The two most popular ETF so far this year are Vanguard Emerging Markets (NYSEArca: VWO) and iShares MSCI Emerging Markets (NYSEArca: EEM). Buying in emerging market and high-yield ETFs shows investors’ increased appetite for risk. [Investors Flocking to Emerging Market, High-Yield ETFs]
“Everyone is using ETFs, from the retail investors, the investment professionals, to the day traders,” said Mitchell Goldberg of ClientFirst Strategy in the report. “ETF sponsors really tout diversification and unique slices of the market, such as trading volatility or tracking metals prices. They give investors a ‘go anywhere at any time’ ability.”
Vanguard Emerging Markets
Full disclosure: Tom Lydon’s clients own VWO.