ISHARES MSCI EMERGING MARKETS ETF
NYSE ARCA: EEM
$40.53
-$0.95 (-2.3%)
Closing price April 12, 2024
The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down more than 140 points after a dismal ISM manufacturing report on Monday. It is now down more than 1,000 points from its high.
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Source: ThinkstockChinese New Year is starting, and the good news — and hard to believe news — is that this could help to fend off the waves of emerging market madness we have been seeing of...
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Source: ThinkstockWhen Goldman Sachs and J.P. Morgan said to avoid emerging markets in 2014, many investors and market participants thought that the firms were merely sticking to a 2013 trend for...
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Source: ThinkstockExchange traded funds (ETFs) almost undoubtedly have unseated mutual funds in their importance in the daily swings in the stock and bond markets. Mutual funds are still important...
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Source: courtesy U.S. Federal Reserve24/7 Wall St. has been surprised by the FOMC with the decision not to begin tapering its $85 billion per month in bond buying. The markets were surprised too,...
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Source: ThinkstockInflation is often crippling in economies, but so-called hyperinflation is far worse. 24/7 Wall St. recently identified 11 key emerging market nations suffering serious inflation....
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Source: ThinkstockThe hedge fund industry sure seems and looks different now when compared to a decade or two ago. We recently wrote about how the 2% and 20% pricing strategy long imposed on hedge...
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Being an investor in emerging markets is supposed to come with great growth opportunities as the local populations begin the purchase and consumption of more and more goods and services outside of...
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Source: ThinkstockWe have been extensively covering the rising interest rate environment as longer-dated Treasury notes and bonds have been falling in value and rising in yields. Today’s ratings...
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Bridgewater Associates, LP is in the lead of the top hedge funds in America by size. We have just gotten a look at its equity holdings via a 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission....
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The old saying goes, “When the U.S. sneezes, the rest of the world catches a cold.” But what about when Europe gets the flu and when China and India drink the tap water from Latin America? ...
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Emerging markets are cumulatively supposed to make up a catch-all investment sector for investors seeking true growth in the next decade. If you have been watching the ticker tape of late, you will...
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In yesterday’s article about emerging market funds, we noted that three of the funds that track all or most of the stocks in the MSCI Emerging Markets Index could be affected by an upcoming review...
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Investing in emerging markets was a good strategy in 2010. This year, however, many countries are confronting inflation, appreciating currencies, and, in some places, political and financial...
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It is almost hard to say it, but the world of exchange-traded products (ETFs, ETNs, etc) hit an almost unbelievable milestone. The exchange-traded market is now over $1 trillion in assets. ...
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