Emerging Markets Dip for 4th Successive Weak: ETFs in Focus

by Zacks Equity Research Published on October 26,2018

MSCI emerging market index slips for the fourth straight week post Fed minutes and escalating trade war concerns, putting related ETFs in focus.

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What Caused the Rout in High-Yield Bond ETFs?

by Sanghamitra Saha Published on October 17,2018

Here is why investors are yanking assets from high-yield bond ETFs.

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5 Defensive ETFs to Survive Global Market Rout

by Sanghamitra Saha Published on October 12,2018

Inside the long/short ETFs that remained in the green in the recent global market rout.

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What EM Shock? Brazil ETFs Soar on Election Optimism

by Sanghamitra Saha Published on October 10,2018

Brazil ETFs are riding high on election optimism, overruling rising rate concerns in the United States.

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ETFs to Win & Lose as Third Rate Hike Looms

by Sweta Killa Published on September 25,2018

A few ETFs will continue to benefit if the Fed raises rates as expected, while a few would be severely impacted.

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Top Foreign ETFs of Q3

by Sanghamitra Saha Published on September 24,2018

Inside the foreign ETFs that braved a host of issues in the third quarter and stayed in the green.

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EM ETFs: A Contrarian Bet or Value Trap?

by Sanghamitra Saha Published on September 21,2018

Should you buy EM ETFs after such steep selloffs or are these still risky?

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India ETFs: Proof to EM Shocks, What About Oil Shocks?

by Sanghamitra Saha Published on September 06,2018

India ETFs seem somewhat resistant to emerging market shocks and trade tensions, but can it handle oil shocks?

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Inverse EM ETFs to Gain as Currency Turmoil Deepens

by Sanghamitra Saha Published on September 05,2018

The downtrend in emerging market ETFs has been persistent even in September. Inverse EM ETFs can be good bets as of now.

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The Emerging Markets Currency Crisis: What Investors Should Know

by Chloe Shin Published on September 04,2018

As the U.S. dollar rallies, other nations, especially those with emerging markets, are suffering from weakening currencies against the benchmark. Starting with the crash of the Turkish lira a few weeks ago, the Mexican peso, Argentinean peso, South African rand, and Indonesian rupiah have all crashed in a very short span of time.

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Has EM Selloff Bottomed Out? ETFs to Tap

by Sanghamitra Saha Published on September 03,2018

August has been pretty upsetting for Emerging market (EM) ETFs, thanks to turmoil in Turkey and Argentina.

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Top ETF Stories of August

by Sanghamitra Saha Published on August 31,2018

Inside the eye-catching ETF events of August.

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Turkey Issue Hurt EMs in August: 5 Least-Hurt ETFs

by Sanghamitra Saha Published on August 30,2018

These EM ETFs are the least-hurt in the latest EM ETF rout.

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ETFs That Are Hardly Hurt by the Turkey Turmoil

by Sanghamitra Saha Published on August 14,2018

These ETFs proved their resilience to Turkish turmoil on Aug 10.

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Dollar on a Bull Ride: ETFs to Buy/Avoid

by Sweta Killa Published on August 14,2018

We have highlighted ETFs that should benefit from a strengthening dollar and the ones that will lose.

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Profit From Turkish Turmoil With These Global Inverse ETFs

by Sanghamitra Saha Published on August 13,2018

Gain from the widespread selloff in the global market owing to Turkey issues with these inverse ETFs.

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EM ETFs Rebound in July: Value Trap or Value Play?

by Sanghamitra Saha Published on August 01,2018

Emerging market ETFs sprung back in July. Will these be able to maintain the momentum?

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Top ETF Events of 1H to Watch in 2H

by Sanghamitra Saha Published on July 05,2018

Key ETF events of 1H that should be tracked closely in 2H.

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ETF Asset Report of Q2

by Sanghamitra Saha Published on July 03,2018

Which ETF areas were investors' favorites and which were not in Q2.

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1H Asset Flow Roundup: What's Hot & What's Not

by Sweta Killa Published on July 03,2018

Stocks across the globe have suffered their worst first half in a year since 2010, wiping out trillions of dollars from the MSCI's 47-country world index. Inside the hot and flop ETFs in terms of fund flows.

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5 Broad EM ETFs That Lost the Least in Q2

by Sanghamitra Saha Published on July 02,2018

These EM ETFs have lost the least in the second quarter.

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Top 5 Foreign ETFs of Q2

by Sanghamitra Saha Published on July 02,2018

These foreign ETFs beat SPY in the past three months.

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Trade, Fed & Oil Wrote Top ETF Stories of 1H

by Sanghamitra Saha Published on June 28,2018

Inside top ETF stories of first-half 2018.

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Can the Top Performing Single Country ETF Continue Its Surge?

by Neena Mishra Published on June 28,2018

Saudi Arabia stocks are soaring this year ahead of Aramco???s IPO and with recent upgrades, this trend could continue.

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Should These 3 Emerging Country ETFs Fear Fed Rate Hikes?

by Sanghamitra Saha Published on June 21,2018

EM country ETFs that are running current account surpluses are apparently less-scathed by the Fed rate hikes.

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