Will Thailand’s Rate Increase Help Its ETF?
July 18, 2008 – Thailand’s economy is no stranger to rising prices that affect the economy and its exchange traded fund (ETF). For that reason, the central bank raised its benchmark interest rate for the first time in two ... Continue Reading »

Jim Rogers Creates Commodities Index for ETF; Sounds Off on Economy
July 10, 2008 – Investing legend Jim Rogers has put together a new index targeting commodity producers, which will soon underly an exchange traded fund (ETF). The Rogers Van Eck Hard Assets Producers Index (RVEI) gives investors a chance to... Continue Reading »

Can Biofuels And ETFs Weather The Elements?
July 2, 2008 – Biofuel production may be getting flooded out, as harsh weather in the Midwest threatens the well-being of crops, alarming Wall Street investors and related exchange traded funds (ETFs). The recent record storms and floods have... Continue Reading »

New ETF Ventures Into New Frontiers
June 12, 2008 – Investors have been salivating for an exchange traded fund (ETF) that gives some exposure to frontier markets. Finally, it’s here. Claymore this morning is expected to launch the Claymore BNY/Mellon Frontier Markets ETF (FRN), the first fund... Continue Reading »

Will Vietnam’s Inflation Pressures Be Under Control In Time for ETF?
June 2, 2008 – Vietnam is in the middle of an inflation crisis one hopes will improve by the time an exchange traded fund (ETF) for the country is launched. While Market Vectors awaits the okay from the Securities... Continue Reading »

Good Morning! A Vietnam ETF Is In Registration
May 15, 2008 – There seems to be great interest in a Vietnam exchange traded fund (ETF), if the search engines are any indication. Week after week, "Vietnam" turns up as one of our top ten search words. Market... Continue Reading »

Rationing Leads to Hoarding of Rice and Possibly ETFs, Too
April 24, 2008 – The commodities craze spread to exchange traded funds (ETFs) awhile ago - now it’s reached Sam’s Club. A worldwide rice shortage has led the warehouse unit of Wal-Mart (WMT) to start rationing some types of... Continue Reading »

iShares Seeks to Continue Its World Travel With New ETFs In Registration
April 7, 2008 – Two weeks ago, iShares launched more single-country exchange traded funds (ETFs), but they’re not done traveling around the world just yet. According to Matt Hougan for Index Universe, the provider filed with the Securities and... Continue Reading »

Will a Vietnam ETF Ever See the Light of Day?
March 7, 2008 – A Vietnam-focused exchange traded fund (ETF) may not be so far off. The country continues to post strong economic growth despite the U.S. economic slowdown. Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung said the country’s government... Continue Reading »

Why Choose An All-World ETF?
December 28, 2007 – For exchange traded funds (ETFs) there are emerging markets and developed markets, but how about all-world? Gary Gordon at ETF Expert explains that, for the past five years, the more investors moved into international... Continue Reading »

Will There Be A Vietnam ETF Soon?
December 7, 2007 – In Vietnam the ingredients are in place for burgeoning prosperity, so the question investors may pose is when will we see a Vietnam exchange traded fund (ETF)? Andy Mukherjee for Bloomberg says 4 million... Continue Reading »

New Frontier Market Indexes Could Lead to More International ETFs
December 1, 2007 – MSCI has launched a new index family and a new tradeable index. Does this mean that an exchange traded fund (ETF) family will follow? MSCI Frontier Market Indexes cover 19 markets, with new countries for... Continue Reading »

New S&P Select Frontier Index Could Pave the Way for More ETFs
October 26, 2007 – More exchange traded funds (ETFs) could be on the way now that the S&P has launched its new Select Frontier Index. The new index includes 30 of the largest and most liquid components from... Continue Reading »

Future ETF Possibilities Are Endless
July 8, 2007 – With new exchange traded funds (ETFs) coming out almost every day, you would think all the major countries and sectors would have their own ETFs by now. Yet that doesn’t seem to be the... Continue Reading »

New Asia ETFs Coming
September 1, 2005 – The Asian markets are some of the best performing global markets YTD. iShares MSCI South Korea Index (EWY) is up 20%. Japanese ETFs have come on strong recently; up over 6% for the month... Continue Reading »