After watching their portfolios take devastating blows in 2008, many investors hoped that a new year would bring a reversal of fortune and a recovery of lost assets.
After the first two months of the year tested resolve, things finally took a turn for the better in March, and a long climb upwards [...]
As ETFs have grown from a closet industry to a mainstream investing option, funds offering exposure to nearly every corner of the globe have popped up.
Although the abundance of funds has brought access to dozens of equity markets within reach, the vast majority of international ETFs provide fairly shallow exposure to [...]
As ETFs have grown from a closet industry to a mainstream investing option, funds offering exposure to nearly every corner of the globe have popped up.
But the exposure offered by international ETFs has historically been very broad in nature. Whereas U.S. investors have long had access to funds targeting various sectors [...]
In the wake of the recent global recession, many investors have looked to Asia to lead the way to recovery.
Emerging economies such as China and India have continued to expand at impressive pace, while Australia was recently one of the first developed markets to raise interest rates. But among these hot zones, [...]
India reported surprisingly strong GDP growth for the third quarter, posting 7.9% growth in the July through September period. These numbers surprised both analysts and government officials: the growth was higher than even the most bullish analyst forecast, and the Reserve Bank of India said that it will likely revise upward [...]
New York-based Van Eck launched on Wednesday the Market Vectors Poland ETF (PLND), a fund that will track the 26-company Market Vectors Poland Index.
PLND will trade on the NYSE Arca Exchange and charge an expense ratio of 76 basis points. Unlike most single-country international ETFs, which tend to be dominated by holdings [...]
Barclays Global Investors announced on Friday the launch of a new ETF tracking an index composed of the 50 largest and most liquid Indian securities listed on the National Stock Exchange of India.
The iShares S&P India Nifty Fifty Index Fund INDY will compete with several existing India exchange-traded funds, including products from iPath, WisdomTree, [...]
President Barack Obama embarked this week on a critical trip to China, seeking to gain support for tougher economic sanctions against Iran during meetings with Chinese President Hu Jintao.
But as the U.S. president was setting out to present his case, the controversy over the relative value of China’s currency, a delicate issue for U.S. officials, [...]
In its latest semi-annual review, MSCI Global Standard Indices announced that it will add eleven Brazilian companies to the MSCI Emerging Markets Index at the end of November, along with seven Chinese companies.
This benchmark underlies iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Index Fund (EEM), the largest emerging markets ETF with a market capitalization of more than [...]
The International Energy Agency (IEA) released its highly-anticipated World Energy Outlook on Tuesday, singling out potential climate change initiatives as a major driver of oil consumption and prices in coming decades.
If a major agreement to cut greenhouse gas emissions is signed and implemented in coming years, global crude oil demand [...]