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Greece ETF Derailed By S&P Downgrade
By Tom Lydon What started as a wild week for the Global X FTSE Greece 20 ETF (NYSEArca: GREK) will end that way as the lone Greece ETF is tumbling by 3.7% after Standard & Poor’s pared its rating on the country’s sovereign debt to B- from B. The ratings agency is keeping the long- and … Continue reading
Swissie Surge Punishes Poland ETFs
By Tom Lydon ETF Trends When the Swiss National Bank (SNB) rattled global markets last week by announcing it was scrapping the franc’s peg to the euro, the Swiss currency’s subsequent surge claimed plenty of victims from hedge funds to currency brokers that were on the wrong side of the Swissie’s spike. Count Poland exchange … Continue reading
Russia ETFs Suddenly Shaking Off Bad News
By Todd Shriber In news that could surprise some market observers, the Market Vectors Russia ETF (NYSEArca: RSX) climbed 2.3% last week while the MSCI Emerging Markets Index rose just 1%. It also feels as though RSX’s 5.3% over the past month has been kept quiet. RSX’s recent turn for the better comes as the … Continue reading
J.P. Morgan’s New EM ETF Challenges Conventional Rivals
By Todd Shriber There is no dearth of emerging markets exchange traded funds featuring large, if not excessive exposure to state-controlled enterprises, many of which hail from the energy and financial services sector. While Chinese banks and Latin American energy giants usually rank among the largest companies in their respective countries, investors are looking for … Continue reading
Looking for 2015 Emerging Markets Opportunities
By Todd Shriber This has been another disappointing and turbulent year for emerging markets exchange traded funds. Amid faltering currencies, tumbling commodities prices and geopolitical tensions, the Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF (NYSEArca: VWO)and the iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF (NYSEArca: EEM), the two largest emerging markets ETFs by assets, are down an average of … Continue reading
