Van Eck Global

Van Eck, the fifth-largest U.S. ETF issuer by assets, announced that it is has lowered the expense cap on the Market Vectors RVE Hard Assets Producers ETF (NYSE: HAP) to 0.49% from 0.59% effective today. The fund's net expense ratio will be capped at 0.49% until at least May 1, 2013. The gross...

Quiet as it may be kept, the number of U.S.-listed exchange traded funds offering exposure to Canada is proliferating at a decent pace these days. Part of the increasing number of ETFs with northern exposure comes from soaring production of unconventional energy resources, such as the oil sands of...

Van Eck, the fifth-largest U.S. ETF sponsor, is rolling out the Market Vectors Unconventional Oil & Gas ETF (NYSE: FRAK) today, marking the introduction of the first ETF devoted exclusively to companies engaged in tapping unconventional energy resources. The 43-stock ETF will feature an...

Van Eck, the fifth-largest U.S. ETF firm by assets, is looking to expand the bond offerings at the company's Market Vectors ETF family in a big way by filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission to possibly introduce six new ETFs. The Market Vectors International US$ High Yield Bond ETF...

By now, it's no secret that some emerging markets ETFs have been on fire to start 2012. That's good news because it indicates investors are once again willing to embrace risk and they're acknowledging emerging markets are still the place to be to find robust economic growth. Whatever the reasons...

Keeping up a blistering pace of new product introductions in 2012 BlackRock's (NYSE: BLK) iShares, the world's largest ETF sponsor, will introduce five new ETFs today. All five are equities-based commodities funds and at least three of the five look to be direct rivals to currently existing ETFs...

Van Eck, the fifth-largest U.S. ETF issuer, has filed plans to possibly introduce the Morningstar Wide Moat Research ETF, an ETF that would track the Morningstar Wide Moat Focus Index. The index is rules-based and equal-weighted and intends to give exposure to companies with noticeable competitive...

Van Eck's Market Vectors unit, the fifth-largest U.S. ETF issuer, said today it will split the shares of five of the six HOLDRs funds the firm acquired in December. The ETFs subject to the split will be the Market Vectors Oil Services ETF (NYSE: OIH), the Market Vectors Biotech ETF (NYSE: BBH),...

Remember the January Effect? You know, the notion that small-caps lead a January equity rally? Well, the statistics say that's exactly what's happening right now. Heading into the start of trading today, the iShares Russell 2000 Index Fund (NYSE: IWM) was up almost 4% since the start of the new...

ETFs tracking municipal bonds defied logic in 2011. Well, at least they proved doubters, Meredith Whitney among them, wrong on the road to some stellar performances. Yes, concerns about major budget issues facing scores of U.S. states, cities and towns were and still are legitimate. However,...

We're not soothsayers, but we did recently wonder for how long some of the Euro Zone countries with AAA credit ratings could retain that lofty status. Apparently, the answer is not for long. Our piece on ETFs for countries with AAA ratings was published on December 23, 2011. Here it is January 13...

BlackRock's (NYSE: BLK) iShares unit, the world's largest ETF sponsor, announced it will list eight of its upcoming ETFs on the BATS Exchange operated by BATS Global Markets. The eight listings will mark the first primary listings on BATS. BATS became a U.S. primary listings venue on December 2,...

The Market Vectors Russia ETF (NYSE: RSX), the largest ETF devoted exclusively to Russia, will will begin tracking a new index, the Market Vectors Russia Index, on or about March 16. The ETF currently tracks the the DAXglobal Russia+ Index, which is cap weighted. The new index RSX will track...

Following a dour 2011 for many sector ETFs, last year's winners (pharmaceuticals, staples and utilities ETFs) could still be worth a look and in a recent research note, S&P Capital IQ reiterates Overweight ratings on four ETFs tracking those sectors. The firm notes that in 2011, there were...

Van Eck Global's Market Vectors unit had a busy 2011 on the new ETF front and that level activity increased late in the year when the firm converted six old HOLDRs funds to Market Vectors ETFs. Quiet as it may be kept, Van Eck is currently the sixth-largest U.S. ETF issuer with almost $24.2 billion...