The Income Hunt: Opportunities Abroad
by Russ Koesterich, Portfolio Manager, iShares Investors often have a home country bias when it comes to…
May 2, 2012
Q2 Markets: Donāt Expect Smooth Sailing
by Russ Koesterich, iShares After a disappointing, frustrating and, at times, terrifying 2011, patient investors were rewarded…
April 18, 2012
Investor Question: Gold or Gold Miners? (Koesterich)
by Russ Koesterich, iShares The Federal Reserve may be the best friend gold investors ever had. The…
April 18, 2012
Time to Exit Emerging Markets? (Koesterich)
āIs it time to sell emerging market equities?ā Thatās what many investors are wondering given that emerging market…
April 12, 2012
Positioning a Portfolio for Rising Rates (Morillo)
With the recent selloff in the US Treasury market we have received numerous questions on how to position…
April 9, 2012
Shifting Focus: Behind Country Valuations Today
by Russ Koesterich, iShares As the European financial crisis raged last fall, investors were closely monitoring metrics…
April 5, 2012
Proceed With Caution in the Hunt for High Yield
Given high yield creditās recent rally and surge of inflows, Iām now getting a lot of questions about…
April 3, 2012
How to Access the EM Consumer? Think Small (Koesterich)
āIf everyone in China lengthened their shirt tails by a foot, the textile mills of England would spin…
March 30, 2012
Stocks: Still A Bargain (Koesterich)
With global stocks up approximately 25% from their fall low and many market watchers endorsing equities in recent…
March 30, 2012
Corporate Bond Intrigue (Video)
Despite the sluggish economy, US corporations have a few good things going for them right now. Does…
March 26, 2012
The Case for Chinese Stocks (Koesterich)
by Russ Koesterich, Portfolio Manager, iShares China recently modestly lowered its annual growth target to 7.5% from 8%.…
March 23, 2012
Where to Look for Dividends? Try Outside the US (Koesterich)
In a world in which fixed income yield is scarce, investors have increasingly been turning to dividend paying…
March 16, 2012
Another Country in Europe to Avoid (Koesterich)
While Greece is now cleared to receive a second bailout and Spain and Italy are facing lower borrowing…
March 13, 2012
Bond ETF Idea: High Credit Quality Bonds (Tucker)
First, the bad (and obvious) news: When it comes to investing, you canāt control returns.Ā Now, the good…
March 12, 2012
Why Warren Buffett is Wrong About Gold (Koesterich)
No investment topic elicits as divergent, impassioned, and occasionally violent opinions as gold. Many investors will readily admit…
March 12, 2012