A unique “core” emerging markets ETF launches
EG Shares launched a new emerging markets ETF last week, the Emerging Markets Core ETF (EMCR, quote).
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Why you should invest in the Russian middle class, not Putin
Vladimir Putin will be inaugurated for his third term as Russia’s president today, and with typical grandiosity has declared a national holiday in his own honor. Looking at the Kremlin’s pomp and circumstance, it would be easy to forget that the mass protests in the streets of Russia last winter ever happened.
Putin may give Lukoil a taste of Arctic oil reserves
After bestowing big tax breaks on state-owned energy companies for developing Russia’s offshore Arctic oil and gas reserves, Vladimir Putin threw a crumb of hope to the country’s independent drillers.
How much will victory for Putin cost U.S. drivers?
Economists are still digesting Vladimir Putin’s vow to spend an additional 1.5% of Russian GDP during his campaign to retake the presidency. Given the intimate relationship between the Russian economy and oil, keeping that promise requires certain assumptions about global energy prices to come true — and these assumptions have a direct impact on U.S. households.
