Currency ETFs

Wall Street suffered its worst week in more than two years with a trade war brewing between the United States and China — the world's two biggest economies. The Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P 500 tumbled 5.7% and 5.9%, respectively, last week while the Nasdaq Composite Index...

Welcome to Episode #119 of the Zacks Market Edge Podcast. Every week, host and Zacks stock strategist, Tracey Ryniec, will be joined by guests to discuss the hottest investing topics in stocks, bonds and ETFs and how it impacts your life. In this episode, Neena Mishra, Zacks Director of ETF...

Although the yen has traded slightly higher against the U.S. dollar over the past year, exchange-traded funds, such as the WisdomTree Japan Hedged Equity Fund (NYSE: DXJ) could merit consideration by investors for another reason: Japan's consistent dividend improvement. Prior to arrival of...

The PowerShares DB Commodity Index Tracking Fund (NYSE: DBC) has retreated a bit in recent days as the downtrodden dollar has caught on the flight from riskier assets. Still, it is not a stretch to say commodities could see more tailwinds than headwinds in 2018. Predictably, the weak dollar is...

From his campaign days, Trump has indicated that he wants to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) or totally remove it. The agreement had tied up the U.S., Canada and Mexico for more than two decades. The deal permitted manufacturers and farmers to do seamless business. Now,...

By now, the greenback's loss and strength in euro are known to all. The year 2017 can easily be credited to euro in the currency ETF world. Guggenheim CurrencyShares Euro Trust FXE gained about 14.6% in the last one year (as of Jan 24, 2018) while PowerShares DB US Dollar Bullish ETF UUP lost...