Sara Nunnally: It’s happened… We finally see some real pushback against the euro from one of the EU’s newest members: the Czech Republic. On Dec. 15, three months after I first wrote today’s “Best Read more…
NYSE:FXE, NYSE:GSR, NYSE:GUR, PLND, UUP
Martin Hutchinson: It’s been a rough few weeks for the Eurozone. Portugal is still in trouble, Spain will be back on the coals after its elections, and if I were a bond trader, I would be shorting Belgium, which Read more…
NYSE:EWI, NYSE:EWP, PLND, UUP, VGK
Martin Hutchinson: It’s been a rough few weeks for the Eurozone (NYSEARCA: VGK). Portugal is still in trouble, Spain will be back on the coals after its Nov. 20 election, and if I were a bond trader, I would be shorting Belgium, which has serious deficit and debt problems, runs for months at a time without Read more…
NYSE:EEM, NYSE:EUO, NYSE:EWG, PLND, VGK, VWO
In trading on Friday, the First Trust China AlphaDEX (NYSE:FCA) is outperforming other ETFs, up about 13.21% on the day. Also up on the day are the Read more…
NYSE:AXUT, NYSE:EMLB, NYSE:FCA, NYSE:GRN, NYSE:VGEM, PLND
Sara Nunnally: It was a very long two weeks… Not only was I watching the value of my dollar slip away, I was drowning my sorrows in Czech beer with a bunch of Canadians. Read more…
NYSE:ESR, NYSE:EUO, NYSE:GUR, PLND
In trading on Thursday, the RP Growth ETF (NYSE:RPX) is outperforming other ETFs, up about 12.64% on the day. Also up on the day are the day are the Read more…
KRE, NYSE:EKH, NYSE:EPOL, NYSE:GVT, PLND, RPX
The global index gurus at MSCI are scheduled to make a big announcement tonight about the new country weightings — and maybe a few added surprises. Read more…
NYSE:EEM, NYSE:EWT, NYSE:EWY, NYSE:EZA, PLND, RSX, TUR
Van Eck, the issuer behind several country-specific emerging and frontier market ETFs, announced today the latest addition to its product lineup. The Market Vectors Colombia ETF (NYSE:COLX) Read more…
IDX, NYSE:AFK, NYSE:COLX, NYSE:EGPT, NYSE:GXG, PLND, VNM
Van Eck has become the latest ETF issuer to announce ETF fee reductions, lowering the expense ratios on two of its country-specific international ETFs. Effective January 26, the expense cap on Read more…
IDX, NYSE:EIDO, NYSE:EPOL, PLND
New York-based investment manager Van Eck Global announced that it is contractually lowering the expense cap of its Market Vectors Indonesia Index ETF (NYSE:IDX) and Market Read more…
IDX, PLND
When I play basketball, I love to shoot an avalanche of three-pointers from “downtown.” (Albeit playing against my 14-year old son). When I play football, I can’t resist going long with a pass. And when I play golf, I always go for the green in two on par 5′s. In short, I like to swing for the fence. The Read more…
NYSE:EWH, NYSE:EWO, PLND, SCJ, TUR
Over the past few years, many investors have taken a closer look at emerging markets in order to power their portfolios in a sluggish economic environment. A great deal of interest has been seen Read more…
NYSE:EPOL, NYSE:ESR, NYSE:GUR, PLND
A mere 15 years ago, selecting the right exchange-traded fund (ETF) was no big challenge. That’s because the first ETF wasn’t introduced until 1993, and the second didn’t follow until 1995. Read more…
IIH, IYR, JCO, LIT, NASDAQ:CU, NYSE:BSCC, NYSE:CHII, NYSE:CORN, NYSE:DRN, NYSE:EFG, NYSE:EPU, NYSE:FXI, PLND, PZJ, THD, VNM, VWO
There is no denying that the ETF boom is in full swing, as billions of dollars continue to flow into the industry every month despite a difficult economic environment. As individual investors and Read more…
ILF, INP, IWD, IWF, NYSE:BRAZ, NYSE:EEO, NYSE:EFN, NYSE:EMT, NYSE:EWZ, NYSE:EZU, NYSE:GMF, PLND, SCIN, XLE, XLES, XLF, XLI, XLV
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