Emerging Market ETFs

Valuation is being widely cited as one of the primary catalysts behind the emerging markets resurgence this year, but some emerging markets exchange-traded funds offer advantages beyond holding stocks that are inexpensive relative to U.S. benchmarks. The WisdomTree Emerging Markets ex-State-Owned...

Many diversified emerging markets exchange-traded funds are heavily allocated to Asia. Whether those funds track the MSCI Emerging Markets Index, related benchmarks or not, the prominence of Asian countries is supposedly diversified emerging markets funds is reflective of the continent's...

Emerging markets equities are setting a scintillating pace this year and China, the largest developing economy, is a big reason why. The largest China exchange traded fund listed in the U.S. is up more than 25 percent year-to-date.   Some traders are recognizing the opportunity being offered...

One certainty from the world of foreign currency this year is that the U.S. dollar is an epic dud. The PowerShares DB US Dollar Index Bullish Fund (NYSE: UUP), the tracking exchange-traded fund for the U.S. Dollar Index, is down slightly more than 10 percent year to date. While the dollar has been...

One of the primary sources of strength for diversified emerging markets exchange traded funds this year is India, Asia's third-largest economy. With the MSCI Emerging Markets Index approach 2017 gains of 30 percent, some well-known India ETFs are keeping pace while others are topping the...

A critical element in successfully using exchange-traded funds is to know an ETF's investment objective and what securities are found inside the fund. In many cases, it also pays to know what an ETF excludes. As its name implies, the WisdomTree Emerging Markets ex-State-Owned Enterprises Fund (...

PIMCO, one of the world's largest managers of fixed income assets, added to its lineup of exchange-traded funds Wednesday with the debuts of three equity-based smart beta funds, marking the first equity funds to join PIMCO's ETF stable. Each of three new PIMCO ETFs follow indexes from...

Although the Federal Reserve has boosted interest rates twice this year, Treasury yields have not ascended in the expected fashion, prompting income investors to continue considering alternatives to prosaic fixed-income assets. That income search continues to include emerging markets bonds, an...

With U.S. interest rates still low by historical standards and several other marquee developed markets sporting negative sovereign debt yields, fixed income investors are turning to other areas to find yield. The resurgence in emerging markets assets has led some bond investors to higher-yielding...

South Korea, Asia's fourth-largest economy, has recently been in the spotlight thanks to saber-rattling by U.S. President Donald Trump and DPRK leader Kim Jong-Un. After posturing from Trump, Kim threatened to launch missile strikes against the U.S. territory of Guam.   Though rhetoric has...

For all the talk about slumping commodities prices against the backdrop of a weaker dollar, there is copper. One of the most widely watched commodities is surging this year. After climbing about 2 percent on above-average volume on Thursday, the iPath Bloomberg Copper Subindex Total Return ETN (...

The MSCI Emerging Markets Index is up more than 25 percent year-to-date, putting the widely-followed gauge of developing world equities on pace for its best annual performance since 2012. Investors are responding, making emerging markets exchange traded funds (ETFs) some of this year's top...

Emerging markets exchange traded funds are performing well this year, easily topping their US-focused counterparts along the way. Within the realm of emerging markets funds, the ETFs that are truly impressing usually share one trait in common: large exposure to Chinese Internet stocks.   There...

Alibaba Group Holding Limited (NYSE: BABA) is one of the best-performing large-cap stocks in the U.S. this year. Shares of China's largest e-commerce company are in the midst of a stunning ascent, up almost 92 percent year to date. By comparison, Alibaba's U.S. rival, Amazon.com Inc. (...

What do four of the five hottest exchange traded funds of 2017 have in common? They all have exposure to Asian assets. Among every ETF with at least a $2 billion market cap, the best performer is iShares MSCI China Index Fund (NASDAQ: MCHI), which is up 34 percent this year. For many years, the U.S...