A Real BRIC Breaker: EEB

Gary Gordon submits: Emerging market darlings in BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India, China) haven’t struggled this severely since the ’09 summertime slump.

By Christian Magoon:Gold ETF products have started 2012 on a positive note. Physical gold ETFs, which own physical bars of gold, already have a 6% gain for the year. Gold stock ETFs are also doing well with one notable exception: Market Vectors Junior Gold Miners ETF (GDXJ). GDXJ is dominating all non leveraged gold ETFs in terms of performance.

By Christian Magoon:India ETF products continue to roll into 2012 on a positive note. All non leveraged India ETFs are positive for the year. Here is the performance chart from IndiaETFs.com showing year to date results of all India ETF and ETN products. (Click to enlarge) Indian markets have bounced since the end of 2011

By Christian Magoon:Indian markets and the ETFs that track them shot forward into the first week of 2012 gaining around 4% on average. With inflation numbers continuing to fall, expectations that the Reserve Bank of India will soon cut interest rates and a new measure announced opening Indian markets up to foreign investors - markets responded favorably despite continued tumult in Europe. Here's a performance chart of all U.S.

By Emerging Money: By Steven Orlowski Wrapping up 2012, it's worthwhile comparing the performance of four emerging market, small-cap exchange-traded funds with a diversified BRIC ETF.Historically, small-cap stocks outperform larger stocks during periods of growth and underperform in down cycles. While 2012 was not a banner year for the major developing markets, the small-cap funds did outperform in most regions.

By Benzinga: By The ETF Professor With just a few days left before 2012's halfway point arrives, investors might feel disappointed with the performance of emerging markets ETFs year-to-date. Following a stellar start to 2012, emerging markets funds have wilted thanks to China's slowing economy and Europe's sovereign debt woes, among other catalysts.

By Gold ETFs Biz:The CBOE Gold ETF Volatility Index shot upward Monday as Euro concerns pushed investors into an increased "risk off" posture. In doing so the U.S. Dollar hit a 4 month high and the largest gold ETF, GLD, fell around 1.4%. In a much larger move GVZ, the CBOE Gold ETF Volatility Index, rose 8% finishing just above 20.

Kevin Grewal submits: Russia recently won the right to host the 2018 World Cup, one of the world’s largest sporting events, which is expected to boost the nation’s economy and provide positive long-term price support to the Market Vectors Russia ETF (RSX), the SPDR S&P Russia (RBL), the iShares MSCI Russia Capped Index (