Eric Dutram: Economic conditions in the euro zone are still uncertain as Spain and Greece continue to face intense fiscal troubles. Many investors are naturally trying to reconsider their exposure to the region and are instead focusing in on the best nations Read more…

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Eric Dutram: Roughly a month ago, we wrote an article about how the downturn in the Spanish market was continuing, pushing the main Spanish ETF (NYSEARCA:EWP), down significantly to start the year. However, it appears as though the pain in the Spain ETF was just beginning, Read more…

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Michael Johnston: ProShares announced the launch this week of its German Sovereign/Sub-Sovereign ETF (NYSEArca:GGOV), which will offer U.S. investors exposure to one of the world’s Read more…

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Michael Johnston: The development of the bond ETF industry in recent years has been well documented; as investors have become more comfortable with the idea of achieving fixed income exposure through the exchange-traded structure, inflows to this corner of the market have grown significantly. Read more…

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Daniela Pylypczak: Europe has been in the spotlight throughout the last several months as the continent has fought an increasingly desperate battle to ward off a wave of sovereign debt defaults that could ultimately lead to the end of the euro. While much of the attention–particularly from international investors Read more…

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Michael Johnston: Bond fund giant PIMCO continued the string of impressive innovation that has produced a robust lineup of international bond ETFs this week, rolling out a pair of new funds focusing Read more…

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PIMCO will begin trading its new “PIMCO Germany Bond Index Fund” (NYSEArca: BUND) Thursday, November 10, 2011. The Fund seeks to provide total return that closely corresponds, before fees and expenses, to the total return of The Read more…

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