GXG News and Press, Global X MSCI Colombia From 01/30/20

By Alejandro Werner, Director of the Western Hemisphere Department of the International Monetary Fund Economic activity in Latin America and the Caribbean stagnated in 2019, continuing with the weak growth momentum of the previous five years and adding more urgency and new challenges to re...

After a listless five years since the oil collapse began, Colombian stocks have ended 2019 on fire. The COLCAP market index has gained 25% over the last year and appears poised to rally further with many financial stocks including banking conglomerate Grupo AVAL ( AVAL ) and Bancolombia ( ...

Introduction Sluggish global growth and dovish monetary policies, paired with trade tensions, uncertainty around Brexit, and other regional geopolitical tussles in the Middle East and Asia, have prompted many investors to pivot towards more defensive assets. Accelerating flows into gold and...

Introduction: Twice a year I conduct a screen of North American indexes, international markets, and a top-to-bottom assessment of the existing watch list for Contra the Heard Investment Newsletter . Although valuations remain relatively high and economic conditions are deteriorating, m...

Easing All Over The Place Last week, the Fed cut rates again, just as the market was "telling" it to do. Doing so, the Fed continues to be part of a growing group of central banks that are cutting rates. Most recently, we saw rate cuts from the following countries: Indonesia ( EIDO ): ...

By Alejandro Werner, Director of the Western Hemisphere Department of the International Monetary Fund Economic activity in Latin America and the Caribbean remains sluggish. Real GDP is expected to grow by 0.6 percent in 2019 - the slowest rate since 2016 - before rising to 2.3 percent in 2...

The Global X MSCI Colombia ETF (NYSE: GXG ) is the largest and most liquid country specific exchange-traded fund for Colombian equities. GXG offers investors good exposure to the underlying themes in the domestic economy through 27 holdings. Colombia's GDP growth has averaged 3.7% since 2010...

Emerging Markets: The Week Ahead (Apr 8-12) Investors in the week ahead will receive updates on Colombia’s economy, including industrial production and retail sales, amid continued risk appetite in many emerging market countries. Colombia, as with most nations, has been contending...

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Prologue Over the past 15 months, the S&P 500 ( SPY ) has been mostly contained within the 2,600-2,800 range. Some pundits said, before the new year started, that one thing is for sure: 2019 is going to be a difficult year for investors. So far, indeed it is (not)... The S&P 50...