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The VanEck Fallen Angel High Yield Bond ETF (Market Vectors ETF Trust (NYSE: ANGL)), one of this year's hottest fixed income exchange-traded funds, is undergoing an important change later this month. In a move aimed at enhancing liquidity, ANGL's underlying index, BofA Merrill Lynch US...

The Market Vectors Indonesia Index Etf (NYSE: IDX) and the iShares MSCI Indons Invstbl Mrkt Indx Fd (NYSE: EIDO) are each up just over 28 percent year-to-date. That easily outpaces the 18.5 percent returned by the MSCI Emerging Markets Index. Indonesia ETFs' resurgence is market by some of the...

VanEck, which is already a significant player when it comes to municipal bond exchange-traded funds, added to its municipal ETF lineup Tuesday with the addition of two funds. The VanEck Vectors AMT-Free 12-17 Year Municipal Index ETF (BATS: ITML) and the VanEck Vectors AMT-Free 6-8 Year Municipal...

U.S. interest rates reside near historic lows. That situation is worse in many other parts of the developed world where trillions of dollars of negative-yielding sovereign debt can be found. All of that and global investors are showing a fondness for emerging markets assets not seen for a several...

The Hong Kong-Shenzhen connect remains highly anticipated on the heels of the Hong Kong-Shanghai connect unveiled several years ago. While investor enthusiasm for the Hong Kong-Shenzhen connect is currently seen as tepid, momentum could find its way to this idea, particularly when considering what...

Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE) revealed Monday it is acquiring Medivation Inc (NASDAQ: MDVN), which has plenty of market participants speculating as to which companies could be the next takeover targets in the pharmaceuticals space. A Pharma ETF Of course, there are exchange-traded funds with which to...

Put simply, a big reason why investors are flocking to emerging markets bond exchange-traded funds this year is yield. Just look at the iShares JPMorgan USD Emer Mkt Bnd Fd ETF (NYSE: EMB) and the PowerShares Emerging Markets Sovereign Debt Portfolio (NYSE: PCY). The two largest emerging markets...

In a year in which investors have been led to believe exchange-traded funds holding U.S. government debt are scorching hot (they are), fallen angel bonds funds, such as the VanEck Vectors Fallen Angel High Yield Bond ETF (Market Vectors ETF Trust (NYSE: ANGL)), are stealing the bond ETF show. As...

The Market Vectors Agribusiness (ETF) (NYSE: MOO) has lagged the S&P 500 over the past several years, but with the materials sector and agriculture commodities prices rebounding this year, 2016 could turn out to be one of MOO's better annual performance's in recent memory. The Index,...

Amid rebounding commodities prices and still low U.S. interest rates, high-yield corporate bond exchange-traded funds are rebounding this year. So are emerging markets bond ETFs. Combing those two asset classes could prove potent. Combining Asset Classes That can be done with the VanEck Vectors...

The VanEck Vectors Fallen Angel Bond ETF (Market Vectors ETF Trust (NYSE: ANGL)) is one of this year's fastest-growing exchange-traded funds of any variety, and VanEck is rewarding investors that are piling into ANGL with a lower annual expense ratio. In a statement out Monday, VanEck said ANGL...

Thanks to some positive guidance and bullish analyst commentary, the Market Vectors Steel (ETF) (NYSE: SLX) climbed nearly 3 percent Wednesday, extending its year-to-date gain to 35.7 percent. Steel On The Move SLX, the lone exchange-traded fund dedicated to steel stocks, got a lift after Bank of...

Some market observers might be apt to say there is plenty of supply in the municipal bond market, but some would contest that point, noting the lack of municipal bond supply has forced yields lower and the yield curve to flatten. Those factors are not damping demand for exchange-traded funds such...

Mergers and acquisitions frequently benefits an array of exchange-traded funds, or at least, that is investors' expectation. The VanEck Vectors Morningstar Wide Moat ETF (Market Vectors ETF Trust (NYSE: MOAT)) is an example of that trend. The $686.4 million MOAT follows the Morningstar Wide...

Take a poll of investors who are familiar with low-volatility exchange-traded funds, of which data suggest there are plenty, and ask those investors what sectors they would use to build a new low-volatility ETF. Chances are those polled would say a low-volatility ETF should include consumer...