Rick Harper

WisdomTree Investments today announced the launch of a new actively-managed bond ETF designed to seek out broad exposure to the global fixed-income marketplace. The WisdomTree Western Asset Unconstrained Bond Fund (NASDAQ: UBND) is intended to seek out total return opportunities, regardless of...

There is a lot to like when it comes to Mexican sovereign debt. While Latin America's second-largest economy is rated BBB by Standard & Poor's, just above junk status, there is little chance that rating will be downgraded anytime soon and the yields on U.S. Treasuries pale in comparison to...

Investors embraced emerging markets sovereign debt, both the dollar-denominated and local currency varietals, in significant fashion last year. Returns generated by and inflows to the ETFs tracking this asset class affirm that assertion. Due to higher yields than what is available on U.S....

With speculation rampant that the Federal Reserve may ease or halt its bond-buying activities known as quantitative easing, the U.S. dollar gotten a lift in the past two trading sessions. Actually, the U.S. Dollar Index (DXY) is riding a multi-week winning streak and the PowerShares DB US Dollar...

Following a 2012 that saw a batch of solid returns for emerging markets bond ETFs denominated in local currencies, this sub-sector the exchange-traded products universe has seen tepid performances to start 2013. However, with investors and money managers still looking for ways to boost portfolio...

Equity-based ETFs tracking India, Asia's third-largest economy, are mostly lower today after the country's statistics ministry said GDP there would grow by just five percent for the fiscal year ending March 31. That is well below growth of 6.2 percent seen in the previous fiscal year and a far...

Even with a spate of interest rate cuts throughout the developing world in 2012, investors embraced bonds denominated in emerging markets currencies. Despite slack performances by major emerging markets currencies such as the Brazilian real and the South African rand, 2012 was a sturdy year for...

Amid lingering concerns about slowing global economic growth, one of the 2012's most prominent ETF themes has the potential to keep thriving in 2013. That theme being the soaring popularity of emerging markets local currency bond ETFs. ETFs such as the Market Vectors Emerging Markets Local...