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

How to Cash in on Colombia

By Ivan Martchev, InvestorPlace Contributor Aug 2, 2010

Colombia has seen accelerating growth between 2002 and 2007, like most South American commodity-oriented economies.

What Bond and Credit Markets are Saying Now

By Ivan Martchev, InvestorPlace Contributor Jul 28, 2010

Investors think that a mutual fund manager with experience should always know what is going to happen in the market -- but this is simply not true.

Copper Prices Indicate China Boom

By Ivan Martchev, InvestorPlace Contributor Jul 28, 2010

They say copper has a Ph.D. in Economics because it is so sensitive to economic activity. But, lately copper seems to have changed its qualification. It may be that it now has a Ph.D. In Chinndonesian economics, while giving up its prognostications on the dismal science regarding the West.

BRIC Investing May Need Another ‘I’ for Indonesia

By Ivan Martchev, InvestorPlace Contributor Jul 26, 2010

BRIC investing strategies tend to focus on the four big emerging markets – Brazil, Russia, India and China. But there is a lot of talk of late that the BRIC funds designation may need an extra "I" -- for Indonesia.

Cashing In on Commodity ETFs

By Ivan Martchev, InvestorPlace Contributor Jul 21, 2010

Natural resources, or commodities, are not an asset class per se. People refer to natural resources and put all commodities together just like emerging markets -- this is a mistake. Just like one emerging market is very different from another, different natural resources are driven by very different factors.