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Real estate investment trusts are showing some fortitude this year, but investors considering the exchange traded funds tracking them should do some homework before jumping into the asset class.  Diversified REIT ETFs, which are the biggest and most popular funds in this asset class, can...

Japanese stocks haven't been immune to the downside experienced this year by ex-U.S. developed markets equities. In fact, Japan is one of the worst ex-U.S. developed markets offenders as highlighted by a year-to-date loss of 5.62 percent for the MSCI Japan Index. While Japanese stocks are among...

The universe of exchange traded funds targeting environmental, social and governance continues growing. DWS, the asset management and ETF arm of Deutsche Bank AG (USA) (NYSE: DB) launched the Xtrackers MSCI EAFE ESG Leaders Equity ETF (NYSE: EASG) on Wednesday. EASG is the fifth ETF...

The arrival of the communication services sector becomes official later this month. It's a move that will see an array of well-known stocks in the consumer discretionary and technology sectors move to communication services. The move was previously announced by index providers MSCI...

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...

Broadly speaking, single-country emerging markets exchange traded funds are delivering plenty of disappointments this year, but there are some exceptions. One of the most notable is the iShares MSCI Saudi Arabia ETF (NYSE: KSA). While the MSCI Emerging Markets Index is down more than 10 percent...

International stocks and exchange traded funds are not repeating the impressive performance seen in 2017. The widely followed MSCI EAFE Index is lower by 6.5 percent in 2018 and close to violating its 52-week low. Some other ex-U.S. developed markets strategies are proving more durable or less...

MSCI Inc. (NYSE: MSCI), one of the largest providers of benchmarks for use by issuers of exchange traded funds and index funds, said Wednesday it will promote Argentina and Saudi Arabia to the widely followed MSCI Emerging Markets Index. The announcement was made as part of MSCI's annual...

Index providers Standard & Poor's and MSCI Inc. announced plans last year to reconfigure the telecommunications sector as communication services, a move that will result in the departure of some well-known companies from some popular consumer discretionary and technology exchange traded...

It may be hard for investors in developed markets such as the U.S., Europe and Japan to fathom, but there are some countries around the world with high interest rates. There are high interest rate countries and then there is Argentina. After last week's rate hike, Argentina, one of South...