currency hedged ETFs

When investing internationally, even in developed markets, investors are taking on some added risk compared to domestic investments. Obviously, part of that is equity risk, but what some investors continue to overlook are the potentially erosive effects of currency risk. Currency hedged exchange-...

First Trust, the seventh largest U.S. issuer of exchange-traded funds, added three actively managed currency hedged ETFs to its lineup last week. Launched in partnership with RiverFront Investment Group, which will manage the new funds, the new ETFs are the First Trust RiverFront Dynamic Europe ETF...

When it comes to developed markets with impressive buyback and dividend resumes, the United States is a leader, but other markets, such as Australia and the UK, have solid track records of initiating and growing shareholder rewards. Japan is a different case. While the ability of Japanese companies...

Last week, the Bank of Japan added to its monetary easing arsenal by becoming the latest country to enact negative interest rates. Investors and savers in Nordic countries have already become familiar with negative interest. Just ask the Danes and the Swedes. The problem with negative interest...

For several years now, investing in emerging markets stocks and exchange-traded funds has proven hazardous to portfolios' health. Latin America equities and ETFs have been especially harmful, standing as obvious laggards in an asset class that is obviously lagging. Slack commodities demand, one...

Last week, Japan joined the ranks of countries with negative interest rates, pounding the yen and providing a boost to currency hedged Japan exchange-traded funds in the process. Investors looking for alternatives to U.S. small-caps while continuing to stick with developed markets should look to a...

Here's a fun fact: Of this year's top 10 U.S.-focused sector exchange-traded funds, four are healthcare funds and three are dedicated biotech ETFs. While the returns of those ETFs are impressive, easily trouncing the broader market and standard healthcare ETFs, the interesting thing is that...

Several years ago, currency-hedged exchange-traded funds were viewed as niche concepts. These days, ETFs that provide equity exposure while profiting from the dollar's strength against currencies ranging from the euro to the yen and many more are mainstream. Led by the WisdomTree Inter Hedged...

Broadly speaking, this has been a banner year for currency hedged exchange-traded funds. If they were not already, currency hedged ETFs have gone mainstream thanks in large part to the fact that no ETFs have matched the asset-gathering proficiency of the WisdomTree Inter Hedged Eq Fund (NYSE: HEDJ...

As the universe of currency hedged exchange-traded funds has experienced exponential growth, issuers of such products are offering increasingly refined ETFs, including low volatility and dividend funds. Add global real estate to that list. WisdomTree Investments, Inc. (NASDAQ: WETF), the fifth-...

Currency hedged exchange-traded funds, one of this year's fastest growing and most prolific asset-gathering segments of the ETF universe, are continuing that rapid population growth as more issuers enter the fray. Newcomers On Deck That includes Northern Trust Corporation (NASDAQ: NTRS)'s...

Currency-hedged exchange-traded funds are one of the fastest-growing segments of the ETF universe. With several of these funds ranking among this year's top asset-gathering ETFs, issuers are seizing that momentum with a spate of new products. Now, investors can access Chinese A-shares, the...

Exchange traded funds offering exposure to foreign stocks with hedged currency kicker have been stout performers this year as an array of central banks have engaged in accommodative monetary policy. The undisputed king of the hedged currency ETF space is the WisdomTree Japan Hedged Equity Fund...