Flows into Van Eck could be due to some shorting, though other investors may sense potential buying opportunity; country 'too big to fail'
Inflows into firm's low-fee fund have surged; 'pricing war going on'
Investing in North American oil producers and even biotechnology companies are some of the ways to hedge the political unrest in Egypt, according to Uri Landesman, president of Platinum Partners LP, a $500 million hedge fund shop.
Barton Biggs, who recommended buying U.S. stocks when the Standard & Poor's 500 Index started rallying in 2009, said riots in Egypt are no reason to sell.
While Americans in Egypt evacuate with help from the U.S. Embassy, financial advisers are considering whether investments in the embattled nation — and the rest of the Middle East — should follow.
Even after global stocks rallied 10% last year, valuations around the world fell the most in a decade, leaving companies in Norway, Italy and Mexico the cheapest and most attractive of all
India is one of Asia's most compelling economic success stories
The U.S. consumer will likely be a force to be reckoned with in 2011.
With developing economies booming, funds see large increase in net inflows; No. 1 for November
Money pouring into international offerings, driving up valuations; 'be very careful'
The European Union's $116 billion bailout of Ireland's largest banks is the latest reason to avoid exposure to the euro, as well as to sovereign debt from “peripheral Europe,” according to Chris Diaz, manager of the $525 million ING Global Bond Fund.
Bill Gross, manager of the world's biggest bond fund, said developing economies such as Brazil and South Korea offer attractive investment opportunities as growth in developed markets including the U.S. has slowed.
For financial advisers and money managers, the latest twist in the eurozone's deepening debt drama — Ireland's $116 billion rescue package — is a stark reminder to remain nimble-footed with regard to exposure to foreign debt.
The global financial markets are still trying to regain some stable footing following the $116 billion bailout of some of Ireland's largest banks.
Fund manager Brent Lynn finding gems in the U.S. and Europe; emerging markets no longer a secret
CIO Jason Huntley most concerned about rise in dollar, falloff in China
While much has been said about a possible bond bubble in the U.S., there may also be one brewing in certain sectors of the emerging-markets space, according to Michael Cirami, vice president and a global fixed-income portfolio manager at Eaton Vance Management.
Although much has been said about a possible bond bubble in the United States, there also may be one brewing in certain parts of the emerging-markets sector, according to Michael Cirami, vice president and a global fixed-income portfolio manager at Eaton Vance Management
Brazil's stock market may surge as much as 70 percent to a record by the end of 2011 as low interest rates worldwide and “reasonable” valuations lure investors, according to JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Mohamed A. El-Erian, whose firm runs the world's biggest mutual fund, says sovereign wealth funds are poised to profit from a reshaping of the global economy known as the “new normal.”
