Emerging Markets

The race for the best performing sector or asset class of 2015 is still in its nascent stages. However, two unlikely candidates have emerged in leadership roles from beaten down areas of the globe through the first six weeks of the year. The following ETFs represent areas of strength amid the...

Alan Hellawell III of Deutsche Bank on Friday maintained a Buy rating on shares of Baidu Inc (ADR) (NASDAQ: BIDU) with a $261 price target based on a continued belief that the company will see 40 percent year-ove- year top-line growth in 2015. “Having spent much of 2014 solidifying its...

Emerging-market mutual funds have been some of the top movers this week, and, for that matter, this year. With the European Central Bank announcing a rate cut Thursday, many emerging-market stocks showed intraday rallies. India, in particular, has shown strength in 2014. With the nation...

High demand in both developed and emerging markets is driving the globalization and utilization of natural resources. Some companies are poised to profit from the resulting rising cost of agriculture, timber, water, metals and energy. Selecting the right sector and company to capitalize on this...

Paul Theron knows that South Africa is an exciting new frontier for companies. In the second half of the last decade, the region has been home to an emerging market, consumer-driven success story. Theron is the founder and principal of Vestact, an asset-management firm is based Johannesburg,...

U.S. stocks finished the week slightly lower as investors gave today's poor housing data a slack, and blame it on the weather. “Investors are willing to cut the market some slack because of the weather; I'm keeping my fingers crossed that the economy heats up as the weather warms up,” Jack...

As emerging markets continue to show signs of struggling, investment banks are pulling the plug on some of their operations. Bloomberg reported investment banks such as UBS (NYSE: UBS)and Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) have spent the past three years re-thinking their plans in India. The investment...

U.S. stocks fell steeply on Friday as Wall Street recorded its first monthly loss since August. Investors have plenty on their plate to worry about from emerging markets, an earning season failing to ignite excitement and a lackluster consumer confidence that is being felt by many retailers who...

U.S. stocks rose on Thursday as investors and traders focused on the positives. Data showed that the economy expanded in the fourth quarter as consumer spending gained traction. "Today the market is focused on the good news, or the developed world," Bill Stone, chief investment strategist at...

Benzinga reported on Tuesday on a growing number of Wall Street banks that have turned negative on emerging markets. Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS), JPMorgan (NYSE: JPM) and Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) advise their clients to avoid exposure across multiple assets classes in emerging markets such as...

Emerging markets no longer provide some of the world's most compelling investment opportunities. According to several top-tier Wall Street research firms such as Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) and JPMorgan (NYSE: JPM), investors should put their money to work elsewhere. Goldman Sachs is forecasting...

Tuesday, Chicago Fed boss Charles Evans said that 2013 growth will likely fall short of expectations. In what is clearly a growing sign of Twitter's (NYSE: TWTR) ability to deliver news, the Chicago Fed live-tweeted Evan's speech which was given to Illinois bankers. Most notable was: @...

There is no shortage of emerging markets that can be considered cheap or inexpensive when traditional valuation metrics are applied. Nor is there a dearth of developing world equity markets that are currently in tailspins. Interestingly, not all slumping emerging markets are inexpensive on...

It has been noted time again this year that stocks in select emerging markets are trading at substantial discounts to historical norms. Over the past month, the Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF (NYSE: VWO) and the iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF (NYSE: EEM), the two largest ETFs by assets...