Emerging Market ETFs

Following deep losses in 2022, many emerging market assets were at bargain valuations and the recovery began in late 2022, driven by tech stocks such as Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (NYSE:TSM) and Samsung Electronics Co (OTC:SSNLF). Emerging market equities — particularly in the...

Emerging markets fixed income exchange-traded funds have been a popular destination for income-starved investors and that is true of those funds that hold bonds denominated in local currencies. With the dollar slumping against an array of developing world currencies, ETFs such as the VanEck Vectors...

Emerging markets stocks hit a rough spot last week as markets roiled by an intensifying geopolitical rift between the U.S. and North Korea. However, the saber rattling did not prompt large-scale departures from some emerging markets exchange-traded funds, although the MSCI Emerging Markets Index...

Among emerging markets single-country exchange traded funds, the iShares MSCI Indonesia ETF (NYSE: EIDO) and the VanEck Vectors Indonesia ETF (NYSE: IDX) can get lost in the shuffle, but Indonesian equities are solid performers this year. Taking A Trip To Indonesia EIDO and IDX, the older of the...

Friday is the last day of the first quarter, and one of the prominent themes of the first three months of 2017 has been the leadership displayed by emerging markets equities. With one trading day left in the quarter, the widely followed MSCI Emerging Markets Index is higher by almost 14 percent....

The iShares MSCI Mexico Inv. Mt. Idx. (ETF) (NYSE: EWW) is in a well-documented tailspin. Down nearly 12.1 percent year-to-date, the largest exchange-traded fund tracking stocks in Latin America's second-largest economy is one of this year's worst-performing single-country emerging markets...

India exchange-traded funds, such as the iShares MSCI India ETF (BATS: INDA) and the iShares S&P India Nifty 50 Index Fund (NASDAQ: INDY), have recently been outperforming broader emerging markets benchmarks, a trend that could continue as India increases its tax reform efforts. Earlier this...

It is the second-largest economy in the world, but China has, to some extent, sat out the rally in emerging markets stocks. For example, the iShares FTSE/Xinhua China 25 Index (ETF) (NYSE: FXI), the largest China ETF trading in the United States, is off 3.3 percent year-to-date, while the MSCI...

For a couple of years as commodities prices struggled, plenty of single-country emerging markets exchange-traded funds struggled as well. A prime example of that theme was the iShares MSCI South Africa Index (ETF) (NYSE: EZA). Stymied by South Africa's status as a major gold producer, the world...

Either forgotten or ignored. Maybe both, but the fact of the matter is the Market Vectors Egypt Index ETF (NYSE: EGPT) is up more than 12 percent over the past month. That puts the lone exchange-traded fund tracking North Africa's largest economy slightly ahead of the MSCI Emerging Markets...

Stock markets around the globe fell on Monday after China's Finance Minister, Lou Jiwei, alluded to the possibility that a stimulus package may not be in his country's near-term plans. Many on Wall Street, in particular, were anticipating a monetary move from China after a string of...

During the global recession, equities in emerging nations declined more than those in developed nations. From its high in 2007 to the low in 2008, the iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Index Fund (EEM) declined 67% compared to the 62% decline in iShares MSCI EAFE Index ETF (EFA). Since then, a large...