Emerging Market ETFs

Being bold with fixed income exchange traded funds is paying off this year. For example, the largest emerging markets bond ETF is up 9.3% year to date while the largest high-yield corporate bond ETF is higher by 8.8%. Put those two themes together and the result is the VanEck Vectors Emerging...

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Among exchange traded funds tracking equities in developing economies, the VanEck Vectors Vietnam ETF (NYSE: VNM) has been a steady hand. VNM, the lone U.S.-listed ETF dedicated to Vietnamese stocks, is up almost 10 percent and the fund is modestly higher over the past month, sharply outperforming...

Emerging markets stocks and the related exchange traded funds are being slammed by the trade wars as confirmed by the MSCI Emerging Markets Index being down nearly 7 percent over the past month. That might be enough to steer investors away from the combination of developing economies and small-cap...

Thanks in large part to what have been, until recently, strong oil prices, Russian stocks and the related exchange traded funds are performing well this year. The VanEck Vectors Russia ETF (NYSE: RSX) is up 15.41 percent year-to-date, putting the largest ETF well ahead of the MSCI Emerging Markets...

As part of its previously announced expansion, Fidelity's commission-free exchange traded funds platform includes ETFs from 11 issuers new to the lineup. What Happened In February, Boston-based Fidelity announced plans to boost the size of its commission-free ETF offering to over 500 funds....

The MSCI Emerging Markets Index is down more than 8 percent this month, a decline that has whittled the benchmark's year-to-date gain to a meager 2.64 percent. Data points like those are enough to discourage many investors from allocating to developing economies, but some emerging markets...

Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei s enduring significant controversy in the U.S. Recently, the Commerce Department blacklisted Huwaei, barring the company from buying chips from several major U.S. semiconductor companies. Additionally, Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) suspended its relationship...

These are rough times for emerging markets equities and exchange-traded funds. This month, the widely followed MSCI Emerging Markets is down 8.60 percent and has seen its year-to-date gains nearly wiped out. What Happened In May, the S&P Latin America 40 Index, a widely followed gauge of stocks...

It has been another brutal year for investors in the iShares MSCI Turkey ETF (NASDAQ: TUR). The lone exchange traded fund in the U.S. dedicated to Turkish equities is down more than 17 percent year to date while the MSCI Emerging Markets Index is up by 2.18 percent. What Happened TUR is lower by...

The Freedom 100 Emerging Markets ETF (CBOE: FRDM) debuted May 23 as the newest emerging markets exchange traded fund targeting virtuous investment principles, offering investors a refreshed view of environmental, social and governance (ESG) concepts in developing economies. What To Know While...

Votes are still being counted in India, Asia's third-largest economy, but exit polls indicate Prime Minister Narendra Modi cruised to reelection in national elections held over the weekend. On the back of that news, a slew of US-listed India exchange traded funds rallied Monday even as U.S....

When it comes to the environmental, social and governance (ESG) investing phenomenon, many exchange traded funds in this universe are heavy on companies that excel at environmental stewardship, but many of those same firms may be lacking when it comes to the “S” and “G” in...

With the MSCI China Index lower by 9.56 percent this month and residing 18.5 percent below its 52-week high, some aggressive traders and investors may be thinking Chinese equities are starting to look like value propositions. Some analysts in the exchange traded funds space don't disagree with...

These should be go-go days for leveraged China exchange-traded funds, and they are. As the U.S. and China, the world's two largest economies, continue grappling over trade, some traders are enjoying the ride offered by the Direxion Daily FTSE China Bear 3X Shares (NYSE: YANG) or profiting from...