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VanEck Africa Index ETF (NY:AFK)

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ETFs Hit 52-Week Highs As Investors Pour Billions Into Emerging Markets ↗

August 25, 2025

International and emerging-market ETFs that trade on U.S. exchanges reached new 52-week highs, encouraged by strong capital flows.

Via Benzinga

Topics ETFs

Africa Stocks Overtake US Shares As Top Performer In 2024 ↗

August 26, 2024

Africa stocks are rebounding from an extended two-year slump and so year-to-date comparisons obscure longer-run underperformance vs. the US market.

Via Talk Markets

Africa Stocks May Be Close To Overtaking US Equities In 2024 ↗

August 14, 2024

Betting against the US stock market has been a losing trade in relative terms in recent years and from a top-down down perspective it’s not obvious that’s about to change.

Via Talk Markets

AFK: An Africa ETF To Consider As Money Shifts To "The Rest Of The Market" ↗

July 28, 2024

The Nasdaq plunged on Wednesday as two big names turned in disappointing report cards. But with a Fed interest rate cut likely in September, there is still reason to be optimistic. The VanEck Africa...

Via Talk Markets

Topics ETFs Economy

Africa Stocks Take Lead For Global Equities Market In 2024 ↗

May 29, 2024

After a punishing start to the year, shares in Africa have rebounded and are now the leading performer for the global stock market in 2024, based on a set of ETFs tracking the world’s main regions...

Via Talk Markets

Topics ETFs

Developing Countries Don't Need Wealth Transfers; They Need Free Markets ↗

July 10, 2022

Economists usually lament that Africa is undercapitalized; however, promoting trade openness can facilitate capital formation in Africa.

Via Talk Markets

Nigerian Naira And These African Currencies Are Slowly Collapsing ↗

December 23, 2023

Even with the USDollar retrenching, African currencies are not doing well, with most of them being in a strong freefall.

Via Talk Markets

International Stocks On Track To Trail US Equities In 2023 ↗

November 10, 2023

After world shares ex-US enjoyed a rare if unimpressive win over American shares in 2022, by losing less, the odds don’t look encouraging for a repeat run of outperformance in 2023.

Via Talk Markets

Foreign Equities Allocation Is A Winning Strategy This Year ↗

May 16, 2023

The dominance of the US stock market over its foreign counterparts has for years been taken as a sign of the new world order for global asset allocation that forever and always favors American shares.

Via Talk Markets

Waiting (And Hoping) For A Bottom In Global Equity Markets ↗

November 30, 2022

For most equity strategies diversified across global markets, this year’s results will be painful. Short of a dramatic run higher between now and the end of 2022, red ink will prevail. But when losses...

Via Talk Markets

7 Best African Stocks to Buy Now ↗

July 17, 2022

These seven best African stocks can give you exposure to what's considered the world's last frontier market.

Via InvestorPlace

A Rough Start For Global Equities In 2022 ↗

January 20, 2022

Stock markets around the world have generally tumbled so far this year, but shares in Latin America and Africa are notable exceptions, based on a set of ETFs tracking the major equity regions.

Via Talk Markets

The ETF Portfolio Strategist - Saturday, June 12 ↗

June 12, 2021

Shares of US real estate investment trusts (REITs) can do no wrong these days. After a relatively sluggish rebound from the coronavirus crisis last year, securitized real estate is making up for lost...

Via Talk Markets

The ETF Portfolio Strategist: Sunday, May 2 ↗

May 02, 2021

Keeping up with beta while maintaining a risk-management overlay remains challenging, but two of our three proprietary strategies dispatched some trivial success this week by losing less than their...

Via Talk Markets

Capturing Average Returns With Asset Allocation, Part III ↗

April 23, 2021

There’s no reason to make intentionally poor asset allocation decisions when picking a set of funds. What happens when we apply a bit of common sense to the mix and look for opportunities to juice the...

Via Talk Markets

The ETF Portfolio Strategist - Sunday, April 11 ↗

April 11, 2021

All three prop strategies and the G.B16 benchmark edged into record territory last week, suggesting that the bull run still will continue. Supporting the optimism, expectations are that the economic...

Via Talk Markets

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