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India Bull Or Bear? ETFs To Play

Daniela Pylypczak — Fri, 18 May 2012 13:00:23 +0000

Emerging markets have taken center stage in recent years as investors have become increasingly attracted to the lucrative opportunities presented in this corner of the market. Despite this recent trend, many have grown somewhat leery of several countries’ financial standings and of their ability to produce any kind of real return albeit their attractively high growth rates. One country in particular has taken a significant amount of heat for their troubling economic position: India, the most populous democracy in the world, is now showing several unsettling signs of financial duress [see also Evaluating India ETFs: Three Important Factors To Consider]. India’s alarmingly large budget and trade deficits have sent up several red flags, making investors understandably bearish on essentially all Indian asset classes. Despite its thriving middle class, the country is plagued by socioeconomic turmoil: India currently holds the largest concentration of people living below the World Bank’s international poverty line. The pressures [...]

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The Cheapest Actively Managed ETFs

Stoyan Bojinov — Thu, 10 May 2012 11:00:35 +0000

Institutional money managers, financial advisors, and investors of all walks have largely embraced the advantages offered by the exchange-traded product structure over traditional mutual funds. The rising popularity of indexing strategies makes it easy and affordable for investors to tap into virtually any asset class around the globe through the purchase of a single ticker. Thanks to the ongoing innovation in the ETF Universe, investors don’t have to settle for a passive strategy; in fact, increasing cost competition among issuers has led to lower prices for both passive and actively managed funds, allowing for investors to tap into a diverse suite of strategies without incurring astronomical expenses [see also Five Questions To Ask When Buying An ETF]. Cost efficiency is one of the founding pillars of the ETF industry, and as such, the exchange-traded product structure continues to evolve into a more affordable investment vehicle. Cost-conscious investors have several dozen “cheap” ETFs with rock bottom expense ratios to choose [...]

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Tax Efficiency Report Card

Daniela Pylypczak — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 12:00:24 +0000

The year-end periods provides the ETF industry with a couple of opportunities to flex its collective muscle; performance comparisons generally tend to favor those products with lower expense ratios–a defining feature of exchange-traded funds. But early January also puts another benefit of exchange-traded products into focus: enhanced tax efficiency relative to traditional mutual funds. The nuances of the exchange-traded structure have the potential to bring additional tax efficiencies to investors thanks to the availability of an “in kind redemption” that ultimately gives investors more control over the timing of tax obligations. Mutual funds, on the other hand, have a nasty tendency to stick remaining shareholders with tax liabilities incurred as a result of redemptions by others–a development that can obviously be undesirable [see Tax Loss Harvesting With ETFs: 6 Ideas To Lower Client Liabilities]. ETFs won’t allow investors to skip out on their taxes, but this product structure can deliver [...]

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Complete List Of Active ETFs

Michael Johnston — Sun, 05 Jun 2011 11:00:14 +0000

Since PowerShares debuted its first active ETFs in the spring of 2008, this corner of the exchange-traded product market has grown tremendously. Though many active ETFs have been somewhat slow to accumulate assets, the increase in the size of the lineup highlights the trend towards vehicles that combine active management with the exchange-traded structure. There are now dozens of actively-managed ETFs offering exposure to a number of asset classes, including stocks, bonds, and currencies. The following tables present all of the active ETFs currently available to U.S. investors, including expense information, inception date, and the applicable benchmark. New active ETFs are added as they are launched, providing a real time list of active ETFs [filter by active / passive and other fields with the free ETF Screener]. Equity ETFs There are a number of different active equity ETFs, including funds that offer exposure to both domestic and international equity markets. [...]

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Emerging Market ETFs: Seven Factors Every Investor Should Consider

Eric Dutram — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 14:30:53 +0000

No matter where investors look in the developed world, the picture isn’t pretty. In the U.S. unemployment remains intolerably high, and uncertainty over the latest round of QE will continue to hang over stock markets. In Europe efforts to control surging deficits have been met with protests and public outrage, complicating the process of reeling in government spending through austerity and establishing a platform for sustainable economic growth. And in Japan, the central bank has taken steps to weaken the currency in order to keep the country’s important exporters competitive on the global stage. However, the country’s debt levels now approach 200% of GDP–by far one of the highest levels in the developed world–raising all sorts of red flags around a market that has been stick in economic quicksand for the better part of two decades. While a few advanced markets have managed to avoid this malaise–namely those with significant [...]

