Mark Mobius

The Volatility Index and its corresponding exchange-traded note iPath S&P 500 VIX Short Term Futures TM ETN (NYSE: VXX) is sitting near a multi-decade low at a time when political tensions both domestically and internationally are at a worrisome level. How is this even possible? According to...

The bad news, part of the bad news anyway, is that the iShares MSCI South Korea Capped Index Fund (NYSE: EWY) is down 12.5 percent year-to-date. That makes EWY, one of the largest country-specific emerging markets ETFs by assets with over $3.26 billion, a laggard among funds tracking emerging Asian...

Shares of the iShares MSCI Thailand Capped Investable Market Index Fund (NYSE: THD) are up 1.2 percent Tuesday, trading just pennies away from $90 level for the first time in the ETF's history following a strong fourth-quarter GDP report out of the Southeast Asian nation. On Monday, Thailand said...

South Africa's investment thesis is bifurcated. On one hand, this is Africa's largest economy and by far the most advanced. The country is the world's largest platinum producer and a major producer of gold and palladium. South Africa's ascent up the global economic ladder has prompted some...

The chorus of endorsements for Asia's third largest economy in India, is growing louder. In a new blog post, legendary emerging markets investor Dr. Mark Mobius, executive chairman of the Templeton Emerging Markets Group, said his team sees growth potential in the Indian economy. Perhaps it is...

The macroeconomic headwinds facing developed European nations are well-known. A sovereign debt crisis of epic proportions has seen to that. Not all of Europe has been affected with sovereign stench of the PIIGS as emerging European nations now sport tidier balance sheets than their developed...

It is probably not fair to call it a stealth rally because Malaysia has been getting a decent amount of attention recently, but the performance of the iShares MSCI Malaysia Index Fund (NYSE: EWM) may come as a surprise to some. In the past three months, the $933.2 million EWM has jumped 6.8 percent...

Mexico, Latin America's second-largest economy behind Brazil, is gaining steam as an investment option for foreign investors. The iShares MSCI Mexico Investable Market Index Fund (NYSE: EWW) jumped almost 17 percent year-to-date and Mexican equities surged following the July election of Enrique...

Famed emerging markets investor Mark Mobius, executive chairman of Templeton Emerging Markets Group, extolled the virtues of investing in Malaysia in a recent blog post. Malaysia, Southeast Asia's third-largest economy, is expected to grow 4.2 percent this year and 4.7 in 2013, according to the...

Chinese stocks officially joined the Asian bull market parade on Tuesday as the Shanghai Composite's up day represented a 20% move off the July lows, good enough to be in bull market territory. China joins Indonesia and Thailand as the only Asian markets with that distinction this year and...