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By Chetan Sehgal, CFA, Senior Managing Director, Director of Portfolio Management, Franklin Templeton Emerging Markets Equity, and Andrew Ness, ASIP, Portfolio Manager Franklin Templeton Emerging Markets Equity Our emerging markets equity team has often emphasized how emerging markets have...

By Christopher Vass, senior product manager From the beginning of February through March 23, the Korean won depreciated more than 9% versus the US dollar as South Korea was one of the countries with highest confirmed COVID cases outside of China. At the same time, the equity market was exp...

Achievements in successful export industries, which need highly skilled people, can create an area as flourishing as South Korea. - Stef Wertheimer Last week, on the Lead-Lag report , I had suggested that South Korea may likely end up as one of the countries that emerge in decent shape fr...

North Korea has blown up a liaison office shared with South Korea - just north of the tense Korean border - following weeks of threats to end a détente. More news on: iShares MSCI India Index ETF, iShares MSCI South Korea Capped ETF, WisdomTree India Earnings ETF, , Global news and ...

By Ansh Chaudhary The ETF Deathwatch decreased in size in May. Sixteen exchange-traded products ("ETPs") were added to the list, and 32 funds were removed. Twenty-one of those funds were removed due to increased health and 11 were due to asset managers closing their funds. That so many fun...

South Korean military and intelligence authorities indicate that North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is handling state affairs normally, according to Yonhap. More news on: iShares MSCI South Korea Capped ETF, Direxion Daily South Korea Bull 3x Shares ETF, Korea Fund, Global news and forex, N...

Crowded stores today in South Korea seem to indicate that the company's massive COVID-19 testing protocol and contact-tracing campaign have worked. More news on: iShares MSCI South Korea Capped ETF, Direxion Daily South Korea Bull 3x Shares ETF, Korea Fund, Global news and forex, News on...

As some countries begin to ease coronavirus related shutdowns, flareups in South Korea and other parts of Asia are causing concern . More news on: iShares MSCI South Korea Capped ETF, Direxion Daily South Korea Bull 3x Shares ETF, Korea Fund, Global news and forex, News on ETFs, Read ...

Investment thesis: all markets are still far too volatile. Make no new investments. Cash is king right now. There has been a wave of intense central-bank activities over the last week in response to the coronavirus outbreak - too many to list. Here are some of the larger and more important...

"Infections that are now emerging in people who haven't traveled to China or come into contact with confirmed cases show it's not clear how the virus is spreading,” said Margaret Harris, a spokeswoman for the World Health Organization. "We're seeing some cases that don't have a clear ...