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How To Reduce Exposure To Problem Areas In Emerging Markets ETFs
Wednesday, August 26, 2015 - 3:14pm | 500These days, emerging markets exchange traded funds have a litany of problems, chief among them direct or indirect China exposure and commodities exposure. For investors, dodging both of those issues can be difficult because even many of the well-known, supposedly diversified emerging markets ETFs...
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The Real Deal on Wall Street: Feel Ya Jim Rogers
Tuesday, January 31, 2012 - 4:49am | 524“There is no question that China will continue to loosen monetary policy.” -Famed investor Mark Mobius in a phone interview…from Bangkok. “I am not buying China stocks.” -Famed investor Jim Rogers in a satellite interview from somewhere not in the U.S. Well-defined opposing views on a single...
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Market Vectors Russia Small-Cap ETF Launched (RSXJ)
Thursday, April 14, 2011 - 10:47am | 209This morning, Van Eck Global launched the Market Vectors Russia Small-Cap ETF (NYSE: RSXJ). Described by Van Eck Global as the first U.S.-based ETF “designed to give investors pure-play exposure to the developing local Russian economy as measured by the country's small-capitalization companies,”...
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Emerging Markets: Investment Choices and Risks
Thursday, April 29, 2010 - 10:41pm | 753During the global recession, equities in emerging nations declined more than those in developed nations. From its high in 2007 to the low in 2008, the iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Index Fund (EEM) declined 67% compared to the 62% decline in iShares MSCI EAFE Index ETF (EFA). Since then, a large...
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The Top ETF Gainers Today (AGQ, GDX, GLD, EDC, EFO, IYT)
Wednesday, November 4, 2009 - 4:15pm | 372It was a busy day for Exchange traded funds as ETFs from a diverse set of industries posted gains today. The top Gainer among all ETF’s today was Proshares Ultra Silver (NYSE: AGQ) which gained 10.38% after silver prices rose behind the falling dollar. Proshares Ultra Silver measures twice the...