Rodrigo Duterte

Where have we seen this movie before? It was “Thank You For Smoking,” a barbed satire based on a Christopher Buckley novel about the government’s attempt to rein in the cigarette trade by forcing Big Tobacco to put a skull and crossbones on every pack. Since that movie came out in...

The iShares MSCI Philippines ETF (NYSE: EPHE) is higher by 11 percent year-to-date. While that lags the 18 percent returned by the MSCI Emerging Markets Index, EPHE's 2017 showing is still solid when considering the controversy Philippine equities have had to contend with. For political buffs...

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...

Gainers Pakistan: Global XMSCI Pakistan ETF (NYSE: PAK) is up 5.67 percent after receiving MSCI's Emerging Markets Index approval. Peru: iShares MSCI All Peru Capped Index Fund(NYSE: EPU) is up 2.15 percent after Kuzynski won Peru's nail-biting election. Philippines: iShares MSCI Philippines...