Archive for May, 2010
Despite falling FDI in Pakistan, deficit narrows
The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) Monday said that foreign investment in Pakistan fell 22 percent to $1.73 billion in the first 10 months of the 2009/10 fiscal year but country’s current account deficit in the same fiscal period narrowed to a provisional $3.060 billion.
Foreign investment in Pakistan during the same period last year was [...]
Risk outweighs benefits of leveraged ETFs
What are Leveraged ETFs?
Leveraged ETFs can be defined as Exchange Traded Funds that use a combination of derivative and debt to enhance returns for investor. Here is a simple example of how a leveraged ETF works. Let us say a leveraged ETF tracks the S&P 500 Index.
Assume that for every invested dollar in the fund, [...]