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If you were to ask most individual investors or financial advisors their take on the outlook for the Indian rupee or Swedish krona, most would probably respond with a blank stare. But most of those same investors probably maintain some degree of currency exposure in their portfolios, especially if any of the $190 billion in international equity ETFs belongs to them. [click to continue…]
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Yukio Hatoyama resigned suddenly on Wednesday after just eight months in office, setting off a round of jostling among rival politicians to become Japan’s fifth prime minister in less than four years. Hatoyama had seen his popularity slide steadily since his election, highlighted by a controversial backtracking on a promise to move a U.S. marine base off Okinawa. Hatoyama called the decision to retain the base “heartbreaking,” but critics were quick to accuse him of giving into U.S. pressure, and his government coalition began to suddenly dissolve. [click to continue…]
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With just over a month in the books for 2010, equity markets have already been taken on a wild ride. After an initial jump, concerns over a government-imposed slowdown in China weighed on global stocks, particularly emerging markets and commodity-intensive businesses. As we enter February, many equity ETFs find themselves in the red for the [...]
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WisdomTree, the ETF issuer specializing in dividend and earnings weighted funds, announced a change to the Japan Total Dividend Fund (DXJ) beginning April 1. DXJ will still follow the same equities and maintain an expense ratio of 0.48% but will also seek to neutralize the affects of the volatile currency market and limit the impact [...]
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Value investing is one of the oldest and most popular equity strategies, mastered by legendary investors like Warren Buffett and Benjamin Graham and embraced by countless professional money managers and individual investors. The rise of the ETF industry has presented investors in pursuit of superior dividend yields dozens of options, each offering a unique twist [...]
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The reasons for the rise of the ETF industry are numerous: intraday liquidity, (potentially) superior tax efficiency, and enhanced transparency relative to traditional actively-managed mutual funds have all contributed to the billions of dollars of inflows that these funds have seen in recent years. But the real attraction for most ETF investors is the reduced [...]
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In the wake of the recent global recession, many investors have looked to Asia to lead the way to recovery. Emerging economies such as China and India have continued to expand at impressive pace, while Australia was recently one of the first developed markets to raise interest rates. But among these hot zones, Japan remains [...]
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As the recovery has gained momentum in much of the Asian Pacific, Japan’s economy has struggled to find its footing, becoming a laggard in a region that has largely propelled itself out of the recession and established itself as one of the leaders of the new global economy. Australia has begun raising interest rates once [...]
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