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At least two important factors should be noted with exchange traded funds dedicated to value funds. First, the value factor has been trailing growth for a significant portion of the current bull market. Second, many traditional value ETFs are dominated by a small amount of sectors. Sector-...

The dollar is getting stronger. The PowerShares DB US Dollar Index Bullish Fund (NYSE: UUP) is up 2.37 percent over the past week and is sporting a second-quarter gain of nearly 5 percent. It may take a lengthier rally by the greenback to reinvigorate investors' interest in currency-hedged...

Infrastructure investing has been made increasingly accessible thanks to exchange-traded funds. The newest member of that group is the iShares U.S. Infrastructure ETF (CBOE: IFRA), which debuted earlier this month. IFRA tracks the NYSE FactSet U.S. Infrastructure Index, which is an equal-weight...

For much of this year, the U.S. dollar has been lethargic, but that scenario is showing signs of reversing. Over the past week, the PowerShares DB US Dollar Index Bullish Fund (NYSE: UUP) is up more than 2.3 percent. It probably is not a coincidence that as the dollar has strengthened, small-cap...

Hundreds of exchange traded funds offer investors broad market exposure and many do so with nominal fees. Among the least expensive is the iShares Core S&P Total U.S. Stock Market ETF (NYSE: ITOT). ITOT, which turned 14 in January and tracks the S&P Total Market Index, charges just 0.03...

The iShares MSCI Brazil ETF (NYSE: EWZ) is up more than 5 percent year-to-date, putting the largest Brazil exchange traded fund ahead of the MSCI Emerging Markets Index by nearly 400 basis points. Rising commodities prices and improving economic data are among the catalysts boosting Brazilian...

As promised, BlackRock Inc.'s (NYSE: BLK) iShares unit, the world's largest issuer of exchange-traded funds, launched a small-cap ETF excluding shares of gunmakers. The iShares MSCI USA Small-Cap ESG Optimized ETF (CBOE:ESML) debuted earlier this week. The new fund is designed to provide...

A new exchange traded fund aimed at providing diverse asset allocation while limiting volatility debuted Tuesday. The VanEck Vectors Real Asset Allocation ETF (NYSE: RAXX) provides exposure to real assets using the ETF-of-ETFs model. RAXX “seeks to maximize real returns while seeking to...

BlackRock, Inc. (NYSE: BLK)'s, iShares unit, the world's largest issuer of exchange traded funds, added to its expansive lineup last week with the addition of two new funds. Those new ETFs are the iShares U.S. Infrastructure ETF (CBOE: IFRA) and the iShares Bloomberg Roll Select...

BlackRock, Inc. (NYSE: BLK), the parent company of iShares, the world's largest issuer of exchange traded funds, said it is expanding its suite of environmental, social and governance ETFs to include funds that exclude makers of civilian firearms. Last month, BlackRock outlined its efforts to...

Trade tensions between the United States and China, the world's two largest economies, are roiling global equities, but some exchange-traded funds tracking Chinese stocks are remaining firm this year. The iShares MSCI China ETF (NASDAQ: MCHI), one of the largest US-listed China ETFs, is...

Investors looking to circle their wagons around the still-lagging value factor in hopes value stocks will rebound later this year have plenty of exchange traded funds to consider. That group includes the SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 Value ETF (NYSE: SPYV). The $1.33-billion SPYV is CFRA Research'...

BlackRock Inc. (NYSE: BLK)'s iShares unit — the world's largest issuer of exchange traded funds — added to its suite of actively managed ETFs Friday with the launch of seven sector funds that are powered by artificial intelligence technologies. The new ETFs are: the iShares...

Traditional diversified emerging markets exchange traded fund indexes are often heavily allocated to a small number of countries. While the MSCI Emerging Markets Index features exposure to approximately 15 countries, the widely followed benchmark is Asia-heavy. And while the MSCI Emerging Markets...

In economic terms, Austria does not get the attention that Germany, France or even Switzerland command. The same is true in the world of exchange traded funds, where the iShares MSCI Austria ETF (NYSE: EWO) often goes overlooked relative to other single-country Europe ETFs. For example, the...