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India ETFs: Warning Signs In GDP Report?

Michael Johnston — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 14:45:47 +0000

If investors weren’t already aware of the tremendous “growth gap” between the developed and emerging markets of the world, a report Tuesday out of New Delhi served as a nice reminder. India’s gross domestic product grew by 8.8% in the quarter ended June 30, roughly in line with analyst estimates for expansion in the world’s largest democracy. That marks the fastest GDP growth in more than two years, outpacing the 8.6% clip from India’s fiscal first quarter ended in March. Coming just days after the U.S. revised its GDP growth estimate for the same period downward to 1.6%, India’s pace of expansion is truly remarkable. Reaction to the latest GDP figures was primarily positive. “The data underscore the strong recovery in India’s economy, Asia’s third-largest and among the earliest to emerge from the global economic crisis,” writes Anant Vijay Kala. The impressive figures figure to give Indian policymakers enhanced flexibility [...]

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India ETFs: Five Ways To Play

Cathy Carlson — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 15:00:08 +0000

As emerging markets have raced ahead of their developed counterparts in the last two years, investors around the globe have begun to tilt portfolios more heavily towards securities that many have historically perceived to be excessively risky. The inflows into equity ETFs serve as one piece of evidence of this trend; through the first seven months of the year domestic equity funds took in about $3.3 billion, while international equity ETFs saw inflows of nearly $14 billion. Now, with the U.S. economy showing signs of weakness, investors have become particularly interested in emerging markets that have the potential to “decouple” from their developed counterparts, potentially shielding themselves from weakness elsewhere in the world and using internal resources to continue plowing ahead [see Beyond the BRIC: Ten Country-Specific Emerging Markets ETFs]. India is an intriguing–albeit risky–option for investors looking to establish exposure to an emerging market that can thrive even without [...]

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Currency ETFs: A Better Way To Play The BRIC?

Eric Dutram — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 12:34:32 +0000

When the global economy transitioned into “recovery mode” following the latest recession, the emerging markets of the world jumped into the lead and quickly left their developed counterparts in the dust. Although advanced economies have resumed expansion, growth rates in the U.S. and Western Europe lag far behind the impressive figures being put up by China, Brazil, and countless other emerging economies. Some investors have always embraced emerging markets as an opportunity to access high growth areas of the economy, but in recent years interest has surged to new highs. With significant hurdles to growth in advanced economies–including sky high unemployment and mounting debt– many investors are rethinking the traditional wisdom that has called for them to allocate huge chunks of portfolios to domestic securities. The “home country bias” isn’t dead, but it’s taken some body blows [see this Q&A With Richard Kang for more on this topic]. Most emerging [...]

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Top Performing Currency ETFs From The First Half Of The Year

Eric Dutram — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 14:21:06 +0000

The first half of 2010 was a very interesting period for currency ETFs, which look to remain in focus as the second half of the year gets underway and attention turns to central bank rate hikes. One of the biggest news stories from the first half of the year in the world of finance was the rapid deterioration of the euro and the crisis of confidence that this once mighty currency has suffered. Thanks to the sovereign debt issues that continue to plague Europe, many investors have turned their attention to the U.S. dollar as a relative safe-haven during this turbulent time. This has helped to send the PowerShares DB US Dollar Index Bullish (UUP), a fund that tracks the dollar’s performance against a basket of developed market currencies, up by more than 6% on the year, ensuring that the fund is the top performer so far in 2010 in [...]

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Five Surprising Facts About The ETF Industry

Michael Johnston — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 07:00:50 +0000

As ETFs have transitioned from a closet industry to a mainstream investment vehicle, a growing number of investors has become familiar with the exchange-traded structure and the nuances of of the industry. Most advisors now recognize the “super tickers”–SPY, GLD, EEM, etc.–and have a good feel for the size and scope of the industry. But there are some interesting stats about the industry that may surprise even the most experienced ETF investors. Below, we present five surprising ETF stats (for more ETF features, sign up for our free ETF newsletter): 1. Expense Ratios Under 0.02% And Above 4%? Going by the official numbers, VTI has the cheapest expense ratio in the ETF industry at 0.07%. GSC and MES come in at the most expensive (excluding acquired fund fees) at 1.25% and 1.00%, respectively. But the expense methodology employed by the line of HOLDRS products from Merrill Lynch throws a wrench [...]

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