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As economies and major indexes tumbled around the world in May, it was once again developed markets that were to blame for the weakness. Lingering concerns over the health of the euro has had a devastating effect on all of the economies in Europe, while the fallout from the Gulf oil seems ready to weigh on the energy sector of the American economy for the foreseeable future. Meanwhile, a strong dollar has hammered many of the top resource producing nations such as Brazil, Australia, Canada, and Russia. This has left many investors to fall back on China, which has emerged as a global growth engine. But Beijing has warned several times of curtailing bank lending in order to prevent the economy from overheating.

A global economy that seemed to be thriving just months ago is now riddled with question marks. But one section of the globe appears to be roaring ahead against these headwinds: Southeast Asia. [click to continue…]

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Seven Most Corrupt Country ETFs

by on February 17, 2010 | Updated June 9, 2010

Investing in emerging and frontier markets can often help investors to diversify equity holdings and provide exposure to growth opportunities not available in advanced economies. But with any opportunity for big gains often comes significant risk, including the potential for political instability, currency revaluation, and government intervention in the private sector. There’s also the issue of corruption in the world’s developing economies. While corruption exists everywhere, it is a way of life in some countries, and has the potential to significantly impact returns on both foreign and domestic investment.  [click to continue…]

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Five ETFs For A Trade War With China

by on February 8, 2010

Sino-American relations are quickly reaching a breaking point, as the Obama administration continues to spar with the People’s Republic of China over a variety of issues. The first clash was seen in the tariffs proposed on Chinese steel pipe manufacturers last year, followed by another dispute related to tire producers shortly thereafter. The Chinese took [...]

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IndexIQ Perfect On Capital Gains, Van Eck Close

by on December 29, 2009

IndexIQ, the Rye Brook, New York-based issuer who burst on to the scene with the launch of the first hedge fund ETFs in 2009, announced this week that it would make zero capital gains distributions for all five of its funds. IndexIQ has found a sizable market for its hedge fund replication ETFs (QAI has [...]

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Poland ETF (PLND) Debuts

by on November 25, 2009

New York-based Van Eck launched on Wednesday the Market Vectors Poland ETF (PLND), a fund that will track the 26-company Market Vectors Poland Index. PLND will trade on the NYSE  Arca Exchange and charge an expense ratio of 76 basis points. Unlike most single-country international ETFs, which tend to be dominated by holdings in multi-national [...]

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Global X Launches First Nordic ETF

by on August 19, 2009

It’s been quite a week for the ETF industry. Last Friday, Van Eck launched its Market Vectors Vietnam ETF (VNM), the first exchange-traded product to offer U.S. investors exposure to Vietnamese equity markets. Now New York-based Global X Management Company has launched the Global X FTSE Nordic 30 ETF (GXF), the first U.S.-listed fund to [...]

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