Hundreds of ETFs are listed on the exchanges. However not all of them are able to attract significant amount of assets. The following are the top 10 global ETFs by Total Net Assets: iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Index (EEM) iShares MSCI EAFE Index (EFA) iShares FTSE/Xinhua China 25 Index (FXI) Vanguard Emerging Markets Stock ETF …
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The World Bank maintains the database of Gross External Debt Positions of countries.The top five countries with the largest external debt are as follows: [TABLE=156] The USA is the most debtor country with a total of $13.6 Trillion at the end of 2008.On a year-over-year basis this represents an increase of 1.6%. In order to …
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A report by the The Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA) and Aite Group, LLC states that community banks are getting strong in this difficult time and are positing themselves for a recovery in the economy. The report titled Impact of the Financial Crisis on U.S. Community Banks: Difficult Times, New Opportunities was based on …
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Countries such as Canada, Australia, Brazil ,etc are blessed with plenty of natural resources and they are big exporters of commodities such as Natural Gas, Iron Ore, Coal, Natural gas, etc. In this post let us take a look at the top five coal and iron ore exporters and importers in the world. Via Reserve …
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