Currency ETFs

Vexing currency market observers, the PowerShares DB US Dollar Index Bullish Fund (NYSE: UUP) is down 8.4 percent year to date. That is an arguably stunning decline when considering the Federal Reserve has boosted interest rates twice this year. UUP, the exchange-traded fund proxy for the U.S....

As has been widely documented, the U.S. dollar is an epic disappointment this year in the currency world, ensuring the same can be said of the PowerShares DB US Dollar Index Bullish Fund (NYSE: UUP) among currency exchange-traded funds. UUP, the ETF proxy for the U.S. Dollar Index, is down more...

Income investors searching for consistent dividend growth often focus on U.S. large-caps and when they venture outside the U.S., the destination often winds up being Europe. However, nearly half the world's dividend-paying stocks are found outside the U.S. and a significant portion of those are...

Ample adulation is being heaped upon Europe exchange-traded funds this year and rightfully so. Not only are European stocks attractively valued when measured against the S&P 500 and other U.S. equity benchmarks, but equities across the pond are rewarding investors faith with significant upside...

IndexIQ — the issuer behind a unique lineup of fixed income, hedge fund and real assets exchange-traded funds — said Wednesday it is reducing the expense ratios on its lineup of 50 percent currency hedged ETFs. IndexIQ, a unit of MainStay Investments, introduced its three 50-percent...

A continuous string of bad economic data from the UK has impeded the Bank of England’s shift towards a more hawkish monetary policy path, which has weighed down the Pound recently. Following May’s ambiguous election results, business and consumer confidence has sagged, as it has become...

Over the past several years, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has received plenty of credit when Japanese equities rise and the yen falters. Likewise, when the yen rises, weighing on Japanese stocks, some market observers are quick to chide Abe. This year, the yen has traded higher against the...

The Federal Reserve raised interest rates earlier this week, marking the second time this year that the U.S. central bank has boosted borrowing costs. That move by the Fed has helped the PowerShares DB US Dollar Index Bullish Fund (NYSE: UUP), widely viewed as a dud this year among developed market...

European banks are stockpiling bitcoin as a hedge against ransomware attack, driving the virtual currency up 200 percent this year, The Street’s Jim Cramer said, quoting a panel talk with the CEO of Citrix Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CTXS). “Bitcoin is what the bad guys demand you pay if you...

This week, bitcoin enthusiasts and investors celebrated Bitcoin Pizza Day, the seven-year anniversary of the day programmer Laszlo Hanyecz spent 10,000 bitcoin on two Papa John’s Int'l, Inc. (NASDAQ: PZZA) pizzas. Today, the bitcoin spent on those pizzas would be worth $22 million. The price...