Emerging Markets

There are investors who want either higher beta or lower volatility when they fine tune their domestic equity exposure. For these investors, PowerShares has come out with two ETFs that allow investors to harness either tactic. For bullish investors, who want high beta, there could be a problem in...

Those of us that were looking for some sort of resolution on the Greek debt crisis that would firmly point the dial in one direction or the other have once again been disappointed. Despite another round of bailouts - this time about 130 billion euros on top of the original 110 billion euro 2010...

Emerging markets are selling at relatively cheap valuations, it seems to me, and the low valuations of many of the stocks and indexes seem more about fear than about the downside revisions that are happening in GDP. Many emerging markets indexes and ETFs are selling at about 10 times earnings,...

“There is no question that China will continue to loosen monetary policy.” -Famed investor Mark Mobius in a phone interview…from Bangkok. “I am not buying China stocks.” -Famed investor Jim Rogers in a satellite interview from somewhere not in the U.S. Well-defined opposing views on a single...

Event group Tarsus (LON:TRS) has confirmed its commitment to emerging markets by selling a 51 percent interest in Modamont, its struggling French subsidiary, to a JV partner, Premiere Vision, for €6.1 million. The move marks a significant cut in Tarsus' exposure to the economic gloom of the French...

Charles Sizemore recently gave his thoughts on emerging markets to AOL's Daily Finance: Emerging market investments are known for their volatility, and in less stable regions, local politics can have an out-sized effect on returns. For example, Brazil is raising its primary fiscal surplus target to...

Risk is back on and that means Champagne corks are again popping in emerging markets. Since the world is not ending, money should start rushing back to emerging markets as cheap (read free) US dollars seek out positive returns. Where else is there growth? Sure ain't much in the US or in Europe...

Three million or more poor people in Africa and Asia will get mobile phone numbers under a plan developed by the United Nations and a private technology firm, Movirtu. The UN's Business Call to Action initiative plans to supply low-cost mobile phone numbers to participants, who can use any mobile...

Higher iron ore prices haven't been very kind to global steel producers as of late. Higher production costs have caused several major steel producers to warn on earnings for the second quarter. The latest was Steel Dynamics (NASDAQ: STLD), which said its second-quarter earnings per share would be...

It's no secret that the four BRIC nations of Brazil, Russia, India and China are growing their economies like weeds. When Jim O'Neill first created the group in 2001, much of their growth stories were still unknown. Today, a quick Google search and investors can find hundreds of stories about the...