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• Russia Looks Rich and Cheap

  By Victor K. - March 7, 2013 | Tickers: ERUS, RSX, RBL

  Russia has much more to offer than stiff vodka and comaraderie.

• Indonesia & Russia Wax Brazilian

  By Nick Slepko - December 6, 2012 | Tickers: RSX, BRF, IDX, IDXJ

  After spending over half a century pioneering commodities and other global investments, Van Eck Global has spent the last several years developing exchange-traded products and become the fifth largest ETP provider in the US (and the eighth largest worldwide).  Building off their experience developing USD 25 billion in ETFs, their Market Vectors team discusses their reasoning and outlook on the future of frontier and emerging market opportunities.

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• Foreign ETFs Provide Protection and Opportunity: BRICS Edition

  By Nihar Patel - October 10, 2012 | Tickers: BRXX, BKF, EZA, RSX, BRF, GXC, EPI

  Investing in foreign economies is a great way to inject some geographic diversity into your portfolio. I am not thinking about European economies here; the real money is in the emerging markets. I think it is very important to look for the next economy that will really rocket. However, there are substantial risks with investing in any emerging economy.

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• The XOM Mystique

  By Peter Pham - May 16, 2012 | Tickers: XOM, RSX

  In the America of 2012 there are few companies that are as polarizing as ExxonMobil (NYSE: XOM).  Memories of the Valdez spill, the endless wars involving the petroleum trade and XOM’s seemingly unassailable revenue generation infuriate those who hate oil as a fuel source as well as those critics of U.S. foreign policy which seems hell-bent on protecting XOM’s interests at the expense of anyone that stands more »

• Vietnam’s Oil & Gas Boomtown

  By Peter Pham - May 1, 2012 | Tickers: COP, OGZPY.PK, RSX

  Vung Tau, with a population of just under 1 million people, is the heart of Vietnam’s growing Oil and Gas Industry, which is fueling a boom that is nearly unbelievable in its pace.  Located in the southeastern part of Vietnam, near to Ho Chi Minh City, it is also the home of a large portion of the country’s electric power, supplying nearly 40% of the country’s power more »

• How Sustainable is China's Growth?

  By Peter Pham - April 24, 2012 | Tickers: FXI, RSX, VNM

  Lost in all of the discussion about China’s rise to the top of the economic mountain has been the sustainability of said rise.  In looking over history we see periods of hundreds of years where a particular society or nation dominates the global economy of the time:  the British in the 17^th through early 20^th centuries, the U.S. for the past century are the two most more »