Trouble Brewing for the Colombia ETF?

ETF Database submits: As growth continues to be hard to come by in the developed world, many investors have trended towards emerging markets as a way to boost sagging portfolios. While many have turned to the usual suspects of the BRIC bloc, a few wise investors have gone beyond the beaten path to smaller markets such as Malaysia, Peru, and Chile in order to provide outsized returns.

Michael Johnston submits:Global X, one of the fastest-growing ETF issuers, continues to build out the emerging markets portion of its lineup. The company announced today the launch of the Global X FTSE Andean 40 ETF (AND), linked to an index that tracks the performance of the 40 largest companies in Chile, Colombia and Peru.

ETF Database submits: In the wake of the latest global recession, it is the emerging markets of the world that have emerged as the clear drivers of global growth. As a surging consumer segment propels China and India forward, resource-rich Latin America is well positioned to benefit from increased global demand for raw materials–particularly as the U.S. dollar tumbles against most of its primary rivals.

Michael Johnston submits:Van Eck, the issuer behind several country-specific emerging and frontier market ETFs, announced today the latest addition to its product lineup. The Market Vectors Colombia ETF (COLX) will seek to replicate the Market Vectors Colombia Index, a benchmark that consists of companies either domiciled and primarily listed on an exchange in Colombia or generating at least 50% of their revenues in Colombia.

Bill Luby submits: While U.S. investors can be forgiven for thinking that stocks have been stuck in a fairly narrow trading range for the last 3-1/2 months, those who are scanning the globe for investment ideas are likely to have seen an entirely different investment climate.

Michael Johnston submits:Frustrated with the diminishing prospects for growth in the developed world, investors have flocked en masse over the last two years towards red hot emerging markets that now account for the vast majority of global GDP growth. As interest in emerging markets equities has jumped, so too have the options for U.S. investors looking to gain exposure to this asset class.

ETF Database submits: As the world’s developing economies have emerged as the clear drivers of global GDP growth, interest in BRIC economies has skyrocketed. Few markets have shown as much promise as China, which recently surpassed Japan to become the world’s second-largest economy and seems poised to gain ground rapidly on the U.S.

Ron Rowland submits:Global X launched new ETFs today targeting silver and copper miners around the globe.