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This India ETF Is Perking Up
Tuesday, May 24, 2016 - 2:44pm | 592Read More...Conventional wisdom would dictate that although emerging markets stocks and the relevant exchange-traded funds are performing better this year than they have over the past couple of years, this probably is not the time to embrace Indian stocks. After all, commodities prices are rebounding, and that...
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EGShares To Liquidate 12 Of Its ETFs
Friday, September 6, 2013 - 1:55pm | 521Read More...Emerging Global Advisors, the company behind the EGShares ETF brand, said it will close 12 of its ETFs that have not gained traction with investors. "EGA provides investors with tools that address developing markets allocation needs," said Robert Holderith, founder of EGA, in a statement. "As...
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Another New ETF For EM Dividend Investors
Thursday, August 15, 2013 - 7:46am | 597Read More...Call it a trend. Call it dividend mania or dividend-sanity. Whatever vernacular is applied, the numbers say more and more dividend ETFs are coming to market. There were nearly 170 dividend ETFs on the market at the end of June. That number is now higher and some of the growth is attributable to...
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EGShares to List New EM ETF on Tuesday
Monday, October 15, 2012 - 6:51am | 342Read More...Emerging Global Advisors, the New York-based ETF sponsor known for its lineup comprised entirely of emerging markets funds, will introduce the EGShares Emerging Markets CORE ETF on Tuesday October 16. The new fund will trade on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker "EMCR," according to a...
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Under The Hood: Beyond BRIC
Thursday, August 23, 2012 - 1:22pm | 713Read More...The BRIC quartet of Brazil, Russia, India and China have held a dominant perch in the emerging markets investment landscape since Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) coined the catchy acronym more than a decade ago. Since BRIC became common nomenclature, the countries and many of the corresponding ETFs have...
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ETF Showdown: Not Now, Maybe Later
Friday, May 25, 2012 - 2:01pm | 679Read More...It's widely known that energy stocks aren't the place to be these. Even the blue chips are getting hammered, a fact highlighted by a decline of almost 6% in the past month for the Energy Select SPDR (NYSE: XLE). Makes sense. West Texas Intermediate oil futures are down about 15% since the start...
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Checking In: The "Other" EM Consumer ETF (EMDI, ECON, COH)
Wednesday, April 11, 2012 - 1:40pm | 586Read More...One emerging markets theme that investors have honed in on over the past few years is the suppose rise of the consumer. From Bangkok to Beijing to Moscow to Mumbai, the emerging markets consumer isn't just a group of people numbering in the billions, it's an investment thesis that is supposed to be...
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Checking In: Dialing Up A Better Telecom ETF (TGEM, IYZ, VZ)
Tuesday, April 3, 2012 - 2:03pm | 488Read More...Let's be honest: Even in this day and age of sexy smartphones, telecom stocks are pretty boring. Verizon (NYSE: VZ), the largest U.S. mobile phone carrier, was one of the three worst performing stocks in the Dow Jones Industrial Average in the first quarter. Rival AT&T (NYSE: T) has been a Dow...
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4 EM Dividend ETFs Your Broker Forgot to Mention (HILO, EDIV, DEM)
Thursday, March 8, 2012 - 1:39pm | 625Read More...The combination of emerging markets and dividends under the umbrella can be an alluring one to be sure but even as the number of emerging markets dividend funds proliferates, some are going relatively unnoticed by investors and the mainstream financial press alike. Hey, it took a while for the...
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Use This Dip to Consider These EM ETFs (TUR, SCIN, THD)
Wednesday, March 7, 2012 - 3:09pm | 798Read More...Even with some upside today, the past five trading days have been quite unkind to major emerging markets ETFs. Just a few examples of the ugliness since Thursday March 1: The Vanguard MSCI Emerging Markets ETF (NYSE: VWO) is down almost 4%. The iShares MSCI Brazil Index Fund (NYSE: EWZ) is down...
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Checking In: A Third Wheel? (SCIF, SCIN, SMIN)
Tuesday, March 6, 2012 - 2:11pm | 479Read More...For all of January and most of February, ETFs tracking India were delivering performances that could only be characterized as stellar. Two of the ringleaders of the India ETF rally this year have been rival funds, the Market Vectors India Small-Cap ETF (NSYE: SCIF) and the EGShares India Small Cap...
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Better Than Apple? These ETFs Have Been
Wednesday, February 15, 2012 - 3:38pm | 602Read More...Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) this and Apple that. Superlatives for the largest U.S. company by market value know no bounds in 2012 and with good reason. The stock is up more than 25% year-to-date. That performance has been good for plenty of ETFs that hold the stock and others that have seen their sails...
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Four ETFs For The Chindia Boom
Wednesday, February 15, 2012 - 1:16pm | 642Read More...When it comes to investing overseas, there's no shortage of cute phrases and acronyms to be applied to various groups of countries. In Europe we have the PIIGS. Of course, BRIC has become perhaps the most ubiquitous emerging markets acronym of all, though CIVETS is no slouch either. There's...
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4 ETFs With Surprising Conservative Sector Allocations
Friday, February 10, 2012 - 4:04pm | 532Read More...Today is one of those days where, all of a sudden, conservative plays look very attractive. When it comes to ETFs, "conservative" often means dabbling in the consumer staples arena and that often means a visit to the Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR (NYSE: XLP). Or it could mean investing in...
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5 Forgotten ETFs Up 20% Or More Year-To-Date
Wednesday, February 8, 2012 - 1:16pm | 678Read More...It's no secret that the early stages of 2012 have brought favorable results for select ETFs. And there have been disappointments along the way, too. Still, it's fair to say many plain vanilla long ETFs are off to fine starts this year, but when screening for those that were up 20% or more year-to...
