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Putting personal politics aside for a moment, it is not unreasonable to assume that investors who were long biotechnology stocks and exchange-traded funds into Election Day are happy with the outcome. Leading up to Election Day, Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton and her harsh rhetoric against high...

Many investors, including the legendary Warren Buffett, espouse the virtues of embracing wide moat companies, or those with deep competitive advantages. Thanks to the VanEck Vectors Morningstar Wide Moat ETF (Market Vectors ETF Trust (NYSE: MOAT)), investors do not have to roll the dice on stock...

Emerging markets bond exchange-traded funds have been among this year's best-performing asset classes, a sentiment that rings true for dollar-denominated and local currency funds, such as the Market Vectors Emerging Mkts Local ETF (NYSE: EMLC). The $2.4 billion EMLC, one of the largest...

The Market Vectors-Coal ETF (NYSE: KOL) is experiencing one of the most remarkable Lazarus acts of any exchange-traded fund in recent memory. Up nearly 108 percent this year, KOL, the only ETF dedicated to coal stocks, is on pace for its positive performance on annual basis since 2010. That is...

The combination of interest rates remaining lower for longer and investors demanding more income and yield have been driving forces behind the resurgence of municipal bond exchange-traded funds this year. The Case Of The Munis Municipal ETFs have been popular destinations this year as investors...

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...

Bonds and fixed-income exchange-traded funds are hot this year, and within that space, emerging markets bond funds are scintillating. As has been noted throughout the course of this year, the Federal Reserve's refusal to raise interest rates is capping the dollar's ability to muster much...

Thanks to piddly U.S. Treasury yields and trillions of dollars' worth of negative-yielding sovereign debt elsewhere in the developed world, fixed income investors are finding their way back to emerging markets bonds and the related exchange-traded funds this year. Emerging markets sovereign debt is...

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...

The Market Vector Russia ETF Trust (NYSE: RSX), the largest exchange-traded fund dedicated to Russian equities listed in New York, is one of this year's best-performing emerging markets single-country ETFs. Up 19.2 percent on the year, RSX is sporting a gain that is nearly 50 percent better...