Emerging Market ETFs

Turmoil in Turkey. An ongoing trade spat involving the U.S. and China. A recent pullback in oil prices. Those factors and more are weighing on emerging markets equities. Russian stocks have not been immune to those scenarios. Year-to-date, the MVIS Russia Index (MVRSXTR) is down more than 6 percent...

Compared to the prior week, last week wasn't all that bad for the iShares MSCI Turkey ETF (NYSE: TUR). The only U.S.-listed exchange traded fund dedicated to Turkish stocks lost 0.79 percent last week. TUR is still down almost 23 percent month-to-date and more than 51 percent year-to-date. More...

The 11 percent slide iShares MSCI Turkey ETF (NASDAQ: TUR) took on Monday had a sequel on Friday's open, slumping another 5 percent.  The volume from the initial sell off was more than 12 times the daily average as that country's efforts to prop up its flailing currency, the lira,...

As the world's largest country by population, China presents investors with a potentially lucrative health care opportunity. A new exchange traded fund looks to capitalize on that theme. The Loncar China BioPharma ETF (NASDAQ: CHNA) debuted Wednesday, marking the second ETF from Loncar...

The iShares MSCI Turkey ETF (NASDAQ: TUR) jumped 11.27 percent on more than five times the average daily volume Tuesday. While that sounds impressive, the lone U.S.-listed exchange traded fund dedicated to Turkish stocks is still down nearly 19 percent over the past week. Investors are apt to pin...

Russian stocks and the ruble slumped Thursday on news of fresh sanctions against the country by the Trump administration. Predictably, Russia's reaction to the new sanctions was harsh, perhaps prompting investors to ditch Russian assets. “But investors did not wait for details, driving...

Oppenheimer, the exchange traded funds issuer behind an extensive lineup of revenue-weighted funds, added to that stable Thursday with the debuts of two international dividend products. The Oppenheimer International Ultra Dividend Revenue ETF (NYSE:RIDV) and the Oppenheimer Emerging Markets Ultra...

Several marquee Latin American economies have been affected by electoral politics this year, namely Brazil and Mexico, the region's two largest economies. Mexico recently held national elections and Brazil is slated to do so in October. What's getting lost in the region's electoral...

For investors clamoring for more factor-based fixed income exchange traded funds, the holidays arrived in July when Invesco Ltd. (NYSE: IVZ), the fourth-largest U.S. ETF sponsor, rolled out eight new bond funds Wednesday. Each of the eight new ETFs track in-house indexes. The benchmarks for the new...

Emerging markets stocks are slumping this year and, at least until recently, Brazilian equities have been among the worst offenders. The MSCI Brazil 25/50 Index is down nearly 12 percent year-to-date and that is with the benefit of 9.56 percent surge over the past month. What Happened Brazilian...

On Monday in Helsinki, President Trump met with Russian President Vladimir Putin, producing a firestorm of controversy and criticism in the traditional media as well as social media. Eschewing politics to focus on investing, the S&P 500 closed modestly lower yesterday while the MVIS Russia...

Down more than 36 percent year-to-date, the iShares MSCI Turkey ETF (NASDAQ: TUR) is one of the worst-performing single-country emerging markets exchange traded funds in 2018.  The situation is unlikely to improve in the near-term for the lone U.S.-listed ETF dedicated to Turkish stocks after...

This week, Tilray and Sproutly Canada went public, Sunniva announced plans to spin off its Canadian assets, Zynerba Pharmaceuticals posted positive data for its Phase 2 trial for ZYN002 in Fragile X syndrome, and Zogenix released positive top-line results from its second pivotal Phase 3 study...