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News that the Egyptian President is visiting Washington to meet with President Obama is certain to be major news in the north African nation. But coverage of Hosni Mubarak’s trip to D.C. this week has been focused not on the topics to be covered with Obama (the two leaders will discuss the Middle East peace process), but rather on Mubarak’s choice of traveling companion. Gamal Mubarak is joining his father on the trip, a move that many see as the strongest indication yet that the 81-year old leader will turn over control of Egypt to his son, perhaps in the not-so-distant future. The elder Mubarak has never appointed a vice president or publicly stated his preference for a successor. [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) have led the way in the recent bull run, recovering a significant portion of the disproportionate losses they incurred during the global recession. But as the ETF industry continues to expand, investors may begin to look beyond emerging markets to a new group of countries for both international diversification and enhanced portfolio returns. [click to continue…]

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