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Archive for December 14, 2014
iShares China Large-Cap ETF: Analyst Report
By ETFalpha Contact(at)ETFalpha.uk Name: iShares China Large-Cap ETF Symbol: FXI Role in Portfolio This ETF provides exposure to China large-cap stocks which are very liquid and are the major components of the Chinese equity universe. China has become an important part of a globally balanced portfolio as the country’s economy now ranks second largest in the world, behind only the … Continue reading
Weekly Emerging & Frontier Market ETF Dashboard: Quantitative Asset Allocation Insight
By ETFalpha Contact(at)ETFalpha.uk What an interesting week for global stocks and Emerging Markets. The levels of volatility jumped significantly with the VIX Index reading increased by more than 78% for the week! Both Emerging and Frontier Markets lost around 6% predominantly due to plummeting oil and generally commodity prices. Technically things look awful as both … Continue reading
Following Putin’s Lead, Turkey Looks Towards Eurasia
Along with Russia, Turkey lies at the confluence between Europe and Asia. A peripheral European power, like Russia, it is following Moscow’s lead and also looking east. In Turkey, I found a nation of deep contrasts, but a country incredibly sure of its statehood and fastened together by a strong overriding identity. Unlike its Black … Continue reading
Energy Aggression Against Russia is Expanding
By Petr Lvov During his recent trip to Ankara, President Vladimir Putin said on December 1 that the construction of the South Stream gas pipeline project for Southern Europe would be terminated due to the negative position of both Bulgaria and Brussels. Instead of that, it was proposed to build a gas pipeline through the territory … Continue reading
Can Ukraine’s New Technocrat Elite Make Their Economy Work?
By Adam Swain Ten years ago, it was received wisdom in western academic, business and policy circles that Ukraine was an archetypal “captured state” – a state owned and run almost entirely by a small, insecure and fabulously rich elite. Of course, despite the cloak of academic respectability, the complaint from the West was not … Continue reading
