Europe’s Financial Distress Is Taking A Toll On These Single Country ETFs
“Europe’s monetary system is a textbook example of contagion. By virtue of the fact that they use the same currency, each of the 16 member nations are so intertwined with each other that their...
View ArticleS&P’s Ratings Services Has Lowered Its Fund Credit Quality Rating On The...
“If you think that the credit issue and risk in sovereign debt is going away any time soon, you better think again. A small under-covered downgrade today is something which should be reviewed by those...
View ArticleInternational Bond ETFs Offer Diversification (IGOV, ISHG, BWX)
As developing nations continue to prosper and grow and investment dollars find their way overseas, international bond exchange traded funds (ETFs) may be the answer to portfolio diversification and...
View ArticleInternational Bond ETFs Offer Diversification (IGOV, ISHG, BWX)
As developing nations continue to prosper and grow and investment dollars fund their way overseas, international bond exchange traded funds (ETFs) may be the answer to portfolio diversification and...
View ArticleEmerging Markets Bond ETFs Soar (PCY, EMB, BWX, IGOV, ISHG)
While there have been pockets of strength in emerging markets for equities (see links below), emerging markets bonds have been even stronger performers in 2010, both on an absolute and risk-adjusted...
View ArticleFor Income and Diversification, Have You Considered International Bond ETFs?...
In these turbulent times, plenty of investors just want steady income. Others realize they need to look outside the U.S. as they ride out the storm. Yet in a world where some once-stable economies are...
View ArticleWhich Asset Classes Are Active ETFs Fit For? (JNK, UNG, BWX)
Actively-managed ETFs have been launched in several different segments of the market now, ranging from plain vanilla large cap equities to municipal bonds to the real estate market. They have seen...
View ArticleMany Ask…What Makes Gold A Valuable Investment? (SLV, GLD, DBV, BWX, EMB,...
Many ask … what makes gold a valuable investment; and note that it is falling lower in price. Historical research shows that monetization of debt by a central bank, such as the US Federal Reserve,...
View ArticleMajor Assets: Risk Assets Strong While Safe Assets Have Negative Trends (VWO,...
Another week went by with risk assets being in much favor. This is especially true for the traditionally considered ‘riskiest’ assets including emerging market equities (NYSE:VWO), commodities...
View ArticleETF Pipeline: Floating Rate Bonds, European Bonds, And More (FLTR, BWX, TZD,...
The past week has seen the continuation of brisk expansion in the ETF industry, with more than a dozen new products debuting. The product pipeline continues to fill as well, with the most noteworthy...
View ArticleInternational Bond ETFs: Checking Out All The Options For Investors (BWX,...
The fixed income corner of the ETF industry has experienced tremendous growth in recent years, as investors have become increasingly comfortable with achieving bond exposure through the exchange-traded...
View ArticleWho’s Left In The AAA Club For ETFs? (BUNL, BUNT, BWX, BWZ, IGOV)
Tim Seymour: While the United States was said to enjoy the best credit in the world, that was less a factor of its AAA rating and more a matter of a massive economy and unsurpassed resources. In fact,...
View ArticleEuro Bond ETFs: Big Yields, Big Risks (BWX, IGOV, ITLY, EU, BUND)
Daniela Pylypczak: Europe has been in the spotlight throughout the last several months as the continent has fought an increasingly desperate battle to ward off a wave of sovereign debt defaults that...
View ArticleInvestor Guide To International Treasury Bond ETF Investing (ISHG, BWZ, IGOV,...
Eric Dutram: Recent developments in the domestic as well as global markets have led to an increase in volatility across all asset classes. After getting off to a good start in 2012, the present...
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