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Michael Johnston: Dividend-paying stocks continue to be a popular investment theme in the low rate, high volatility environment. With expectations for record low yields on traditional sources of income expected to continue for the foreseeable future, more Read more…
Eric Dutram: Sometimes, the line between developed and emerging markets is razor thin. This has especially been the case for two of Asia’s largest economies; Taiwan and South Korea. Read more…
Michael Johnston: iShares continued to aggressively expand its ETF lineup last week with the addition of two new ETFs focusing on dividend-paying stocks in international markets. The iShares Emerging Markets Dividend Index Fund (NYSEArca:DVYE) will combine two asset classes that have become Read more…
Jared Cummans: This past year was the most active ever for the exchange traded industry in terms of product development; the launch of more than 300 new products shattered the record set in 2010. Read more…
Stoyan Bojinov: Emerging Global Advisors, the only U.S.-based ETF issuer focusing exclusively on emerging markets ETFs, laid the groundwork for a basket of 11 new funds, including a handful of first- Read more…
Ron Rowland: The year is almost over, and the world’s supposedly “advanced” economies are still falling into chaos. Whether it’s Europe, the U.S., or Japan, the outlook for 2012 looks dismal. Read more…
Daniela Pylypczak: Over the last couple of years, investor interest in certain asset classes and general strategies has spiked as a result of the challenges facing global financial markets. With interest rates at record lows and volatility jumping to higher-than-average levels, dividend-focused ETFs have Read more…
Michael Johnston: A quick look at the headlines on any given day is generally enough to explain why investors have been shifting greater percentages of their long-term portfolios towards emerging markets Read more…
Stoyan Bojinov: Innovation across the exchange-traded universe has brought forth a host of investment strategies to mainstream investors, allowing for access to previously difficult to reach corners Read more…
NASDAQ:NUCL, NYSE:EEM, NYSE:FXI, NYSE:GEX, NYSE:HILO, PBW, PSCF
I don’t know how many times I have read and thought about a great idea – only to miss the boat due to inaction. A good example is missing the 25-percent run by Standard Chartered (OTC: SCBFF.PK) over the last two weeks. This hesitation was despite my conviction that this pink-sheet, blue-chip quality Read more…
Jared Cummans: To call the last few weeks volatile would be an understatement. Markets have some of their most violent trading days in recent memory, as the beginning of August brought multiple days with swings higher than 5% in major equities indices. Amid a botched debt negotiation and Read more…
Jared Cummans: August was a hectic month to say the least, as the first few days saw violent swings in major indexes, at times reaching up to 6% in either direction. The majority of the market volatility came first from our inability to pass a solid debt plan in a reasonable amount of time. Read more…
NYSE:EEMS, NYSE:EWMD, NYSE:EWSM, NYSE:HILO, NYSE:INCO, NYSE:MORT
Kerri Shannon: Thanks to the wild market swings of the past month, emerging-market stocks are trading at historic lows. That means investors have a rare opportunity to load up on stocks at valuations they wouldn’t see under normal circumstances. Read more…
The summer months generally bring a slowdown in trading activity on Wall Street, so it isn’t surprising that product development activity has seemingly slowed a bit in the ETF industry as of late. After dozens of new product launches in previous months, just ten new ETFs debuted in July Read more…
NYSE:BUNL, NYSE:EWMD, NYSE:EWSM, NYSE:HILO, NYSE:INCO, NYSE:KBWD, NYSE:KBWP, NYSE:KBWX, ONEF
EGShares, the only ETF issuer focused exclusively on emerging markets, announced today the introduction of another product offering exposure to equities of developing markets. The new Emerging Markets High Income Low Beta ETF (NYSE:HILO) will seek to replicate the Read more…
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