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ETF Research Report Now Available: China ETFs In Focus

Michael Johnston — Sun, 31 Jul 2011 15:00:03 +0000

Over the past few years it has become increasingly clear that China is now the most important economy in the world. Though second to the U.S. in total size, China accounts directly for a significant portion of global GDP growth and has contributed indirectly to expansion in developed and emerging markets around the globe–particularly resource rich countries that have stepped up to fuel ongoing urbanization and aggressive infrastructure expansions and improvements. As interest in China’s equity markets has surged in recent years, it shouldn’t be surprising that investors have embraced ETFs as an efficient means of accessing this promising economy. There are currently nearly two dozen ETFs offering exposure to China, including both broad-based and sector-specific offerings. Moreover, investors seeking leveraged exposure or access to the Chinese currency have additional choices from the ETF lineup. Each of the China ETFs puts a unique spin on exposure to the Asian powerhouse, [...]

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Three ETFs To Watch This Week: PGJ, BRAZ, CNDA

Eric Dutram — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 08:00:51 +0000

Despite continued uncertainty over the health of global markets and skyrocketing crude prices, equity markets managed to post relatively strong performances during the last week. These gains were largely the result of broad improvement across the market but especially positive outlooks in the technology, materials, and consumer goods sectors. The few losers over the past week came in the financial and utilities sectors, as banks feared the Fed’s refusal over dividend increases and utility companies continued to sell-off modestly thanks to fears over higher regulation costs in the months and years ahead. Geopolitical concerns remained elevated, as the bombing campaign increased in Libya, pushing oil to new heights on fears of a continued conflict in the North Africa nation. Meanwhile, in Japan, citizens had hoped that the worst of the nuclear disaster was behind them, but new reports suggested that radioactive materials were continuing to leak from the impacted zone [...]

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Three ETFs To Watch This Week: EWA, PGJ, EWC

Eric Dutram — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 09:00:04 +0000

After surging in the early part of the week, U.S. equity markets slumped back after weak data to finish slightly in the red, further clouding the American economic outlook heading into the key election season in November. The main catalyst for this week’s slump was a sharp rise in new unemployment claims which hit the psychologically important half million mark, suggesting to many that as the stimulus and census boosts end the economy will teeter dangerously close to a double dip recession. European equity markets also trended lower to end the week thanks to comments from German Central Bank president Axel Weber, who expressed his concerns over exiting crisis programs too early. This combination of weakness in two of the largest markets in the world spooked many investors who are hoping for a quick recovery; it looks like the global economy is more likely to muddle along for the foreseeable [...]

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Definitive Guide To China ETFs

Jared Cummans — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 15:30:20 +0000

The impact of the recent global economic slowdown was first felt by consumers around the world who were forced to cut back on purchases in order to endure the recession. While some consumer segments such as the wealthy, have begun to spend again, the events of the last two years have also had a profound, and perhaps lasting, impact on the business of investing and the methodologies that guide the portfolio construction process. As the growth gap between the world’s advanced and developing economies widens, many U.S. investors have tossed aside the conventional wisdom that called for making a significant allocation to domestic equities in favor of a more global approach. Historically, many investors have maintained only minimal exposure to emerging markets equities, citing the significant risk factors as justification for the minimum weightings. But in the current environment, many have pointed out that it is the developed economies of [...]

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Beyond FXI: Three Alternatives To The Popular China ETF

Eric Dutram — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 16:30:51 +0000

With the Chinese economy continuing to expand at an impressive rate, many investors are looking to allocate greater percentages of their portfolios to this increasingly important market. More and more investors are turning to ETFs as a means of accessing Chinese equities. By far the most popular fund in the China Equities ETFdb Category is the iShares FTSE/Xinhua China 25 Index Fund (FXI), which has amassed close to $8 billion in assets and has an average trading volume of nearly 25 million shares. Despite its tremendous popularity, there are some potential drawbacks to relying primarily on FXI for China exposure. The fund offers cheap and efficient exposure to the Chinese market, but the sector allocations may result in unbalanced exposure to various parts of the economy. FXI is heavily weighted towards financials, with about 45% of the securities going to Chinese financial firms. Moreover, consumer products and services, a sector [...]

