An ETF Capitalizing on Forex Market Carry Trade Opportunities
Currency traders have been raking in a tidy profit by capitalizing on the spread between record low yields in some developed markets…
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Rethinking Bond ETFs: Unbundle and Rebuild
By Corey Hoffstein With the benefit of hindsight, there have been few investments as attractive as core U.S. fixed income over the…
35 A+ Currency ETFs to Track Global Forex Moves
The foreign exchange market, or forex, is the largest, most liquid financial market in the world. Investors can easily track currency moves…
More ETF Ideas for Global Currency Wars
The PowerShares DB U.S. Dollar Index Bullish Fund (NYSEArca: UUP) fell nearly 2% last week, but with the Federal Reserve on course…
PowerShares Reopens 11 ETFs for new Creations
Invesco’s (NYSE: IVZ) PowerShares unit, the fourth-largest U.S. issuer of exchange traded funds, said it has it resumed accepting new creation orders…
PowerShares Halts Creations in 11 ETFs, Including U.S. Dollar Funds
Invesco’s (NYSE: IVZ) PowerShares unit, the fourth-largest U.S. issuer of exchange traded funds, said Wednesday it is temporarily halting creations of new…
Carry Trades for All With ETFs
Employed primarily by professional currency traders, the concept behind the carry trade is easy to understand. In a carry trade, the trader…
Cambria Could Introduce New Forex, Income ETF
Mebane Faber’s Cambria Funds has filed plans with the Securities and Exchange Commission to possibly introduce the Cambria Global Income and Currency…
Special Report: Alternative ETFs
Alternative exchange traded fund strategies are garnering a greater following as investors look for options other than traditional beta-indexing products to diversify…
Japanese Yen ETFs and the Carry Trade
The Japanese yen and related currency exchange traded fund are depreciating in value as the government implements aggressive quantitative easing measures. Consequently,…
ETFs for Investors Bearish on the U.S. Dollar
Some investors use gold and precious metals ETFs to hedge against a weaker U.S. dollar. However, there are also “inverse” ETFs that…
What is an ETF? — Part 17: Carry Trade
Exchange traded funds continue to increase in number and popularity, growing to one of the most commonly traded securities on the stock…
What is an ETF? — Part 15: World Currencies
Exchange traded funds continue to increase in number and popularity, growing to one of the most commonly traded securities on the stock…
Why Currency ETFs Haven’t Caught On Yet
The currency segment of the exchange traded fund industry has been standing in the shadows of the fixed-income, commodities and equity ETFs.…