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Matt Tucker: A decade ago, buying a local currency emerging market (EM) bond fund would have been nearly impossible. In the “old” days emerging market governments primarily issued bonds that were denominated in foreign currencies, like US dollars, Japanese Yen or Euros, when they wanted to raise capital. Read more…
Tim Seymour: Emerging debt markets have become one of the most crowded trades on the planet, for better or worse. This week on CNBC’s Trading the Globe, we drill into whether these bonds still make sense. Read more…
The downgrade handed down from Standard and Poor’s on U.S. debts was detrimental to American stocks for a short period, as major indexes saw plunges of 5% or more upon the release of the news. With investors flocking to pull their assets from equities, gold has seen yet another historic Read more…
“Yields from mortgage REITs have been higher in recent years than those provided by equity REITs and a number of other income-oriented products,” said Jan van Eck, Principal at Van Eck Global. “We’re pleased to bring out MORT, an ETF which we think could be a valuable portfolio building tool for yield-focused investors in this Read more…
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Today’s market environment has created a hazy outlook for equities as major equities have fallen into an unstable trend for much of 2011. While some remain bullish on the economic recovery, others feel that recent statistics point the other way, and that we are heading for a slowdown. Read more…
The Market Vectors ETF Trust announced regular monthly distributions today for its five municipal bond ETFs, Market Vectors Emerging Markets Local Currency Bond ETF, Market Vectors Investment Grade Floating Rate ETF and Market Vectors LatAm Aggregate Bond ETF. Read more…
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Jared Cummans: The ETF industry continues to expand at an impressive rate, with dozens of new products debuting every month and the size of the lineup quickly approaching the 1,300 mark. While each new month generally brings a number of new product launches, it also beings some Read more…
Van Eck has joined an already long list of ETF issuers with plans on bringing funds offering exposure to China’s fixed income market to the U.S., recently filing details on two proposed “Greater China” bond ETFs. Each of the proposed ETFs would offer exposure to the Greater China region, a group Read more…
The fixed income corner of the ETF industry has experienced tremendous growth in recent years, as investors have become increasingly comfortable with achieving bond exposure through the exchange-traded structure. In 2010 more than $26 billion flowed into bond ETFs, following a year Read more…
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New York-based asset manager Van Eck Global announced today that it has launched Market Vectors CEF Municipal Income ETF (NYSE:XMPT), the first exchange-traded fund (ETF) to specifically focus on closed-end municipal bond funds, which make up the largest component of the Read more…
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Ron Rowland: When you get a chance at two birds with one stone, it’s usually a good idea to take it. Three birds with one stone is even better! Read more…
The Market Vectors ETF Trust announced regular monthly distributions today for its five municipal bond ETFs, Market Vectors Emerging Markets Local Currency Bond ETF and Market Read more…
In another ETF industry first, Van Eck announced today the launch of an ETF offering pure play exposure to Latin American debt markets. The Market Vectors LatAm Aggregate Bond ETF Read more…
Dan Weiskopf, a Principal at Global ETF Strategies, manages ETF portfolios for clients and has been doing so since 2004. Recently we sat down with him in order to get his thoughts on inflation and Read more…
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…
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