Foreign Currencies’ Effects on ETFs
June 30, 2007 – Country-specific exchange traded funds (ETFs) aren’t hedged against the U.S. dollar. As a country’s currency appreciates, you might see better returns for that country’s ETF. For example, the iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF (EWU)... Continue Reading »
Market Cap ETFs For Diversification
June 30, 2007 – Market-cap weighted index fund exchange traded funds (ETFs) arguably can be the base of a well-rounded portfolio. The core building blocks of a well-diversified portfolio include small, mid and large-cap stocks, Seeking Alpha reports.... Continue Reading »
June ETF Performance Report
June 29, 2007 – The second quarter of 2007 was a good one for exchange traded funds (ETFs) and the markets. For the month of June however, domestic markets were down 1-2%, as was Europe. Asian countries were... Continue Reading »
ProShares Expands Hedged ETFs
June 29, 2007 – ProShares filed with the SEC to launch 25 new exchange traded funds (ETFs) to expand its ETF lineup. These are not the garden variety funds; they are leveraged, inverse and inverse-leveraged ETFs.
This marks... Continue Reading »
Show Us What You’ve Got
June 29, 2007 – We’re hard at work on a new chapter – an exploration of the exchange-traded fund (ETF) universe. What’s in your wallet? What are some of the more bizarre ETFs in your portfolio? What is just... Continue Reading »
Tools to Monitor ETFs’ Performance
June 29, 2007 – Do you know if your exchange traded funds (ETFs) are performing the way you want? The idea of buying an ETF is to match an index. Using the S&P 500 as a broad-market benchmark... Continue Reading »
Claymore Cranks Out Another New ETF
June 29, 2007 – It seems Claymore Securities is on a roll this week with yet another new exchange traded fund (ETF) announced today. This is the fifth ETF Claymore has launched this week. The latest ETF is... Continue Reading »
South Korea’s New Act Affects ETF
June 28, 2007 – The South Korean market and the exchange traded fund (ETF) that follows it already have been doing well this year; iShares MSCI South Korea (EWY) is up 22%. The Capital Markets Integration Act, which... Continue Reading »
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