Christian Magoon: India ETF products began the week on a slump after markets were disappointed by the lackluster efforts put forth on Monday by the Indian government to bolster the falling rupee and economy. On Saturday the Indian Finance Minister Read more…
BATS:SMIN, NYSE:EPI, NYSE:SCIN, PIN, SCIF
Christian Magoon: A quick review of the five best India ETF products in 2012 shows a clear trend: small cap Indian stocks are the place to be. The best India ETF is small cap focused and has doubled the performance of several large cap funds. Read more…
NYSE:EPI, NYSE:INCO, NYSE:INP, NYSE:SCIN, PIN, SCIF
Christian Magoon: India ETFs bounced back on Tuesday after experiencing a large sell off on Monday. Ratings agency S&P made a surprise statement on Mondayindicating that India was very close to losing its investment grade rating. This snapped a five day winning streak for India ETFs, sending them down by around Read more…
NASDAQ:INDY, NYSE:EPI, NYSE:INDL, NYSE:INDZ, NYSE:INP, NYSE:INXX, NYSE:SCIN, SCIF
Christian Magoon: India ETF Funds Start Positive: India ETF funds started the week with a bounce as hopes of an interest rate cut from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) are being revived. The RBI’s next meeting is June 18th and markets are beginning to believe more liquidity Read more…
NASDAQ:INDY, NYSE:EPI, NYSE:INDL, NYSE:INDZ, NYSE:INXX, PIN
Christian Magoon: India ETF investors should benefit from two reforms announced Tuesday by the Indian government aimed at stabilizing the value of the rupee and increasing global participation in India’s capital markets. Read more…
NASDAQ:INDY, NYSE:INCO, NYSE:INDA, NYSE:INDL, NYSE:INDZ, NYSE:INP, NYSE:INXX, NYSE:SCIN, PIN, SCIF
Corey Rosenbloom: India’s “Nifty 50″ Stock Index currently faces a key inflection support level at the 4,800 level. Let’s take a quick look at the Index and plan for potential action at this visual chart level. Read more…
NYSE:EPI, NYSE:INCO, NYSE:INXX, NYSE:SCIN, PIN, SCIF
Christian Magoon: The best India ETF products in 2012 have produced positive gains as all but one has delivered double digit performance year to date. These leaders include: Read more…
NASDAQ:INDY, NYSE:EPI, NYSE:INCO, NYSE:INXX, NYSE:SCIN, PIN, SCIF
Christian Magoon: India ETF products had a positive week as the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) announced a 50bps cut to India interest rates. The size of the cut was a pleasant surprise to investors and showed an aggressive posture from the RBI. Indian interest rates had not been cut for three years as inflation Read more…
NASDAQ:INDY, NYSE:EPI, NYSE:SCIN, PIN, SCIF
Stoyan Bojinov: Innovation remains a dominant and exciting theme in the ETF universe, although as with any financial instrument, with growth and evolution also comes increasing complexity and newly discovered nuances. The towering lineup of over 1,400 exchange-traded products is probably intimidating for Read more…
NYSE:DXJ, NYSE:EWJ, NYSE:INP, NYSE:RFV, NYSE:VXX
Michael Johnston: With more than 1,400 exchange-traded products now available to U.S. investors, odds are that there will be more than one option for most desired exposures. In many cases, the generally similar products targeting a specific asset class or strategy will deliver generally similar returns. Read more…
NYSE:AMLP, NYSE:DTN, NYSE:MLPI, NYSE:SPY, NYSE:UNG, NYSE:UNL, NYSE:VXX, NYSE:VXZ
Michael Johnston: iShares, by far the most active ETF issuer on the product development front to this point in 2012, continued the aggressive expansion of its international ETF lineup this week with the Read more…
BATS:INDA, BATS:SMIN, NASDAQ:INDY, NYSE:SCIN, SCIF
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
Michael Johnston: In yet another first for the U.S. ETF industry, State Street has rolled out the first fund to focus exclusively on small cap stocks in Asia Pacific economies. The New SPDR S&P Small Cap Emerging Asia Pacific ETF (NYSEARCA:GMFS) joins an existing SPDR ETF targeting large cap stocks Read more…
NYSE:ECNS, NYSE:GMF, NYSE:GMFS, NYSE:SCIN, NYSE:TWON
Michael Johnston: iShares has made another round of additions to its ETF lineup of well more than 200 products, debuting funds that target small cap stocks in Hong Kong and Singapore. The company Read more…
NYSE:EWHS, NYSE:HKK, NYSE:RSXJ, NYSE:SCIN, NYSE:SCJ, NYSE:SKOR
Michael Johnston: For many investors, 2011 was an up-and-down year; risky assets came racing out of the gates, but a string of negative developments erased all of the early gains during a chaotic summer. Heading in to 2012, the outlook is mixed; there are plenty of reasons to be optimistic about the Read more…
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