Markit

The Past Week, In A Nutshell What Happened: After the abrupt rotation into value and small-cap stocks on the procurement COVID-19 coronavirus vaccines and news of further lockdowns, broad-market indices ended flat-to-down. Remember This: “Historically the overall retail investor sentiment or...

The Past Week, In A Nutshell What Happened: Last week ended negative despite better-than-expected earnings. Remember This: “Overall market performance also tends to stall leading into an election," said Phil Mackintosh, Nasdaq Chief Economist. "Although once a result is known,...

Even as a marquee marijuana exchange traded fund listed in Canada recently swelled to $1 billion in assets under management, and as a U.S.-listed equivalent is soaring, some bearish traders are sticking to short positions in marijuana equities. The ETFMG Alternative Harvest ETF (NYSE: MJ), the only...

The iShares MSCI Turkey ETF (NASDAQ: TUR) jumped 11.27 percent on more than five times the average daily volume Tuesday. While that sounds impressive, the lone U.S.-listed exchange traded fund dedicated to Turkish stocks is still down nearly 19 percent over the past week. Investors are apt to pin...

The iShares MSCI Malaysia ETF (NYSE: EWM) is experiencing an eventful May. EWM, the lone U.S.-listed exchange traded fund tracking Malaysian stocks, sank after a surprise election result ended the 61-year reign of Prime Minister Najib Razak’s ruling coalition. Razak was a controversial figure...

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...

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...

Last year, the iShares MSCI Brazil ETF (NYSE: EWZ), gained 23.7 percent, a performance that on its own sounds impressive, but in reality is not when considering the MSCI Emerging Markets Index jumped 37.3 percent. EWZ, the largest exchange traded fund dedicated to stocks in Latin America's...

For all the talk about slumping commodities prices against the backdrop of a weaker dollar, there is copper. One of the most widely watched commodities is surging this year. After climbing about 2 percent on above-average volume on Thursday, the iPath Bloomberg Copper Subindex Total Return ETN (...

Investors have seen this movie plenty of times already this year. The SPDR S&P Retail ETF (NYSE: XRT), previously seen as the benchmark among exchange-traded funds tracking retail stocks, is getting punished as markets take traditional brick and mortar retailers to task. Even with all of its...

Somewhat lost in the scuttlebutt regarding resurgent Europe exchange-traded funds this year is the iShares MSCI Spain Capped ETF (NYSE: EWP). The iShares MSCI Spain Capped ETF, the largest U.S.-listed ETF dedicated to Spanish stocks, is up nearly 26.6 percent year to date and resides just half a...

Investors have heard plenty of this this year: The energy sector is the worst-performing group in the S&P 500. Exchange-traded funds, such as the Energy Select Sector SPDR (NYSE: XLE) are highlighting that weakness. XLE, the largest equity-based energy ETF by assets, is down almost 10.1 percent...

In previous eras of strength for emerging markets equities, the iShares MSCI Thailand Capped ETF (NYSE: THD) was frequently a leader. That isn't the case this year as the lone Thailand exchange-traded fund listed in the U.S. is up just 6.4 percent, a fraction of the almost 18 percent returned...

Chinese stocks are among the best performers in the emerging markets space this year, which is benefiting an array of U.S.-listed exchange-traded funds. Conservative investors looking to participate in this trend can consider Hong Kong, which is not classified as a developing market, but is...

Among single-country exchange traded funds tracking European economies, the iShares MSCI Ireland Capped ETF (NYSE: EIRL) often goes overlooked. That's particularly true this year with investors instead focusing on the many Eurozone nations where potentially market-moving national elections are...