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This week's summit between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un didn’t end as either party planned. Kim had sought a window into international trade. Trump had sought nuclear disarmament. Neither found the objectives worth compromise. “Sometimes you have to...

In a year of strength for emerging markets equities and exchange traded funds, some single-country ETFs tracking smaller emerging and frontier economies may be going overlooked. It can be said that's the plight of the VanEck Vectors Vietnam ETF (NYSE: VNM). VNM is up 13 percent year-to-date, a...

The doctor violently booted off a United Continental Holdings Inc (NYSE: UAL) suffered a concussion and broken nose and probably will sue the airline and the city of Chicago, his lawyer said Thursday. "For a long time airlines, United in particular, have bullied us," Thomas Demetrio told...

Emerging markets are hot this year, but their frontier counterparts are badly trailing. For example, a widely followed benchmark of frontier markets is up just 1 percent year-to-date. The Market Vectors Vietnam ETF. (NYSE: VNM) is barely better with a gain of 1.1 percent. Tailwinds Forthcoming?...

Vietnamese stocks and the VanEck Vectors Vietnam ETF (NYSE: VNM) received something of a slight last week when index provider MSCI Inc. (NYSE: MSCI) opted to elevate Pakistan to emerging markets status, a promotion long-coveted by Vietnam.  In fact, Vietnam didn't even make the list of...

Cybersecurity firm Symantec Corporation (NASDAQ: SYMC) said it has found evidence hackers who stole $81 million from the Bangladesh central bank and attempted to steal over $1 million from the Tien Phong Bank in Vietnam have also attacked a bank in the Philippines. "Malware used by the group was...

Focusing solely on the here and now, it is hard to get excited by the Market Vectors Vietnam ETF. (NYSE: VNM). With emerging markets equities popping this year, VNM, the lone exchange-traded fund dedicated to Vietnamese stocks is lagging with a loss of 2.5 percent. Frontier Vs. Emerging Economy...

The reality is that finding anything resembling a bright spot among emerging markets exchange-traded funds these days is becoming an increasingly difficult task. That task is even more difficult when evaluating the largest emerging markets. China just posted its lowest GDP growth in a quarter of a...

China is not the only Asian country that has recently devalued its currency nor are China exchange traded funds the only ones tracking countries in the region that have been slammed by the extreme currency interventions. Vietnam, previously a prolific devaluer of its currency, the dong, is back...

The dispute between China and Southeast Asian countries over the South China Sea has prompted increased military action as the tension over who owns that area rises. China has asserted its claim to the sea, building artificial islands despite pushback from other nations that say the territory is...

Coffee prices are now pushing $2 a pound. Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX) has more exposure to milk prices than coffee, so that morning latte won’t be getting more expensive. However, that doesn’t make coffee’s 70 percent YTD gains any less impressive. In fact, considering the...

Southeast Asia has not been immune from economic controversy this year. ETFs tracking Indonesia, the region's largest economy, have plummeted due to the country's widening account deficit and sagging rupiah. The iShares MSCI Malaysia ETF (NYSE: EWM) look good for a minute after national...

Shares of the Market Vectors Vietnam ETF (NYSE: VNM) are trading lower by one percent Wednesday, extending losses that have forced the lone ETF tracking the Southeast Asian nation down nearly eight percent in the past month. A disappointing second-quarter GDP growth forecast appears to be the...