Europe ETFs Hit By Credit Crisis, and They Aren’t Happy
August 29, 2008 – Like many areas around the globe, Europe is getting crunched hard by the credit crisis, and exchange traded funds (ETFs) focusing on this region are suffering. Figures released in mid-August showed that the euro-zone economy shriveled... Continue Reading »

Ireland’s Optimism Sorely Tested As Economy, ETF Struggle
August 23, 2008 – Ireland and its exchange traded fund (ETF) are being sorely tested after a summer of economic discontent that was initially deemed “temporary,” but is now looking stubborn. Recent statistics are making it hard to deny as... Continue Reading »

Dreary Housing Market In Europe Reflects In ETFs
August 4, 2008 – In Ireland, the investors have packed up and are nowhere to be seen, as the credit crunch has halted the housing market, leaving real estate exchange traded funds (ETFs) at a standstill. The Belfast region of... Continue Reading »

Ireland Gets New Index, Soon to Be Followed By ETF
July 29, 2008 – Ireland is going to have another index and soon, another exchange traded fund (ETF) to back it. Elizabeth Rauber for San Francisco Business Times reports that the Nasdaq OMX Ireland Index will launch on July 28. PowerShares... Continue Reading »

Emerald Isle’s ETF and Economy Aren’t Seeing Green
July 8, 2008 – Shares for Ireland’s second-largest bank fell by their biggest amount in 19 years after they delivered a dose of news about the economy that could weigh down the country’s newly-minted exchange traded fund (ETF). The Bank... Continue Reading »

Single-Country ETFs Are World Travelers
July 5, 2008 – Single-country focused exchange traded funds (ETFs) are well-recognized for their investment benefits and instant diversification. They are one of the most simple ways to gain foreign stock exposure across a range of sectors, with... Continue Reading »

Let’s All Raise a Guinness for the New Irish ETF
June 19, 2008 – The long-awaited Irish exchange traded fund (ETF) is here, just in time for the routing of the L.A. Lakers by the mighty Boston Celtics for the NBA Championship. The NETS ISEX 20 Index Fund (IQE)... Continue Reading »

Single-Country ETFs: Will Different Construction Show Different Performance?
June 13, 2008 – Northern Trust has taken a different tack when it comes to exchange traded funds (ETFs) that focus on single countries. A new family of ETFs lets investors buy into 14 nation-based portfolios. This area of the... Continue Reading »

Northern Trust Launches Three More International ETFs
May 14, 2008 – Northern Trust is providing more choices for investors who want international exposure in their exchange traded fund (ETF) portfolios with the launch of three more funds. The new funds, which cover Italy, South Africa and... Continue Reading »

Northern Trust Enters ETF Arena With First ETFs To Track Major Foreign Market Indexes
May 5, 2008 – With its new line of exchange traded funds (ETFs), Northern Trust opted to stay true to their principles while traveling around the world. Is it a sign that ETFs are slowly entering the mainstream... Continue Reading »

International Markets, ETFs Catching U.S. Housing Disease
April 15, 2008 – The U.S. housing crisis is taking its toll on other countries, and it could hit their exchange traded funds (ETFs) if it persists for long. Real estate prices are plummeting in the Irish countryside, the... Continue Reading »

Irish And Malaysian ETFs Feel Political Pressure
April 4, 2008 – One of the biggest risks associated with overseas or emerging markets exchange traded fund (ETF) investing has to do with political upheavals that affect the country’s economy. A good example is the recent news... Continue Reading »

Gold ETFs Lie At the End of the Rainbow
March 17, 2008 – Aye, laddie. Lookin’ for a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow via an exchange traded fund (ETF) this St. Patrick’s Day, are ye? Okay, we’ll stop with the accent. It turns out that... Continue Reading »

Not All the Good Ideas Are Taken With ETFs
March 13, 2008 – W.P. Thatcher for Stocks For All Seasons has 10 exchange traded funds (ETFs) in mind that he’d like to see come to market. Long gone are the days of only the plain vanilla fund,... Continue Reading »

You Can’t Always Judge an ETF By Its Name
January 29, 2008 – In December, Barclays added another international exchange traded fund (ETF) to its lineup: the iShares MSCI Kokusai Index Fund (TOK).  TOK covers 1,203 holdings in 22 developed markets, minus Japan, with the United States taking... Continue Reading »

Post-Holiday ETF Dreaming
December 27, 2007 – The holidays are over, and we’re already poking around the tree for any missed presents and thinking about what we’d like for next year’s helping of exchange traded funds (ETFs). Matthew Hougan at IndexUniverse... Continue Reading »

With Any Luck, There Could Be an Irish ETF
November 7, 2007 – Will there be an Irish exchange traded fund (ETF) available in the United States any time soon? It looks like there is clearly a demand for an ETF based on the Irish market, if... Continue Reading »

Where’s Ireland’s ETF?
September 20, 2007 – Although Ireland has a closed-end fund (CEF), it would be wonderful if they could get an exchange traded fund (ETF) by the time St. Patty’s Day comes. Unfortunately, the New Ireland Fund (IRL) hasn’t been... Continue Reading »