Country ETF Winners and Losers as Oil Prices Rise
Various economies and country-related exchange traded funds could react differently as we see a rebound in crude oil prices. Major oil producers…
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Asset Allocation With WisdomTree ETFs
WisdomTree (NasdaqGS: WETF), the fifth-largest U.S. provider of exchange traded funds, introduced four ETF model portfolios aimed at investors with varying degrees…
Middle East ETFs Rally, Top Oil’s Modest Bounce
Futures-based oil exchange traded funds, namely the United States Oil Fund (NYSEArca: USO) and the United States Brent Oil Fund (NYSEArca: BNO),…
Middle East Dividend ETF Changes for the Better
The WisdomTree Middle East Dividend Fund (NasdaqGM: GULF) merits consideration in the conversation about emerging markets dividends and accessing those dividends via…
S&P Demotes Morocco to Frontier Status
S&P Dow Jones Indices announced Wednesday that following the results of its Country Classification Consultation that Morocco has been demoted to the…
New Qatar ETF Soars as Foreign Ownership Limits Increase
Shares of the new iShares MSCI Qatar Capped ETF (NasdaqGM: QAT) are up 3.5% Tuesday, making the fund one of the bright…
Bank on Qatar’s Banks With These ETFs
When it comes to the financial services sector, many investors are content to stick with U.S. stocks. Often times, if those investors…
April’s Best ETFs: Commodities Cruise
It was not a memorable April for U.S. stocks, but it was not a dreadful month, either. When parsing through the best…
Big Things From Small Packages With These ETFs
Last year, global exchange traded products hauled in a record $247.3 billion, topping $200 billion for the second consecutive year. Flows to…
Looming Departures Could be Good News for Frontier ETF
In search of better returns compared to emerging markets and lower correlations to U.S. and emerging equities, investors have increasingly embraced investing…
Foreign Investors Flocking to UAE, Qatar, Lifting These ETFs
Even as more familiar developing world equity markets rebound, frontier markets are on the receiving end of increased attention by global investors.…
The Ongoing Allure of Frontier Markets
Emerging markets exchange traded funds are starting to make a comeback. How long the rebound lasts is up for debate, but the…
Catalysts for Emerging Markets ETFs? Maybe
For as bad as things have been for emerging markets equities this year, the 1.8% year-to-date losses sported by the Vanguard FTSE…
Middle East ETF Still Shining
Some emerging markets stocks and exchange traded funds have recently shown signs of improvement, but real strength continues to be seen in…