by Rich Best Emerging markets growth funds have turned in a stellar performance over the last two years and many analysts are forecasting continued growth albeit on a more selective basis. Across the board, emerging market economies have thrived as investment dollars searched for havens away from sagging western economies and they have taken every [...]
Choosing the right income investment fund or funds to hold in your portfolio has never been more difficult as it is now. In absolute terms, rates are so low that it seems there really is just direction for them to head: up. This puts pressure on bond prices, reducing the Net Asset Value (NAV) of [...]
In a recent write-up published at Morningstar, Dreyfus Chief Investment Officer, Phil Maisano outlined five key areas that investors should keep an eye on for 2011. Not only does Mr. Maisano’s piece compliment our recent post on Where to Invest in 2011, but it highlights some of the strength behind the company’s actively managed equity [...]
With assets under management to the tune of $5.3 billion, the Third Avenue Value Fund (TVFVX) is more of a growth fund than a value fund. But this is not a slow-and-steady growth play. In fact where returns are concerned, this mutual fund is running at full steam and it has been outpacing its competitors [...]
An interesting piece in the October 30, 2010 publication of the Economist the suggests that China may not be as big a deal as we are all making it out to be. The article, titled The Indispensable Economy? China May Not Matter Quite As Much As You Think, makes a strong case for not investing [...]
Just last week, we wrote about one emerging markets fund that took a pretty clear position in India over China. The fund in question was the Virtus Emerging Markets Opportunities Fund (HEMZX) which is a large cap growth fund that has fairly low risk and has provided below average returns for investors. But what intrigued [...]
Emerging Markets Funds are arguably one of the hottest mutual funds segments today. For the most part, people who are looking for equity exposure and are fed up with domestic equity funds and their performance will turn to the emerging markets as a way to increase their portfolio’s performance while at the same time avoiding [...]
Often, the most interesting mutual funds we come across are those that fly under the radar. It may seem a little strange then that a strong emerging markets funds could do that; fly under the radar. After all, people who are pulling money from domestic growth funds are dumping their cash into one of two [...]
