Creativity on the product development front has become a defining characteristic of the ETF industry, as the surge in the number of ETF offerings in recent years has been driven not by Read more…

JNK, NYSE:BKLN, NYSE:EBND, NYSE:ELD, NYSE:EMB, NYSE:EMLC, NYSE:HYG, PCY

State Street rolled out two new ETFs on Thursday, launching products offering exposure to emerging markets equities and fixed income securities. The SPDR Barclays Capital Emerging Read more…

NYSE:DEM, NYSE:DGS, NYSE:EBND, NYSE:EDIV, NYSE:ELD, NYSE:EMB, NYSE:EMLC, NYSE:EWX, NYSE:GMM, PCY

One of the most respected names in world of bond investing is Bill Gross, the manager of the globe’s biggest bond fund at PIMCO.  With assets in the fund approaching a quarter trillion dollars, many Read more…

NYSE:ELD, NYSE:EMLC

In recent years, emerging markets have been established as the clear leaders of global GDP growth, while the economies of the U.S. and western Europe have stalled. Developed markets are facing Read more…

NYSE:BRF, NYSE:CEW, NYSE:CHIQ, NYSE:ECON, NYSE:EEM, NYSE:ELD, NYSE:EMB, NYSE:EMLC, NYSE:EWX, NYSE:HAO, PCY, SCIN, VWO

The Market Vectors ETF Trust announced regular monthly distributions today for its five municipal bond ETFs and the Market Vectors Emerging Markets Local Currency Bond ETF*. Read more…

ITM, MLN, NYSE:EMLC, NYSE:HYD, PRB, SMB

Over the past few years, investors’ comfort level with obtaining bond exposure via ETFs has increased rapidly as a multitude of new products have hit the market, slicing and dicing the fixed Read more…

NYSE:EBND, NYSE:EMB, NYSE:EMLC, PCY

The Market Vectors ETF Trust announced regular monthly distributions today for its five municipal bond ETFs and the Market Vectors Emerging Markets Local Currency Bond ETF Read more…

ITM, MLN, NYSE:EMLC, NYSE:HYD, PRB, SMB

As talks of a bubble forming in the US bond market continue to prevail, many investors have turned to the Brazilian bond market and for good reason. Read more…

NYSE:EMB, NYSE:EMLC, PCY

The Market Vectors ETF Trust announced regular monthly distributions today for its five municipal bond ETFs and the Market Vectors Emerging Markets Local Currency Bond ETF Read more…

ITM, MLN, NYSE:EMLC, NYSE:HYD, PRB, SMB

In these turbulent times, plenty of investors just want steady income. Others realize they need to look outside the U.S. as they ride out the storm. Yet in a world where some once-stable economies Read more…

IBND, NYSE:BWX, NYSE:ELD, NYSE:EMB, NYSE:EMLC, PICB, WIP

As the ETF industry has grown rapidly in recent years, many of the best-known tickers have attracted the majority of new assets. While these “super-tickers” include the building blocks of Read more…

LQD, NYSE:AGG, NYSE:BSCF, NYSE:ECON, NYSE:EEM, NYSE:ELD, NYSE:EMLC, NYSE:FRN, USCI, VWO

Over the last several years, the ETF industry has seemingly been locked in to “three steps forward, one step back” mode. August was the most recent step back, as ETFs experienced net cash outflows Read more…

NASDAQ:BICK, NYSE:EEM, NYSE:EIDO, NYSE:ELD, NYSE:EMLC, NYSE:FRN, PIE, SCIN, VWO

The Market Vectors ETF Trust announced regular monthly distributions today for its five municipal bond ETFs and the Market Vectors Emerging Markets Local Currency Bond ETF Read more…

ITM, MLN, NYSE:EMLC, NYSE:HYD, PRB, SMB

Yesterday (8/9/10) WisdomTree made a little bit of a splash with the launch of WisdomTree Emerging Markets Local Debt Fund (NYSE:ELD).  We call it a “splash” because the firm apparently Read more…

NYSE:ELD, NYSE:EMLC

New York-based asset manager Van Eck Global has launched Market Vectors Emerging Markets Local Currency Bond ETF (NYSE: EMLC), the first U.S.-listed exchange-traded fund Read more…

NYSE:EMLC