Emerging Markets

Peter Boockvar, The Lindsey Group's chief market analyst and a CNBC contributor, has a cautious view on the U.S. market. Speaking as a guest on CNBC's "Squawk Box" segment on Monday, Boockvar went as far as to say that the current market is a "very dangerous" place for investors as easy money from...

Mary Meeker of Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers released her annual Internet Trends report which paints a gloom picture on the industry tech. Meeker presented a 213-page slide show on Wednesday during a presentation at the Code Conference. Bloomberg covered the presentation and noted that...

Hedge funds outperformed global equity markets in April. According to Eurekahedge, the company’s Hedge Fund Index returned 1.12 percent in April, while the MSCI World Index finished the month up only 0.67 percent. “Emerging market managers continued to perform well during the month...

The International Monetary Fund issued a stern warning on Monday that policy choices made by China would have "increasing implications for global financial stability." According to the Telegraph, the IMF's warnings were quite stern, as the organization warns of a looming "bloodbath" if China's...

Contrarian investors typically look to make their money by betting against the wider market. That means thus far in 2016, investors with this kind of strategy are looking to the market's slide as an opportunity. For those with an appetite for risk, the current climate suggests that emerging...

The Market Vectors Russia ETF Trust (NYSE: RSX), the largest exchange-traded fund tracking Russian stocks, is the only one of the four major ETFs tracking the BRIC economies currently sporting a year-to-date gain. However, that obfuscates a six-month slide of 18.7 percent. Of the big single-country...

The iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Indx (ETF) (NYSE: EEM) debuted over 10 years ago and from day 1 started taking money from the US Markets. This was seen as a sign of increased risk taking. Investors taking on the risk of Emerging markets at the expense of domestic markets. That shift in...

Equity research analysts at Credit Suisse stated that so many of their clients "do not know what is happening" in the global economy. The report added that U.S. investors were "clearly cautious," while European and Asian investors were "more constructive." The analysts concluded that their clients...

Scott Davis of Barclays maintained a Neutral rating on the entire multi-industry sector. Davis did however initiate the largest estimate cut since 2008 by downgrading five names within the sector. Davis added that his base case assumes "we are in the midst of an industrial recession." Scott...

Sheldon McIntyre was recently a guest on #PreMarket Prep, a daily trading idea radio show hosted by Joel Elconin and Dennis Dick. Tune in to the daily broadcast live Monday-Friday at 8 a.m. ET here. The recent selloff seen across the globe has spared no asset class or region, prompting Sheldon...

In an open letter to Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) management, Carl Icahn suggested the company will earn $12.00 per share in fiscal 2016 – a figure that is above Wall Street's consensus estimates. According to Icahn, Apple's entire ecosystem improvements (Apple Watch, Apple Pay,...

Emerging-market ETFs have seen a strong jump in April as strength in China, Russia and even long-forgotten Brazil add to gains in foreign stocks. Investors have scrambled to pick up publicly traded companies in these undervalued countries as oil prices stabilize and growth prospects brighten....

Famous investor and publisher of the "Gloom Boom & Doom Report" newsletter Marc Faber was on CNBC Thursday to share his views on stocks in U.S., Europe and emerging markets. Blue Chip Will Make More Money "In Europe, we have the low interest rates in 25 percent of the...

Stocks were hard on the gas this week as major indices such as the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (NYSE: SPY) broke out to new highs. This breakout was preceded by a multi-week sideways price trend that ultimately resolved to the upside in favor of the bulls. One of the more notable areas of the...