ETF Trends publisher Tom Lydon appeared on Fox Business Network on Friday afternoon to discuss why investors should start to look abroad.
Speaking to host Ashley Webster, Lydon said investors should be interested in Europe as geopolitical risk and political banter continues to play out.
Lydon suggested looking to currency-hedged ETF strategies for more pure exposure to foreign markets without currency concerns.
To target emerging markets, Lydon said to look to the iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF (NYSEArca: EEM) and the Deutsche X-trackers MSCI Emerging Markets Hedged Equity Fund (NYSEArca: DBEM).
“For bargains out there, emerging markets have the feel that it’s risky – but not the risk that we saw 10 years ago,” he said. “Great valuations today.”
Another hot international play includes the Deutsche X-trackers MSCI EAFE Hedged Equity ETF (NYSEArca: DBEF), which tracks developed Europe, Australasia and Far East countries and hedges against depreciation in related currencies.
Back in the U.S., as Hurricane Harvey approaches the coastline, Lydon said investors should look to the VanEck Vectors Oil Refiners ETF (NYSEArca: CRAK), the first dedicated exchange traded fund play on oil refiner equities.
“Take a look at that as an energy alternative in times of natural disasters,” he said.
Click the video above to watch the full segment.