Topic: MSCI Emerging Markets Index

Over the course of the year, total U.S. exchange-traded fund cash flows have totaled $102 billion. With less than a month left in 2011, the...
You may have seen it; I did. The "it" in question was an email parodying an Occupy Wall Street protester with the image of a young banker holding a...
Emerging markets have seen their importance to the global economy swell in recent years, as the developing markets of the world have become the...

2010 Non-U.S. Stock Lessons Learned

The following is a guest post from Marotta Wealth Management. Reviewing last year's investment returns provides a blueprint for where you should...
The introduction and rapid expansion of the ETF industry has no doubt been a very positive development for investors big and small. The low fees...

ETF Mania Is Sweeping the Markets

Nestled on page B11 in this weekend's Wall Street Journal was an article, "Social" Funds Embrace Emerging Markets. One of the fads that's irked me...
Much is made of the fact that investors should allocate some of their investment portfolios to emerging market economies. This makes sense from the...

iPath Debuts New Breed Of Leveraged ETNs

iPath, the largest issuer of exchange-traded notes in the U.S., announced a major addition to its product lineup on Tuesday by rolling out 11 new...
Frustrated with the diminishing prospects for growth in the developed world, investors have flocked en masse over the last two years towards red...
As developed economies stagnate under the burden of rising unemployment and deteriorating fiscal situations, investor interest in emerging markets...