ICOL News and Press, iShares Inc MSCI Colombia From 11/03/19

Introduction Last month I wrote about why investors should consider investing in a global equity index (such as the VT ETF). In summary, I said that global investing provides exposure to different, not perfectly correlated economies. So if you don’t have any reason to believe that a...

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...

Country-specific exchange-traded funds are a great way for investors to take a position on local market equity return factors. While many of the world's largest foreign companies trade on U.S. exchanges as ADRs (American Depository Receipts), country-specific ETFs often provide investors uniqu...

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...

Sussex, England "…murmur murmur murmur Brexit mumble mumble mumble Brexit mutter mutter mutter Brexit…" Repeat endlessly…ad infinitum… For as long as I can remember, there's been a source of background noise at my parents' house in England, which is where I'm ...