Market Insights

The risk in emerging markets is ignoring them

Investing in emerging markets is inherently risky, but foregoing the opportunity they present could be even riskier, especially at a time when growth in the developed world has been falling, floundering and flat-lining.

By Vikram Barhat |October 14, 2011

3 min read

Dector rides the small cap roller coaster

When you catch the up-cycle in small caps, the rewards can be high. But catch falling stocks and the results are ugly. Michael Dector should know: he opened the Redwood Global Small Cap Fund in August 2008.

By Scot Blythe |October 13, 2011

5 min read

Emerging markets losing steam

The knock-on effects of the lost momentum in world trade have hit manufacturing in emerging markets, slowing growth across all sectors, according to the HSBC Emerging Markets Index (EMI).

By Vikram Barhat |October 12, 2011

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Europe pulls a Jekyll and Hyde

While this week brought us some influential manufacturing and employment data out of the U.S., the driver of the capital markets continued to be Europe. The week had a dreadful start as fears continued to escalate that European governments were ill prepared to deal with the potential fallout from a sovereign debt default, namely Greece.

By Gareth Watson |October 11, 2011

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