Eight ETFs to Watch as China Eases Up on Growth

Tom Lydon (ETF Trends) submits: The International Monetary Fund likes Australia’s chances this year and in turn, boosted its previous forecast for expansion for the economy. Australia’s ETF could grow on commodities demand from China, the fund says.

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Tom Lydon (ETF Trends) submits: China boasts a booming economy and a housing market on the move, but it’s not cause for celebration for the country’s leaders. In fact, China’s government is taking steps to rein things in to prevent the kind of bubble that sparked the global credit crisis. But will the moves tamp down ETFs, too?

China’s export growth unexpectedly accelerated in April even as shipments to the U.S. and Europe fell, spurring Bank of America Corp. and Mizuho Securities Co. analysts to say the figures were inflated by fake reports.

Tom Lydon submits: There have been a lot of significant events happening around the globe, putting specific countries in the spotlight. With global, regional and country specific exchange traded funds (ETFs) available, what does an investor do with all the news?

Tom Lydon submits: President Obama is out with a new budget. If it goes through, the impact could be ugly for some exchange traded funds (ETFs) and lovely for others.

Copper, aka Dr. Copper, has long been known as the “metal with a PhD in economics.” But what about oil? Isn’t oil, in some ways, a much more powerful barometer for both the state of the global economy and the general economic mood?

Tom Lydon (ETF Trends) submits: Gold had better watch its back. Platinum’s price is soaring to new heights and a pair of newly launched ETFs aimed at the metal had a stellar first week of trading.