China’s exports advanced at a 28% pace in May, despite growing economic turbulence in the United States and Europe, underscoring yet again that the Asian giant doesn’t need Western markets to flourish.

Short-term speculators are selling Asian stocks in their droves. No more so than in my favourite market of them all: Vietnam.

Hey, Irwin…Did you notice that Russia was the only emerging market that was up in your index on Friday? Shouldn’t have been hard to spot that bit of green in the sea of red.