Turkey

It has been another brutal year for investors in the iShares MSCI Turkey ETF (NASDAQ: TUR). The lone exchange traded fund in the U.S. dedicated to Turkish equities is down more than 17 percent year to date while the MSCI Emerging Markets Index is up by 2.18 percent. What Happened TUR is lower by...

Volatility is often the name of the game with the iShares MSCI Turkey ETF (NASDAQ: TUR) and that has been the case in recent trading sessions. After plunging last week amid speculation the lira is facing another crisis, TUR, the lone U.S.-listed exchange traded fund dedicated to Turkish equities,...

The signs remain somewhat faint, but some market observers believe those signs are mounting in favor of emerging markets resurgence. Plenty of exchange traded funds, including the iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF (NYSE: IEMG), would like for that thesis to be proven positive. IEMG, one of the...

Friday is the last trading day of August, and the end of the month could not come sooner for the iShares MSCI Turkey ETF (NASDAQ: TUR). All the lone exchange traded fund tracking Turkish stocks has done this month is tumble, to the tune of 27.15 percent. Even with its miserable...

Compared to the prior week, last week wasn't all that bad for the iShares MSCI Turkey ETF (NYSE: TUR). The only U.S.-listed exchange traded fund dedicated to Turkish stocks lost 0.79 percent last week. TUR is still down almost 23 percent month-to-date and more than 51 percent year-to-date. More...

The iShares MSCI Turkey ETF (NASDAQ: TUR) jumped 11.27 percent on more than five times the average daily volume Tuesday. While that sounds impressive, the lone U.S.-listed exchange traded fund dedicated to Turkish stocks is still down nearly 19 percent over the past week. Investors are apt to pin...

Turkey's national currency, the lira, continues to trade near all-time lows against the U.S. dollar, and the country is approaching an economic crisis, the BBC reported. Here's what investors need to know Monday morning. The Analysts Jose Luis Daza, chief investment officer at...

U.S. stocks and the Turkish lira plummeted Friday after President Donald Trump threatened to double tariffs on steel and aluminum and said diplomatic relations with Turkey are “not good.” Here’s a rundown of what investors need to know. Where Problems Started The lira began its...

The year is half over and at this point, it's accurate to say emerging stocks and the related exchange traded funds are struggling. The widely followed MSCI Emerging Markets Index is off 7.4 percent year-to-date compared to a gain of 2.5 percent for the S&P 500. Of the 20 worst-performing...

The iShares MSCI Turkey ETF (NYSE: TUR), the lone exchange-traded fund dedicated to Turkish stocks, is lower by more than 12 percent this year. As if that's not bad enough, the specter of another presidential election looms over the country's often volatile financial markets. Earlier this...

Thanksgiving is almost here and the cost to host your loved ones for a holiday meal will cost less than $5 per person. What You Need To Know Consumers on average will spend $49.12 for a turkey and all the sides this holiday season, the American Farm Bureau Federation said in a report. By...

A growth rate that beats China’s. An investment-grade rating by Standard & Poors. Roughly $24 billion in trade with the United States and a long history of mostly amicable relations. A Trump Tower in the capital city? A meeting between President Donald Trump and Philippines President...

Ulker Biskuvi, the largest consumer goods manufacturer in the Turkish food sector and sister company of Godiva Chocolatier and Jaffa Cakes, likely earns the unofficial title as the worst April Fools prank for investors. According to Bloomberg report, Ulker released a 50-second animated video as an...

Among emerging markets single-country exchange-traded funds, few have grabbed as many headlines or been the center of as much controversy in recent weeks as the Ishares Msci Turkey Inv Market Index Fd (NYSE: TUR). Turkey And Ratings Immediately following last month's failed coup attempt against...