Emerging Markets

[Chinese Dragon]

Small Cap Stocks Outperform Most Other Chinese Funds

The Chinese market was very strong in the first half of 2015, so it is no surprise that...

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China Fund Awaits a Market Bounce

This week’s ETF Talk moves on to another new category of top-performing exchange-traded funds (ETFs). The funds of...

A trader looks at a mixed financial picture

Just Blame It on ‘Global Economic Developments’ 

The Federal Reserve kept interest rates unchanged Thursday. Though a slight majority of pundits were predicting that the...

The Global Stock Market Washout

Last week, I discussed how BRIC investing went bust. Well, as it turns out, I may have unfairly...

How The BRICs Came Down to Earth

The popularity of the acronym “BRICs” -- which stands for the fast-growth economies of Brazil, Russia, India and...

Why This May Be the Best Week of the Year to Pile into Stocks

What a week it has been… During the course of the past five sessions, the S&P 500 has...

Big Gains Come in All Sorts of Packages

Investing is a harsh taskmaster. Each day, cold, hard numbers tell you what you got right and what...

This Fund is an Alternative Way to Invest in Emerging Markets

Today we’ll discuss an emerging-market you may find appealing -- the iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF (EEM).

ISIS Terrorists Devastate Economies and Communities with Religious Persecution

The barbaric reign of murder, violent religious persecution and other brutality waged by Islamic State of Iraq and...

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The Rise and Fall of Emerging Markets

Looking back, the decade between 2000 and 2009 marked the glory years for emerging markets.