After watching rival Vanguard roll out more than a dozen domestic equity ETFs earlier this month, iShares continues to focus its attention on international stock markets, rolling out three new ETFs on Wednesday. The new funds include the MSCI Philippines Investable Market Index Fund (EPHE), MSCI Small Cap Brazil Index Fund (EWZS), and MSCI Small Cap China Index Fund (ECNS). The Philippines ETF will be the first of its kind to hit the U.S. market, while the other new products from iShares will go head-to-head with existing ETFs from Van Eck and Guggenheim. [click to continue…]
As the world population continues to expand at a tremendous pace, investors have begun to see the impact of this growth on a host of finite resources, including food, water, and other assets critical to modern life. With the world population increasing by nearly one billion people every 12 years (it stood at just 5 [...]
Kids today have it rough–at least in the ETF industry. Once upon a time, issuers looking to bring new funds to market had no problem rounding up interested investors; significant demand for new products was a virtual certainty as ETFs made their initial burst on to the scene and all asset values seemed to go [...]
One of the most interesting developments in the ETF market over the last several years has been the extent to which investors have embraced these securities as opportunities to add commodity exposure to traditional stock-and-bond portfolios. Within the commodity space, no single fund has enjoyed a more impressive rise than the SPDR Gold Trust (GLD), [...]
The first half of 2010 is in the books, and it is no surprise that the ETF industry has continued to grow at an impressive rate. According to the latest data from the National Stock Exchange, the universe of exchange-traded products saw almost $40 billion of cash inflows during the first six months of the [...]
Two months after a tragic plane crash on Russian soil claimed the lives of Poland’s president and several top government officials, voters will head to the polls on Sunday to choose between two candidates with drastically different plans for the country’s future. Bronislaw Komorowski, a member of the pro-market Civic Platform party, maintains a moderate [...]
Van Eck announced today plans to reduce the expense caps on three of its international equity ETFs, effective immediately. The three ETFs that will be impacted include:
The impressive pace of expansion in the ETF industry slowed a bit in May, as issuers introduced fewer new funds than in previous months. Still, more than a dozen new ETFs began trading last month, including some first-to-market products, a few ETFs that will go head-to-head with established products, and the second coming of an [...]
How many Poland ETFs does it take to satisfy investors? At least two. The latest addition to the iShares line of ETF products began trading on Wednesday as the company launched the MSCI Poland Investable Market Index Fund (EPOL). The new ETF, which tracks the MSCI Poland Investable Market Index, is the second to offer [...]
