South Africa

The iShares MSCI South Africa ETF (NYSE: EZA) is up 3.28 percent over the past week, reducing its year-to-date loss to just over 22 percent. That's more than double the 2018 loss of the MSCI Emerging Markets Index and enough to make EZA one of the worst-performing single-country exchange-traded...

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...

Seasoned emerging market investors know that even supposedly diversified emerging markets exchange-traded funds are heavily allocated to Chinese stocks. Those allocations stand to increase following MSCI's June announcement that China A-shares, the stocks trading in Shanghai and Shenzhen, will...

Conducting business in Africa is usually not a simple endeavor. And, while it is true that each country and each region’s economy is very different from the next, a few things can be said about the continent as a whole and the challenges of conducting business there. Wondering what these...

Africa is a very diverse continent, and so are its countries’ economies. However, they have one thing in common: growth is still ahead of them. Another interesting thing to notice is that companies there serve millions of customers, largely due to the fact that penetration of U.S.-based...

“[Morocco’s] membership in the African Union [...] [is] the conclusion of a big process that has been led for many years.” – Saâd Bendidi. After more than three decades of absence, Morocco returned to the African Union (AU) in 2017. But, the return did not come without...

Investors looking for exposure to emerging markets have plenty of options to chose from, but there are a few clear favorites among investors for 2017. Investing in Russia could prove to be a top play for investors that borrow in currencies with a low interest and rate and buy currencies that...

The Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta Emerging Markets Equity ETF (NYSE: GEM), one of the first exchange-traded funds brought to market by Goldman Sachs Group Inc (NYSE: GS), is about a month away from its first anniversary, and it is accurate to say GEM is off to a fine start. Happy Birthday, GEM! GEM is...

Throughout the 1980's, Africa lost almost half of its elephant population. By the end of decade, countries from around the world agreed on a global ban on the ivory trade. As demand for ivory in Asia continues to surge (take a look at the results of this NatGeo survey that evaluates who...

JPMorgan has revised ratings of three South African-based gold companies. The brokerage upgraded Harmony Gold Mining Co. (ADR) (NYSE: HMY) and Gold Fields Limited (ADR) (NYSE: GFI), while downgrading DRDGOLD Ltd. (ADR) (NYSE: DRD). The brokerage has upgraded Harmony Gold Mining Co to Overweight and...