Emerging Market ETFs

There are roughly 2,400 exchange traded products listed in the U.S., including both exchange traded funds and exchange traded notes. Underscoring what a wild ride equity markets have been on this year, fewer than 80 of those products are up 30% or more year to date and when leveraged funds are...

Stocks were roiled Friday amid speculation that President Donald Trump is considering a plan that would delist Chinese companies from major U.S. equity exchanges as part of a broader effort to limit U.S. access to Chinese investments. Predictably, the headlines pressured a slew of U.S.-listed...

Life for the bulls was rough in August. Major averages bounded from one end of a trading range to the other on a seemingly daily basis, sectors fell in and out of favorability in mere moments, and a now persistently inverted yield-curve is underpinning endless speculation of a recession. But don...

Already under siege amid pro-democracy protests, the iShares MSCI Hong Kong ETF (NYSE: EWH) could see more downside, something options traders are betting. What Happened The protests commenced in the Chinese Special Administrative Region (SAR) several months ago following passage of bill that would...

Drone strikes on marquee Saudi Arabian oil assets could lead to a spike in crude prices today, particularly contracts priced in Brent terms, the global benchmark. On Saturday, a Yemeni militia group, the Houthi rebels, took credit for the attack, saying they flew 10 drones over assets controlled by...

With some investments, what the strategy excludes is as important as what it includes. That's the case with the WisdomTree Emerging Markets ex-State-Owned Enterprises Fund (NYSE: XSOE). As its name implies, XSOE is an emerging markets exchange traded fund that excludes state-owned enterprises (...

The often tempting and volatile MSCI Brazil 25/50 Index, one of the most widely followed gauges of Brazilian equities, is higher by 5.45% this week and it looks some traders perfectly timed that rally. What Happened It was an ambitious call to say the least, particularly after the MSCI Brazil 25/50...

The iShares MSCI Mexico ETF (NYSE: EWW) is off nearly 3% amid concerns Latin America's second-largest economy is slowing, but like so many other economies around the world, developed and emerging, the central bank there is ready to act. What Happened Banco de Mexico cut rates by 25 basis points...

Life happens fast in financial markets and in the course of one trading day, a stock or exchange traded fund can go from hero to laggard. That happened to the Global X MSCI Argentina ETF (NYSE: ARGT) on Aug. 19. What Happened A day after President Mauricio Macri suffered a stunning defeat in a...

Developing economies, such as Brazil, India and Thailand, have recently joined developed market counterparts in lowering interest rates. That should be good news because it indicates inflation is relatively modest in many developing regions and with rates having been higher throughout much of the...

For those not keeping track, Nigerian stocks are getting punished this year. The Global X MSCI Nigeria ETF (NYSE: NGE), the lone exchange traded fund dedicated to stocks in Africa's second-largest economy, is lower by 20.46% year to date. By comparison, the MSCI Frontier Markets 100 Index, in...

When it comes to interest rates, U.S. investors focus on the Federal Reserve, but the Fed is far from the only central bank that has recently trimmed borrowing costs. Plenty of emerging markets central banks, including the Reserve Bank of India, have been joining the rate cut fun. What Happened On...

The VanEck Vectors Russia ETF (NYSE: RSX), the largest Russia exchange traded fund trading in New York, slipped 1.37% Friday, extending its month-to-date decline to over 6%. Late in the day, some positive news for RSX emerged. What Happened On Friday, Fitch Ratings boosted its rating on Russia...

With the United States and China, the world's two largest economies, both seeming unrelenting in the latest trade tiff, these don't seem like the days to embrace China exchange traded funds. Down about 7% just this month, the MSCI China Index would appear to confirm as much. What Happened...

On Wednesday, the Federal Reserve lowered interest rates by 25 basis points, but it wasn't the only major central bank trimming borrowing costs. What Happened The iShares MSCI Brazil Capped ETF (NYSE: EWZ), the largest exchange traded fund dedicated to Brazilian equities, traded slightly higher...