A very interesting ETF launched on 8/25/08 – the Claymore/Delta Global Shipping Index ETF (SEA). This is the first ever ETF that tracks only companies involved in the global shipping industry. In case you are not familiar with ETF’s- which you should be since I think they are one of ...
Russian equities have taken a dive in the last month due to a drop in oil prices and the unpleasantness in Georgia. Investors are scared that the tiff in Georgia and the US placement of a missile defense shield in Poland will reignite, or refreeze rather, the cold war hostilities ...
If you just read the headlines of articles that many major market sites are putting out you would probably think that the Russian Anti-Monopoly Service’s ruling was a negative thing for steelmaker Mechel. From Bloomberg “Mechel Told to Cut Prices Considerably After Probe” , from Reuters “Russia Punishes Mechel with ...

