Jeremy Schwartz

Since different ETF issuers use varying methodologies for calculating a fund's price-to-earnings ratio, this oft-used valuation metric is not always as instructive as an individual stock's. That does not mean ETF P/E ratios are NEVER instructive. Quite the contrary. A look back at some ETFs that...

Rare is the government that actually helps investors. Be it intentionally or unintentionally, many policymakers around the globe have shown a tendency to roil financial markets. An argument can be made that the bigger the government (think the U.S., China and developed Europe), the heavier the hand...

Punch the phrase "dividend stock bubble" into Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) and 3.55 million results come back in less than three tenths of a second. Apparently, the notion of a dividend stock bubble has crossed more than a few minds. Some analysts and investors have even begun characterizing consumer...

The chorus of endorsements for Asia's third largest economy in India, is growing louder. In a new blog post, legendary emerging markets investor Dr. Mark Mobius, executive chairman of the Templeton Emerging Markets Group, said his team sees growth potential in the Indian economy. Perhaps it is...

It has been a volatile year to say the least for Indian equities and the ETFs tracking those stocks. India-specific ETFs such as the WisdomTree India Earnings ETF (NYSE: EPI) and the EGShares India Small Cap ETF (NYSE: SCIN), just to name a pair, started 2012 with a bang only to wither late in the...

It is often said that new ETFs should not be treated as initial public offerings for hot stocks. In other words, traders and investors do not need to be involved on an ETF's debut day. Most new ETFs provide neither a sequel to Facebook's (NASDAQ: FB) infamous debut nor a repeat of Trulia's (NYSE:...

The already crowded field of ETFs offering exposure to China (approximately 230 funds) got a little more crowded today with the introduction of the WisdomTree China Dividend Ex-Financials Fund (NASDAQ: CHXF). With there being no dearth of China ETF options from which investors can choose, new...

WisdomTree Investments (NASDAQ: WETF) will throw its hat in the China ETF ring on Wednesday, September 19 when it introduces the WisdomTree China Dividend Ex-Financials Fund. The new ETF will trade on the Nasdaq under the ticker "CHXF." There are currently almost 230 ETFs offering exposure to China...

One of the biggest stories of 2012 for income investors has been the ascent of the technology sector to dividend royalty. Long known as bastion of growth, not robust payouts or yields, the technology sector is the largest dividend-paying group within the S&P 500. Buoyed by Apple's (NASDAQ:...

The WisdomTree Europe Hedged Equity Fund (NYSE: HEDJ) will commence trading today, but this is not a new ETF. Rather, HEDJ's Europe-only focus is a new twist on an ETF that debuted nearly three years ago, the WisdomTree International Hedged Equity Fund. Earlier this month, WisdomTree Research...

In effort to reduce exposure to the faltering euro and reduce exposure to Europe-based financial services equities, WisdomTree (NASDAQ: WETF) said it expects to restructure the WisdomTree International Hedged Equity Fund (NYSE: HEDJ) later this month. The announcement was made in a research note...

Thanks to the growth of the ETF industry, investors now have a growing list of options to survive volatile markets. In fact, some products such as popular low volatility ETFs have helped investors thrive in rocky market settings. The same goes for dividend ETFs, another growing sub-sector of the...