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3 Things To Watch In Emerging Markets Today -- Barron's Blog
DOW JONES & COMPANY, INC. 10:13 AM ET 7/17/2017
Symbol Last Price Change
FXI 41.69up -0.2 (-0.48%)
ILF 32.465down -0.055 (-0.17%)
QUOTES AS OF 10:14:21 AM ET 07/17/2017
The iShares MSCI Emerging Markets exchange-traded fund ( EEM) retreated by 0.3% in opening trading after reaching a fresh high last week.

Economic data releases in China and India failed to lift the iShares MSCI India ETF ( INDA) and the iShares China Large-Cap ETF(FXI) , down 0.2% and 0.5% respectively.

China's economy expanded in the second quarter. with gross domestic product (GDP) growth of 6.9%, but the Shanghai and Shenzhen markets closed lower, with the latter hit harder, MarketWatch reports. The rate of growth was greater than expected -- firm steel production was among the contributors -- and in line with expectations for 2017, Reuters reports.

India's June trade deficit -- the difference between imports and exports -- increased to $12.9 billion in June from $ 8.1 billion in the same month last year, though it narrowed from a 30-month high of $13.8 billion reached in May. "Gold imports have been on the rise since February after a slowdown during demonetisation," Bloomberg Quint noted. Imports of commodities such as oil and gold are likely to stay in check, and "the overall trade deficit should remain at a comfortable level by past standards," Capital Economics said in a report.

In Venezuela Sunday, 7 million Venezuelans -- less than one quarter of the population -- cast votes rejecting President Nicolás Maduro's plans to rewrite the country's constitutional reforms, NBC News reports, in a non- bonding referendum promoted by government opposition leaders. Violence broke out at a polling station where one woman died of a gunshot wound, according to numerous reports. The government sponsored a similar referendum. The opposition promised more protests.

The iShares Latin America 40 ETF(ILF) was off 0.3%.

More at Barron's Emerging Markets blog, http://www.barrons.com/emerging-markets


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Hi Cap! Life is good. Even if the fishing sucks, lol. It's not due to lack of effort, I'm just not so good at catching fish. The good news is, I just heard one of my jars of tomatoes ping. That means the lid sealed. I canned 10 quarts of tomatoes and 1 quart of juice today. 14 quarts of tomatoes for the year, so far.

In summary, I've been working my tail off in the garden, and not catching any fish. What's up with you, my friend?