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Although U.S. markets were quiet on Thursday for the Thanksgiving holiday, an unexpected development halfway across the globe is likely to send domestic markets sharply lower when investors return from their brief vacation. The Dubai government said on Thursday that it would restructure Dubai World, its corporate flagship, and begin a six-month halt on debt payments to creditors. [click to continue…]

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Iraq Opens Its Doors: Oil & Gas ETFs In Focus

by on June 25, 2009 | Updated August 12, 2009

Big oil is turning its attention to Iraq once again. But this time, instead of fear and dread, oil companies are looking to the Gulf state with hope and optimism. In recent years, the Iraqi oil industry usually made the news for all the wrong reasons: sabotages of pipelines, bomb attacks at drilling sites, employee kidnappings, and government corruption. But U.S. and international oil firms are now focusing on the oil-rich nation as the site of expansion efforts that could prove to be very profitable. [click to continue…]

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The Next “Frontier” in ETF Investing

by on June 22, 2009 | Updated August 12, 2009

Many investors who had the resolve to keep their equity holdings in place as global markets plunged to new lows in the first few months of 2009 were the beneficiaries of a familiar gift from an old friend. Emerging markets, which have regularly enhanced investor returns in recent years (well, prior to 2008 at least) [...]

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Gulf States ETFs, which had been enjoying sustained rallies in recent months, paused last week as turmoil in Iran intensified and tremendous uncertainty looming over the entire region. While few ETFs on the market maintain any direct holdings in Iranian companies, the fallout over presidential elections held earlier this month threatens to destabilize the entire [...]

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