Ivan Martchev

InvestorPlace Contributor

Ivan Martchev is a research consultant with institutional money manager Navellier and Associates. Previously, Ivan served as editorial director at InvestorPlace Media. Ivan was editor of Louis Rukeyser’s Mutual Funds and associate editor of Personal Finance. As co-editor of Wall Street Winners, he has been ranked #1 in the U.S. by investment performance.

Ivan is also co-author of The Silk Road to Riches (Financial Times Press). The book provided analysis of geopolitical issues and investment strategy in natural resources and emerging markets with an emphasis on Asia. The book also correctly predicted the collapse in the US real estate market, the rise of precious metals, and the resulting increased investor interest in emerging markets. Ivan’s commentaries have been published by MSNBC, Dow Jones, Bloomberg, The Motley Fool, InvestorPlace and others.

Recent Articles

QE2: To Print or Not to Print?

By Ivan Martchev, InvestorPlace Contributor Oct 25, 2010

As the Federal Reserve balance sheet grows, more Treasury bonds get taken out of the financial system as more electronic dollars enter it. Those crispy electronic dollars, directed by the financial institutions that have tendered their Treasury bonds to the Fed, go chasing after other forms of debt.

Time to Invest in Thailand

By Ivan Martchev, InvestorPlace Contributor Oct 18, 2010

Thailand investing opportunities are back, and here are the right funds.

Something Has To Give in Bonds

By Ivan Martchev, InvestorPlace Contributor Oct 11, 2010

The Fed's actions are actually adding to emerging market investors' gains. Although aimed at stimulating the U.S. economy, they're moving BRIC and Latin American emerging markets.

Taiwan is at Fresh 52-Week Highs

By Ivan Martchev, InvestorPlace Contributor Oct 11, 2010

With Taiwan at fresh 52-week highs, here's a look at what's propelling Taiwan and Hong Kong ETFs.

China Small Cap Stocks Soaring Despite So-Called “Crash”

By Ivan Martchev, InvestorPlace Contributor Oct 4, 2010

Much has been said about the crashing Chinese economy and China stocks, which is why we have been investigating extra hard to find evidence of this so-called "crash." So far, other than extreme divergence between A- and H-shares brought on by the record volume of mainland IPOs, we have found no evidence of the supposed arrival of such economic collapse in China.