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The following originally appeared on Tradestation's Market Insights blog A sharp dichotomy has appeared in emerging markets as Asia struggles and oil rallies. The iShares MSCI India ETF (NYSE: INDA) is down 8 percent in the last two weeks and the iShares China Large-Cap ETF (NYSE: FXI) has...

Russian stocks and the ruble slumped Thursday on news of fresh sanctions against the country by the Trump administration. Predictably, Russia's reaction to the new sanctions was harsh, perhaps prompting investors to ditch Russian assets. “But investors did not wait for details, driving...

On Monday in Helsinki, President Trump met with Russian President Vladimir Putin, producing a firestorm of controversy and criticism in the traditional media as well as social media. Eschewing politics to focus on investing, the S&P 500 closed modestly lower yesterday while the MVIS Russia...

A federal grand jury led by special counsel Robert Mueller has indicted 12 Russian military officers with hacking the Democratic National Committee and Hillary Clinton’s campaign networks with the intent to interfere with the 2016 presidential election. The charges don't implicate any...

The United States Oil Fund LP (ETF) (NYSE: USO) is down 7.6 percent in the past month as investors anticipate the next major OPEC meeting this week. OPEC is meeting in Vienna on Friday and Saturday and is expected to discuss potentially raising crude oil production now that prices have stabilized...

Later this week, the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries and Russia meet in Vienna. The cartel and Russia, the largest non-OPEC oil producer, are expected to discuss potentially upping output to take advantage of higher prices. Year-to-date, oil is one of the best-performing commodities...

Alcoa Corp (NYSE: AA) shares have returned 60 percent over the past year, rendering their valuation unattractive, according to an analyst at Citigroup. On Monday, however, the stock plummeted 13 percent after the U.S. Treasury issued a six-month reprieve on sanctions levied on Rusal, one of Alcoa...

The markets shook Wednesday morning as President Donald Trump threatened to fire missiles into Syria in retaliation against the ruling regime’s suspected use of chemical weapons. Russia vows to shoot down any and all missiles fired at Syria. Get ready Russia, because they will be coming, nice...

Ex-U.S. equity exchange-traded funds have been popular destinations for investors for over a year, but some investors like the idea of skirting volatility in international markets. This is particularly true with emerging markets stocks. The iShares Edge MSCI Min Vol Emerging Markets ETF (CBOE:EEMV...

The markets had been steadily recovering over the last week. The S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average each rose 8.4 percent and seemed to be on a stable trajectory — until a common catalyst resurfaced. Both indices fell 1 percent Friday afternoon after Special Counsel Robert Mueller...