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October ETF Roundup: Launches, Filings, and Closures

Michael Johnston — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:44:55 +0000

October was another busy month for the ETF industry, with the launch of several new funds, including a handful that will compete directly with well-established ETFs and some that seek to address potential regulatory issues facing traditional commodity products. Highlights from the month included: Claymore, in partnership with AlphaShares, launched the China All-Cap ETF (YAO), the first fund to offer exposure to China across all market capitalizations. Prior to the launch of YAO, China ETFs were generally dominated by holdings in mega cap companies or focused exclusively on small cap firms. YAO has already proven to be tremendously popular, accumulating more than $65 million in assets in its first month. IndexIQ, the firm behind the first ever hedge fund ETF, launched two additional products designed to protect against inflation. The IQ CPI Inflation Hedged ETF (CPI) and IQ ARB Global Resources ETF (GRES) hit the market at a time when [...]

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Index Underlying PowerShares China ETF Expands Its Holdings

Eric Dutram — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 19:21:02 +0000

The Halter USX China Index, the benchmark underlying the PowerShares Golden Dragon Halter USX China Fund (PGJ), is expanding its holdings by adding another 20 equities. The Index is also removing China INSOnline Corp, bringing the total number of stocks to 139. The benchmark, which consists of U.S. listed companies that do a majority of their business in China, will now include more energy, health, and service companies. These actions further diversify PGJ across all sectors of the economy, lessening exposure to the telecommunication sector. The new constituents are primarily small cap companies listed on the Nasdaq Exchange, meaning that the new PGJ will have more exposure to small cap firms. The changes come to a fund that has performed very well in 2009; PGJ has gained almost 50% year to date. PGJ is an attractive investment option for investors looking to add exposure to China but looking to avoid [...]

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Global X Has Big Plans For China ETFs

Michael Johnston — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 13:46:37 +0000

Global X Funds, the New York-based ETF provider that was the first to offer funds focusing on Colombia and the Nordic region, has filed for approval with the SEC to launch six new ETFs that focus on various sectors of the Chinese economy. The proposed funds include: Global X Consumer Global X China Energy Global X China Financials Global X Industrials Global X Materials Global X Technology The move is the latest in a trend towards more targeted exposure to economies that account for an increasingly large portion of the global economy. Emerging Global Advisors recently launched the Emerging Global Shares Financials (EFN), the first fund focusing on the financial sector in emerging markets economies. EFN is Emerging Global Advisors’ third ETF focusing on a specific industry in emerging markets economies, joining metals (EMT) and energy (EEO). EGA also offers a fund with exposure to a composite of emerging markets [...]

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ETF Plays For China’s Internet Boom

Michael Johnston — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 09:05:50 +0000

There can be little debate that China’s economy has made tremendous progress over the last decade, implementing market reforms that have brought the world’s most populous nation closer to “developed” status. But there are many areas of China’s economy that remain far behind those of western Europe and the U.S. The slow development of China’s Internet industry is perhaps best evidenced by the struggles that Google has experienced in the country. “Google was going to help democratize data in China,” writes Tom Krazit. “Instead, about three years after entering the Middle Kingdom, the search company still finds itself in an uncomfortable working relationship with government censors.” Google has butted heads with the Chinese government in recent years over a number of issues, mostly revolving around censorship. The government once blocked all web searches that could have related to Tienanmen Square, and on another occasion reprimanded the Mountain View, California company [...]

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Claymore Files For Another China ETF

Michael Johnston — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 13:26:55 +0000

Claymore certainly doesn’t seem to be resting on its laurels following last week’s announcement that Guggenheim Partners has agreed to buy the firm, including its line of about 35 ETFs with nearly $2 billion in assets. The Lisle, Illinois-based firm has filed with the SEC for approval of the Claymore/AlphaShares China All-Cap ETF. The proposed fund would trade on the NYSE Arca Exchange under the ticker YAO, and would invest in public companies in mainland China. YAO would join two existing Claymore China ETFs based on AlphaShares indexes: the China Real Estate ETF (TAO) and the China Small Cap Index ETF (HAO). TAO and HAO are among the best-performing ETFs so far in 2009, rising 67.6% and 81.1%, respectively. Crowding The Market? There are a number of China ETFs available presently, including the aforementioned Claymore funds, S&P China SPDR (GXC), and PowerShares Golden Dragon Halter USX China Portfolio (PGJ). And [...]

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