Paul Weisbruch

Shares of the $8.5 billion Market Vectors Gold Miners ETF (NYSE: GDX) are trading higher by more than two percent today despite news that a Chinese buyer is stepping away from talks to possibly acquire a controlling interest in African Barrick Gold. African Barrick is publicly traded unit of...

Solar ETFs are taking a step back on Monday, but it is no secret these funds have been on fire to start 2013. Even with a loss of 2.4 percent on Monday, the Guggenheim Solar ETF (NYSE: TAN) is still higher by 17.4 percent over the past five trading days. The Market Vectors Solar ETF (NYSE: KWT)...

For all the chatter about outflows from high-yield bond ETFs and talk of a junk bond bubble, the marquee ETFs tracking this asset class have held up well. In fact, the iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (NYSE: HYG), the SPDR Barclays Capital High Yield Bond ETF (NYSE: JNK) and the...

Add the iShares Emerging Markets Local Currency Bond Fund (NYSE: LEMB) to the list of emerging markets bond ETFs that are home to robust inflows this year. LEMB, which is just 13 months old, had about $207 million in assets under management as of October 29. That number now rests at $363.2...

In the wake of the second presidential debate Tuesday night, investors are reminded that Election Day will quickly arrive. Predictably, presidential politics stir up another debate. That being which sectors stand to benefit the most from a particular outcome. It can be argued that investors have a...

To say the unheralded iShares MSCI Israel Capped Investable Market Index Fund (NYSE: EIS) has its share of challenges is an understatement. As the lone ETF devoted to the only advanced economy in one of the most politically volatile regions of the world, EIS must endure a seemingly never-ending...

It has been a good run over the past year for the iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond Fund (NYSE: HYG). Likewise, the SPDR Barclays Capital High Yield Bond ETF (NYSE: JNK) has run-up over the past 12-15 months. Investors that were astute enough to buy either fund in early September 2011, as...

In a sign that the risk-on trade might be getting new life, ETFs tracking the financial services sector soared on Thursday. This could prove to be a crucial point toward extending a rally that has now gone beyond two months as financial services names are the second-largest sector allocation within...

One of this week's big rumors involves none other than the largest U.S. company by market value: Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL). On Tuesday, Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. published a research note saying the iPhone maker is mulling a stock split that could lead to it being added to the venerable Dow Jones...

Following up on a bullish view of Norway and the Nordic country's corresponding ETFs, Street One Financial is forecasting increased activity for ETFs tracking Scandinavian countries in the coming weeks. "With the Eurozone tensions and EU in focus seemingly every day in the headlines as we head...