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Emerging markets equities and the corresponding exchange traded funds are rebounding, but as has been seen in previous eras of emerging markets bullishness, this asset class is not always known for smooth sailing. The MSCI Emerging Markets Index has a three-year standard deviation of 14.8 percent,...

Taiwan Semiconductor Mfg. Co. Ltd. (ADR) (NYSE: TSM), one of the most tracked Asia-based chip manufacturers, offered investors a poor guidance outlook that had a ripple effect across the technology sector. What Happened Taiwan Semiconductor manufacturers chips for companies like Apple Inc. (...

Shares of Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) were trading lower by around 1.50 percent early Thursday morning in reaction to a concerning report from Taiwan's Economic Daily News relating to iPhone 8 production. Apple may have requested a 50 percent cut in orders for the iPhone 8 possibly due to poor...

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL)'s iPhone 8 debut is off to a rocky start as the phone's features are "lackluster" versus its competitors, according to Bloomberg News' Mark Gurman. While it may be true that many iPhone buyers are holding out a few weeks for the higher-end iPhone X...

Many diversified emerging markets exchange-traded funds are heavily allocated to Asia. Whether those funds track the MSCI Emerging Markets Index, related benchmarks or not, the prominence of Asian countries is supposedly diversified emerging markets funds is reflective of the continent's...

The MSCI Emerging Markets Index is up more than 25 percent year-to-date, putting the widely-followed gauge of developing world equities on pace for its best annual performance since 2012. Investors are responding, making emerging markets exchange traded funds (ETFs) some of this year's top...

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...

Taiwan Semiconductor Mfg. Co. Ltd. (ADR) (NYSE: TSM) has seen its stock surge nearly 25 percent since the start of 2017 as the company is expectations are high for component supplier to Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL)'s iPhone. The stock's strong performance has now the company's 86-year old founder and...

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL)'s fiscal year third-quarter results could leave investors with a sour taste, going by predictions of Longbow Research. The firm indicated that Apple's Taiwan supplier sales through May indicate a weaker-than-seasonal fiscal year third quarter/calendar year second quarter...

According to Reuters, Taiwan's exports unexpectedly fell in September, but electronic components grew in the month in anticipation of the all-important holiday shopping season. Reuters noted that exports fell 1.8 percent on a year-over-year basis in September, which fell notably short of the 3.2...