BRIC

With emerging markets equities and exchange-traded funds bouncing back this year, investors in single-country ETFs have their pick of rebounding funds. That means laggards standout all the more starkly and there are some big laggards among emerging markets funds this year, notably China and India....

If you’re looking for the year’s best-performing stock market this year, look no further than Brazil, where the Bovespa stock index is up 19 percent, making the S&P 500’s 3.8 percent rise positively yawn-inspiring by comparison. When a country’s stock market has just...

Emerging markets exchange-traded funds are on the mend in 2016. Only time will tell how long that trend will last, but what is left of the emerging markets bull camp after several years of dour performances will likely reiterate that developing world equities are still nowhere close to previous...

Emerging markets currencies and equities are struggling once again this year, but the WisdomTree Indian Rupee Strategy Fund (NYSE: ICN) continues to be relatively sturdy compared to broader baskets of developing world currencies. ICN “seeks to achieve total returns reflective of both money...

The Market Vectors Russia ETF Trust (NYSE: RSX), the largest exchange-traded fund tracking Russian stocks, is the only one of the four major ETFs tracking the BRIC economies currently sporting a year-to-date gain. However, that obfuscates a six-month slide of 18.7 percent. Of the big single-country...

Many of the world's greatest investors have been willing to buy at a time when the majority of the market was turning away from a particular sector. However, such a strategy is easier said than done, as most stocks lose value following news that suggests a period of financial trouble is on the...

As measured by some of the marquee exchange-traded funds listed in New York, Indian stocks have been, to this point in 2015, disappointments. The WisdomTree India Earnings Fund (ETF) (NYSE: EPI), a $1.78 billion ETF, is off 5.8 percent year-to-date. Arguably, EPI's showing and those of...

This year's failings of the Brazil, Russia, India and China quartet – commonly known as “BRIC” – are well documented. Of the four major single-country BRIC ETFs, the average 90-day return entering Friday was a loss of over 21 percent, more than enough to qualify as a bear...

For traders looking into emerging markets for ideas, aerospace-related Brazilian stocks that analysts like are worth keeping an eye on. Gol Linhas Aereas Inteligentes Gol Linhas Aereas Inteligentes S.A. (NYSE: GOL) is a $1.58 billion market cap holding company engaged in the air transportation...

A team of analysts at Bank of America published on Tuesday their top tips for investors to follow in 2015. “Under the Chinese zodiac, 2015 is the year of the sheep, an animal considered to be gentle and calm,” the analysts wrote in their report. “Our market forecasts fit this description in that...

Overall, the emerging markets have lagged the U.S. market greatly in 2014, down on the year versus a double-digit gain for the S&P 500. The Guggenheim BRIC ETF (NYSE: EEB) has lost 3.6 percent this year and has not been able to rebound after the global market sell-off in September. Best-...

The once-popular BRIC countries have soured over the last couple of years as performance has lacked peers. The acronym that stands for Brazil, Russia, India and China was a widely successful investment strategy throughout the first decade of the 21st century. As of late the performance has...

The BRIC acronym was all the rage during the first decade of the 21st century as they led the international markets higher. The four countries that make up BRIC are Brazil, Russia, India and China. Brazil has had major struggles over the last couple of years, Russia in engrossed in...

Emerging markets no longer provide some of the world's most compelling investment opportunities. According to several top-tier Wall Street research firms such as Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) and JPMorgan (NYSE: JPM), investors should put their money to work elsewhere. Goldman Sachs is forecasting...

Investing in emerging markets can be a hit or miss strategy. Investors that were lucky enough to invest in the BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India, China) last decade were rewarded handsomely with large profits. By the time the world of ETFs rolled out products to focus on the four emerging countries...