Emerging Market ETFs

Emerging markets stocks aren't the only asset class offering exposure to developing economies getting drubbed this year. Bonds are, too. The J.P. Morgan EMBI Global Core Index, a widely followed gauge of dollar-denominated emerging markets debt, is lower by nearly 6 percent year-to-date. Some...

The signs remain somewhat faint, but some market observers believe those signs are mounting in favor of emerging markets resurgence. Plenty of exchange traded funds, including the iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF (NYSE: IEMG), would like for that thesis to be proven positive. IEMG, one of the...

Perhaps the time is right for alternative approaches to sagging emerging markets equities. The John Hancock Multifactor Emerging Markets ETF (NYSE: JHEM), which debuted last week, will test that thesis. JEHM is the latest fund in John Hancock's expanding lineup of multifactor exchange traded...

All of the exchange-traded funds dedicated to stocks with blockchain exposure have come to market this year. Nearly all of those funds are heavily or exclusively focused on U.S. equities. The exception is the Reality Shares Nasdaq NexGen Economy China ETF (NASDAQ: BCNA), which debuted in June....

The iShares MSCI South Africa ETF (NYSE: EZA) is up 3.28 percent over the past week, reducing its year-to-date loss to just over 22 percent. That's more than double the 2018 loss of the MSCI Emerging Markets Index and enough to make EZA one of the worst-performing single-country exchange-traded...

Emerging market stocks have taken a beating in 2018 thanks to the international trade war. If history is any indication, long-term investors shouldn’t sweat this year’s pullback. Earlier this month, the MSCI Emerging Markets Index dropped 20 percent below its January peak, crossing the...

Emerging markets assets are struggling this year, a fact confirmed by a year-to-date loss of more than 9 percent for the widely followed MSCI Emerging Markets Index. Negative anecdotes for emerging markets assets do not end there. Exchange-traded funds tracking developing economies are besieged by...

The first round of Brazil's presidential election occurs on Sunday, October 7. Some traders are already positioning for that event as highlighted by recent activity in the Direxion Daily MSCI Brazil Bull 3X Shares (NYSE: BRZU). BRZU looks to deliver triple the daily returns of the MSCI...

2018 has not been a kind year for international equity investors. The whiplash has been especially bad for the Chinese markets, which were among the strongest in 2017. The FTSE China 50 Index, for example, rose 22 percent last year, but is down about 12 percent year-to-date. This is true for both...

Emerging markets equities and the corresponding exchange traded funds are slumping this year. Some Latin American economies are contributing to the trend. The The iShares Latin America 40 ETF (NYSE: ILF) is down 11.6 percent year-to-date as of Sept. 14, a loss that is 120 basis points worse...

As tariffs, sanctions, and politics continue to coalesce into a shadow of uncertainty hanging overhead, the markets haven’t blinked—at least not the US markets. The S&P 500 Index is hovering around all-time highs, and the Q2 earnings season was a rousing success across the board....

A pair of exchange-traded funds dedicated to China's booming health care investment opportunity debuted earlier this year. KraneShares, the issuer behind one of those China healthcare funds, took the emerging markets health care investment opportunity further with the debut of the KraneShares...

Friday is the last trading day of August, and the end of the month could not come sooner for the iShares MSCI Turkey ETF (NASDAQ: TUR). All the lone exchange traded fund tracking Turkish stocks has done this month is tumble, to the tune of 27.15 percent. Even with its miserable...

Amid a trade war with the United States, Chinese stocks are languishing this year. The large-cap FTSE China 50 Index is down 7.1 percent year-to-date. While that's less worse than the 8.2 percent lost by the MSCI Emerging Markets Index, Chinese stocks are slumping while their U.S. counterparts...