Leveraged ETF

Like neighboring communist states China and North Korea, the Vietnamese economy is one of planned markets rather than the free markets utilized by capitalist nations.  This does not mean, however, that the Vietnamese economy lags behind other Asian markets or that they are not part of global financial interactions.  Indeed, the strength of Vietnam’s planned [...]

In a sign that BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India and China) countries are still in demand, Van Eck Global, the family of funds that manage the Market Vectors Family of Funds has introduced the Market Vectors Russia Small Cap ETF. Russia is unique as its one of the few emerging economies in which its stock market [...]

With an ever expanding lineup of niche exchange traded funds, Global X Funds added the Global X FTSE ASEAN 40 ETF (ASEA).The fund has then attracted more than $2 billion dollars in assets and has performed well. According to the fund’s summary website the fund : “The Global X FTSE ASEAN 40 ETF seeks to provide [...]

Everyone wants to get involved in emerging markets. Quite frankly, emerging markets are growing at a much faster rate than there western counterparts. At the same time, governments of the emerging market economies have a much healthier balance sheet. But, frontier markets is a whole different animal. First, emerging markets and front markets are not [...]

If the US economy has not been meeting your expectations, it is important to remember that there are plenty of other markets out there. It is a law of economics that while one fund is performing poorly, another one somewhere else will be getting better. The litmus test of the recent global recession has shown [...]

Egypt, Libya and now Saudi Arabia.  Any form of uprising in the world’s largest producer of crude oil will certainly send chaos in the oil markets. Thus, the Saudis are doing everything in there power to keep the general public at ease.  For example, the Saudi King ordered permanent state jobs for its citizens. This [...]

As investors continue to pile on emerging economies such as Brazil, Russia, India and China, investors will start to look at smaller emerging economies to spot the next growth opportunity. Most likely, it will come from three places. The first candidate will be Africa, which is rich in natural resources but has a bad history [...]

Whether we like it or not, we are running out of oil. Adding further chaos are recent WikiLeaks cables stating that Saudi Arabia cannot pump enough oil to keep a lid on prices. According to one cable: “According to al-Husseini, the crux of the issue is twofold. First, it is possible that Saudi reserves are [...]

Currently, all the money is in Asia. Asian countries are the ones bailing out developed countries and at the same time stimulating their economy by investing heavily in their infrastructure. And for the most part, they run a very conservative fiscal policy that allows them to weather recessions likes the one we just had. But [...]

China’s economy continue to power along as the U.S. economy continues to be sluggish with signs of recovery. While a booming economy like the one China has exhibited for the past two decades may bode well for Chinese citizens in terms of employment, there are some negatives that come along with a booming economy. For [...]