Michael Johnston: iShares, the ETF market leader in the U.S. with more than 200 individual funds across virtually every asset class, will notch another first for the industry later this month when it Read more…
NYSE:EWHS, NYSE:EWSS, NYSE:EWU, NYSE:GERJ, NYSE:GXF, NYSE:SCIN
Joseph Hogue: The coming week may prove relatively light after last week’s volley of meetings and summits. Despite tensions in Russia and a few important CPI reports, the lack of real market movers Read more…
NYSE:BZF, NYSE:ECH, NYSE:EWS, NYSE:EWZ, NYSE:EZA, NYSE:FXI, NYSE:TUR
Jonathan Yates: A Royal Bank of Scotland (NYSE:RBS) report is warning investors of troubles ahead in Argentina, as the exchanged-traded fund (ETF) for the country (NYSEARCA:ARGT) and major stocks Read more…
NYSE:ARGT, NYSE:EEM, NYSE:VWO
Kevin Kerr: Throughout 2011 the markets have been on an incredibly wild ride for investors. And many traders are left scratching their heads as to what to do next in these volatile times. It’s precisely market conditions like these that offer huge opportunities for those who are willing and able to face the fear Read more…
NYSE:AFK, NYSE:EZA
Michael Johnston: Job creation–or the lack thereof–has taken center stage throughout much of the developed world, emerging as one of the most substantial hurdles to economic growth and potential catalysts of a double dip recession. The jobs situation in the U.S. is shaping up to be the central issue Read more…
NYSE:EWM, NYSE:EWS, NYSE:EWY, NYSE:SKOR, NYSE:THD, NYSE:VNM
Russ Koesterich: In recent months, gold has been one beneficiary of the global sovereign debt crisis. Investors worried about possible government defaults have flocked to the precious metal, helping to drive up its price to record highs and some market watchers believe Read more…
NYSE:GLD, NYSE:IAU
Last week saw a flurry of data from the U.S. market which signaled to many that the country’s economy was slowing down. Unemployment was up and manufacturing and sales were both lower Read more…
NYSE:KROO
Tim Seymour: The delicate relationship between commodity markets and emerging markets continues to develop as money pours out of commodity funds and emerging flows have trouble Read more…
NYSE:EEM, NYSE:EWY, NYSE:EWZ, NYSE:FXI, NYSE:TUR
Nilus Mattive: Last week, I shared a recent stock screen I conducted … and I commented on some of the specific companies that it turned up. Today, I want to continue looking at the stock market, Read more…
NYSE:EWA, NYSE:EWZ, NYSE:XLE, NYSE:XLV
For a while now, I’ve been planning to write a piece on how certain geopolitical events can affect country-specific ETFs, particularly those tracking emerging markets, and with the widespread Read more…
NYSE:EGPT, NYSE:GXG, NYSE:THD
With economic growth and job creation still slow to materialize in the Western world, interest rates remain at record low levels in many of the world’s key developed market regions. But in resource Read more…
NYSE:TUR
Despite ongoing concerns of sovereign debt issues in Europe and an extension of loose monetary policies by the European Central Bank, an opportunity may exist in Sweden and the exchange Read more…
NYSE:EWD, NYSE:GXF
While U.S. investors can be forgiven for thinking that stocks have been stuck in a fairly narrow trading range for the last 3 ½ months, those who are scanning the globe for investment ideas are Read more…
NYSE:EEB, NYSE:EEM, NYSE:EGPT, NYSE:EPI, NYSE:EWZ, NYSE:EZA, NYSE:FXI, NYSE:GXG, NYSE:IDX, NYSE:RSX, NYSE:TUR, NYSE:VNM
Below is a table in order of the sum of the 3, 6, and 12 month returns for individual country ETFs. Each column represents returns for various timeframes and the percent each ETF is above Read more…
ETF BASIC NEWS
“Emerging market investing is not a fringe area where you can just put 5% of your portfolio in an index fund and go asleep. It is not just about trying Read more…
ETF BASIC NEWS, NYSE:EEM, NYSE:EFA, NYSE:THD
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