Asia

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...

What do four of the five hottest exchange traded funds of 2017 have in common? They all have exposure to Asian assets. Among every ETF with at least a $2 billion market cap, the best performer is iShares MSCI China Index Fund (NASDAQ: MCHI), which is up 34 percent this year. For many years, the U.S...

Emerging markets stocks hit a rough spot last week as markets roiled by an intensifying geopolitical rift between the U.S. and North Korea. However, the saber rattling did not prompt large-scale departures from some emerging markets exchange-traded funds, although the MSCI Emerging Markets Index...

This year, investors have been devoted to exchange-traded funds offering exposure to developed markets, excluding the U.S. Within this group of ETFs are offerings that allow investors to tap specific regions and, of course, single-country funds. While Europe has been commanding much of the ex-U.S....

After a tumultuous and volatile start to 2016, Asia's market calmed down and then took a back seat on the international stage, which became fixated on the Brexit vote and then President-elect Donald Trump's run to the White House. Here is Bloomberg's look at how Asia's largest economies performed...

If global M&A activity is any indication of the worldwide economy, then it should be concerning that a major global bank just slashed investment banking jobs in Asia. According to Reuters, Bank of America Corp (NYSE: BAC) is set to eliminate around two dozen investment banking jobs in Asia....

Heading into the start of this year, plenty of forecasters posited that if emerging markets equities were to rally or even just turn in steady performances, the leadership would come from Emerging Asia, including the Philippines. Indeed, the iShares MSCI Philippines ETF (NYSE: EPHE), the lone...

Bank of America’s recent client data show that funds are readjusting positioning in Asia. Funds are currently underweight Asian and Australian financials and overweight Indian financials. Bank of America believes that the China-driven selloff has created targeted buying opportunities. As...

One bad day doesn’t make a bear market. Two bad days, however, and the prospect of more to come, may well signal one. Bear market is a scary term, and the past several days have certainly given investors cause for concern. Rather than spend time worrying, though, let’s...

In a report published Monday, a team of Wells Fargo analysts discussed the implosion of Asian brokerage accounts over the past year, specifically in China. According to the analysts, Interactive Brokers Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: IBKR) is "unlike all other e-brokers" under the firms...

With a major regional bank fund hitting a 52-week high earlier this week, Piper Jaffray rolled out new coverage on nine of the institutions on Friday. All but one of the banks were rated Overweight in individual reports from Piper's Matthew Clark and Brett Rabatin. The Banking Industry As an aside...

Scoreboard Asian markets continue to be on fire. China markets led up +3 percent. Astonishingly, Asian markets are up almost 40 percent year-to-date and this could be a worry for the bulls. U.S. futures were looking strong, aided by a nice move in Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) to over $132....

Brent crude oil remained below $100 on Wednesday with market oversupply weighing on prices. The commodity traded at $99.21 at 10:45 GMT as the dollar strengthened and investors worried about the state of the global economy. For the moment, oil markets are oversupplied as stalling economies in...

The job of a Chief Financial Officer is complex and often high-risk, since CFOs are responsible for their company's financial strategies. The position also forces CFOs to think long-term, which allows them to see trends and practices developing well ahead of others in executive management...