. Read more…
Sara Nunnally: Not all of Europe (NYSEARCA:VGK) is in trouble. The headline-grabbing crisis is a clear and easy opportunity for patient investors. Back in December, I told you about the interesting dynamic between new members of the European Union Read more…
Scott Martin: In the best of times the markets in Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic offer traders exposure to the frontier between oil-rich Russia and the euro zone. But lately, funds focused on these stocks have suffered on both sides of the border. Read more…
Ron Rowland: ETFs give you a better way to invest in many different assets — and especially international markets. Parts of the world that were “off-limits” to individual investors just a few years Read more…
Joseph Hogue: Whether ECB President Mario Draghi will be proven correct when he said the recent LTRO issuances were an “unquestionable success,” the injection of liquidity into the system is definitely making its way around the region. However, the flows are probably not going where Mr. Draghi would Read more…
Emerging Money: Consistent with the laid-back cultural dynamic that so distinguishes the national character, the Reserve Bank of Australia appears to be perfectly happy with its extremely strong currency. Read more…
Tim Seymour: We are big fans of the Turkish market around here, but it says something when the world’s second-biggest economy, growing at a rate of nearly 9% a year, is trading at the same Read more…
Rudy Martin: The European tightening may be setting the ground for a rebound in financial stocks in the latter part of 2012. The markets had been anticipating a liquidity-driven surge in the financial stocks that does not appear to be forthcoming. Instead, the Europeans seem to be headed for a more Read more…
Keith Fitz-Gerald: You may be surprised to learn that some of the world’s best investors are buying heavily right now – not because they think we’ve hit a bottom, or even the bottom, but because they’re setting themselves up for the next big run. Read more…
Joseph Hogue: Debt auctions in Italy and Spain went fairly well last week and tensions have come down a little with lower yields in the peripheral European countries. Despite this, end-of-year Read more…
Joseph Hogue: The coming week may prove relatively light after last week’s volley of meetings and summits. Despite tensions in Russia and a few important CPI reports, the lack of real market movers Read more…
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Stoyan Bojinov: Financial markets all over the globe have taken investors for a wild ride this year and many are still dizzy from all of the wild up and down swings that seem to be abundant across virtually every asset class. A sluggish economic recovery at home coupled with ongoing debt woes in the financially Read more…
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