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iShares Adds Small Cap India ETF

Michael Johnston — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:56:00 +0000

iShares, by far the most active ETF issuer on the product development front to this point in 2012, continued the aggressive expansion of its international ETF lineup this week with the debut of a new product targeting small cap Indian stocks. The new MSCI India Small Cap Index Fund (SMIN) becomes the third product to specifically target small Indian companies. SMIN will complement existing ETFs from iShares that target primarily large Indian companies, including the S&P India Nifty 50 Index Fund (INDY) and the recently-launched MSCI India Index Fund (INDA). Under The Hood The index to which SMIN will be linked consists of about 235 individual stocks, though the fact sheet indicates that the new ETF will hold only about 88 stocks at launch. Liquidity can be an issue even with some larger Indian stocks, so it wouldn’t be surprising if SMIN implements a sampling strategy that results in the [...]

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iShares Rolls Out Another India ETF

Michael Johnston — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:00:42 +0000

iShares continued to debut new products at an impressive pace on Friday with the introduction of another India ETF. The new MSCI India ETF (INDA) will list on the BATS, joining several other iShares funds on the third-largest U.S. exchange. Last month iShares became the first ETF issuer to list on the BATS, spurning the NYSE and NASDAQ for a newcomer that has been aggressively competing for new listings with dramatically lower fees [see also The Ten Commandments of Commodity Investing]. The new ETF is linked to an index that consists of about 72 Indian stocks, many of which are large caps. INDA makes its largest allocations to the financials (25%), technology (19%), and energy (12%) sectors. Underweight from a sector perspective are telecom (3%), utilities (5%) and health care (5%). The biggest individual weights are afforded to Infosys (11%) and Reliance Industries (9%) [see the INDA fact sheet]. India [...]

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Evaluating India ETFs: Three Important Factors To Consider

Michael Johnston — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 13:00:06 +0000

[This article is a free preview of the special ETF research report India ETFs In-Focus. ETFdb Pro members can read the entire report here; sign up for a free 7-day trial to get your copy] With year-end rebalancings underway and planning for 2012 ramping up, many investors are taking a look at asset classes that have struggled this year in hopes of identifying assets with significant long-term upside at discounted prices. One asset class that keeps turning up in the hunt for investment bargains is India, one of the world’s most exciting emerging markets that has struggled mightily throughout 2011. India is expected to experience elevated growth rates for several decades to come, eventually becoming the second largest economy in the world. As the nation’s massive population continues to urbanize and acquire discretionary wealth for the first time, the country’s stock markets are poised to appreciate dramatically. Yet India ETFs [...]

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Can India ETFs Beat Inflation Epidemic?

Eric Dutram — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 14:00:14 +0000

Emerging markets have hit some rough patches in 2011, as concerns over debt in the developed world as well as a possible slowdown in some key developing countries has caused many to pull out of risky markets entirely. As a result, broad based funds such as VWO or EEM are down on the year and are lagging behind their developed counterparts in both the U.S. and internationally. While this trend has hit all markets, some have been much more impacted than others. Markets such as Malaysia, Russia, and Poland are all up at least a few percentage points so far this year, outpacing many of their rivals across the globe. On the other end of the spectrum, are three countries that have turned in by far the worst performances this year; Egypt, Vietnam, and India. While Egypt is down for obvious reasons– the ousting of long time president Mubarak and [...]

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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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Beyond the BRIC: Ten Country-Specific Emerging Markets ETFs

Jared Cummans — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 14:29:52 +0000

With the developed markets of the world crippled by mounting debt, stagnant growth, and suddenly severe political risk, investors have undeniably begun allocating a larger portion of their portfolios to emerging markets. Boosted by ongoing urbanization, flexible and cheap manufacturing, and an abundance of natural resources, the developing economies have emerged as the leaders of the global recovery efforts, accounting for the vast majority of global economic growth as they further distance themselves from advanced economies. The emerging markets exposure established by U.S. investors tends to be heavy in equities of Brazil, Russia, India, and China. The BRIC term was coined by an economist at Goldman Sachs in 2001 who argued that based on the rapid development, the bloc of countries would eclipse the world’s richest economies by 2050. The BRICs may be the best known and largest economies among emerging markets, but they’re hardly the only options. Below, we [...]

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Five Ultra Popular ETNs

Michael Johnston — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 19:00:39 +0000

Most of what’s written about ETNs is cautionary in nature, focusing on the credit risk inherent in any debt security. And with good reason; the risks of ETN investing are very real. While most exchange-traded notes are issued by major financial institutions with lofty credit ratings, the last few years have taught investors that credit risk, however negligible, can never be written off completely. But ETNs also offer some potential advantages to investors. For one, they often offer exposure to hard-to-access asset classes and indexes that traditional ETFs may have difficulties tracking accurately or in a cost-efficient manner. Despite the risks involved, several ETNs have become incredibly popular with investors looking for exposure to everything from emerging markets equities to volatility to commodities. Below, we profile five of the most popular ETF products currently available to U.S. investors. 5. iPath S&P GSCI Crude Oil Total Return Index ETN (OIL) The [...]

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Which India ETF Is Best?

Michael Johnston — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 22:33:39 +0000

As developed economies struggled to regain their footing in the wake of the recent economic downturn, many investors have been drawn to the potential for meaningful growth offered by emerging markets. While recovery efforts in the U.S., western Europe, and Japan have been slow to gain traction and deliver meaningful economic expansion, developing markets have surged ahead, showing no ill effects of the recession and even sparking concerns of overheating. Many investors looking to achieve emerging markets exposure have turned to China, impressed by the still-booming industrial sector and attracted to the potential that a rapidly-swelling middle class offers to technology and consumer companies. But options for emerging markets exposure go far beyond China. The tremendous growth in the Middle Kingdom has overshadowed equally-impressive results in India. India is the world’s most populous democracy and is home to the world’s 12th largest economy by nominal GDP. Following the election of [...]

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November ETF Roundup: Launches, Filings, and Closures

Michael Johnston — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 16:19:26 +0000

The ETF industry picked up steam in November, with several highly-anticipated funds coming to market and multiple issuers disclosing new details on innovative products that could be launched in 2010. The biggest news for the month was the entrance of Charles Schwab into the industry with the launch of four ETFs in early November. Debuting with a competitive cost structure, Schwab has made big inroads in the ETF industry already, racking up almost $150 million in assets already. But Schwab’s arrival was hardly the extent of the new developments in the ETF industry for November. Other highlights include: PIMCO continues to be extremely active, opening the month with the launch of two new Treasury ETFs (ZROZ and FIVZ) to complement existing products (TENZ and TUZ). In mid-November, the bond fund giant launched its first actively-managed short maturity ETF, MINT. The company closed out November with its second actively-managed ETF, MUNI. [...]

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