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Emerging Markets

1000 Best and Worst ETFs of 2011

October 19, 2011

With 2011 coming to a close, it’s a good time to take inventory of which ETFs fared the best which may lend some insight into trends and sectors to keep an eye on going into the close of the year. With tax-loss harvesting, asset rebalancing, and the dreaded annual returns fund managers must report following [...]

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Structured Property Investments

October 18, 2011

The following is a review of IPIN Global which can connect investors with international real estate experts. As an avid retail investor, I’m constantly on the prowl for investments with a good combination of risk, returns and low correlation with US equities since I’m so heavily tied to the whims of the US stock market [...]

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5 Ways to Profit from Revolution in the Middle East

February 22, 2011

While most retail investors can’t locate Tunisia on a map (I couldn’t before last month), there are bound to be numerous substantial trading opportunities in the various sovereigns undergoing either crisis or complete overthrow of their government. With Egypt falling shortly after Tunisia, there have now been massive demonstrations in Bahrain, Yemen, Libya, Morocco and [...]

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20 Top Performing Country ETFs of 2010

January 4, 2011

In looking at 2010 stock market returns by country, we see some similar patterns to 2009, with higher beta emerging markets leading the pack. This top 20 list was constructed to give a sense of where the money was flowing in 2010 so as to inform where we may continue to see momentum, while at [...]

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30 Top ETFs of 2010

December 29, 2010

The top ETFs of 2010 hail from several different asset classes and strategies. Since leveraged ETFs tend to benefit tremendously from sustained trends but make for poor long-term investments in volatile markets, I’ve included both conventional non-leveraged ETFs as well as leveraged ETFs. As of December 30, 2010, here are the best performing ETFs of [...]

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6 Reasons You Need More Emerging Markets Exposure – How to Play It

December 1, 2010

A friend of mine is in institutional sales of funds to 401(k) plans for major corporations. We got on the topic of what sort of funds he sells markets to companies and why most major corporations have such lousy investment options for employees. He had a very telling exchange with one Treasury officer at a [...]

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7 ETFs That May Benefit from Election and QE2 Results

November 3, 2010

Now that the markets have largely digested the election results and the Fed’s FOMC meeting announcement, it was evident both outcomes were somewhat baked in as investors engaged in the typical front-running and anyone looking for a Black Swan Investment or binary trade on Wednesday was disappointed. The Fed unveiled plans to purchase of an [...]

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Colombia ETF Up 50% YTD – Here’s Why

September 9, 2010

While much talk of hot Latin American economies has focused around the Frontier Markets up 22% on the year, Colombia’s ETF (GXG) is up even more on the year, just breaching a 50% gain for the year. This, in a roughly flat to down market for most developed world bourses. About the Colombia ETF The [...]

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Playing Emerging Markets – Without Stocks

April 7, 2010

CNBC published an article today outlining how investors can take advantage of the rampant growth in emerging markets without investing directly in individual stocks and taking on individual company risk. However, they left out what the instruments are to do so, so I’ll fill in the blanks: Currencies: As the US and Europe continue to [...]

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