2 Segments Hoping The Fed Gets Cold Feet
Late last month, the Federal Reserve (Fed) reminded everyone that a 2015 rate hike is still a possibility. That said, with the…
emerging markets ETFs
A Smart-Beta Emerging Market ETF That Tries to Diversify Risk
Investors interested in the developing markets can consider the Lattice emerging market exchange traded fund as a way to gain diversified and…
J.P. Morgan’s New EM ETF Challenges Conventional Rivals
There is no dearth of emerging markets exchange traded funds featuring large, if not excessive exposure to state-controlled enterprises, many of which…
Alluring Asia ETFs for 2015
Emerging markets exchange traded funds have perked up a bit in a recent days, but the iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF (NYSEArca:…
Looking for 2015 Emerging Markets Opportunities
This has been another disappointing and turbulent year for emerging markets exchange traded funds. Amid faltering currencies, tumbling commodities prices and geopolitical…
An Old Emerging Markets Friend Emerges Again
The resurgence of emerging markets exchange traded funds has received ample and deserving attention this year. Year-to-date performances by the Vanguard FTSE…
Sage Advice for Trading Russia ETFs
It has been a trying year in which to be long Russia exchange traded funds and that is saying something. With a…
Mapping Out Dynamic Portfolio Allocation With ETFs
The ongoing proliferation of the exchange traded products industry is allowing advisors and investors to take increasingly tactical approaches to asset allocation…
Pre-World Cup Bounce for Brazil ETFs
It will not be surprising to see Latin American equities, including Brazilian stocks, get a little sluggish when the 2014 World Cup…
Time for Taiwan, the ETF That Is
Investors searching for a conservative, low beta single-country emerging markets exchange traded fund have a friend in the iShares MSCI Taiwan ETF…
AdvisorShares: What Countries are Cheap Now?
With everything that has been going on in the Ukraine and Russia over the past several days, much has been written about…
Learning to Love Low Vol ETFs…Again
In what was buoyant market environment in 2013, low volatility exchange traded funds, not surprisingly, lagged the S&P 500. When animal spirits…
Conservative Emerging Markets Dash Investors’ Shelter Hopes
A toxic cocktail of negative news is afflicting emerging markets bonds, currencies and equities leaving investors with little to no shelter from…
Quiet Bull Calls on Emerging Markets
For much of 2013, being bearish on emerging markets was the right call. Stocks in developing economies from the BRIC nations to…