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Just a few trading days remain in 2015, and there is a plethora of adjectives with which to describe the performances of emerging markets stocks and exchange-traded funds. None of those adjectives are positive, leaving investors to identify the emerging markets ETFs that have been less bad this...

Over the past month, the PowerShares DB US Dollar Index Bullish (NYSE: UUP) has gained nearly 5 percent, while the Guggenheim CurrencyShares Euro Trust (NYSE: FXE) has tumbled by more than 6 percent. Those performances have been aided by rising expectations that the Federal Reserve will raise...

On Thursday, WisdomTree Investments, Inc. (NASDAQ: WETF), the fifth-largest U.S. issuer of exchange-traded funds, expanded its suite of currency-hedged funds. Already one of the ETF industry's largest, the suite now includes newly debuted WisdomTree Global Hedged SmallCap Dividend Fund (BATS:...

Some exchange-traded funds are really enjoying the diverging policies of major global central banks. For example, the People’s Bank of China (PBoC) recently delivered more yuan-depressing stimulus, and market participants are comfortable wagering the European Central Bank will add to its...

These days, emerging markets exchange traded funds have a litany of problems, chief among them direct or indirect China exposure and commodities exposure. For investors, dodging both of those issues can be difficult because even many of the well-known, supposedly diversified emerging markets ETFs...

The theme of hedging currency risk in the same wrapper as a basket of international stocks is one that WisdomTree has exploited to the fullest. Their wildly successful WisdomTree Europe Hedged Equity Fund (NYSE: HEDJ) and WisdomTree Japan Hedged Equity Fund (NYSE: DXJ) have a combined $36.88...

The world of income investing is primarily split between high-yield stocks and those that are consistently growing their dividends. The latter category exhibits companies with consistent profits and growth that are able to reliably return capital to shareholders in ever-increasing amounts....

It has been noted time again this year that stocks in select emerging markets are trading at substantial discounts to historical norms. Over the past month, the Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF (NYSE: VWO) and the iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF (NYSE: EEM), the two largest ETFs by assets...

As U.S. stocks have been leaders this year, it is not surprising that ETF issuers have rolled out a steady stream of new dividend funds. The strategy makes sense as data indicates investors love income-oriented ETFs. As of the end of May, year-to-date inflows to dividend, preferred stock and REIT...

The rise of China's shadow banking system and increased concerns about non-performing loans in the world's second-largest have prompted some global investors to be skittish about Chinese bank stocks. Although it is fair to say emerging markets financial services firms are riskier than their U.S...

WisdomTree (NASDAQ: WETF), the seventh-largest U.S. ETF sponsor, said today that it expects to deliver no short- or long-term capital gains distributions on any of its 35 equity-based ETFs this year. Distributions are paid to investors from the capital gains of the firm's investment portfolio....

A possible reason is that U.S. stocks are sliding Wednesday is that investors now view the chances of the fiscal cliff arriving as heightened following President Obama's re-election. In the days leading up to the election, the Obama Administration promised to veto any legislation aimed at avoiding...

These days, it feels like everyone and his sister is in love with dividends. That much is highlighted by the soaring assets under management totals across an array of dividend ETFs this year. Indeed, there is no getting around the fact that dividends are an important component in portfolios. So...

Those ETFs that skip on particular investment themes or sectors, or so-called "ex" funds, are not the newest concept to come along. However, the allure of "ex" ETFs is robust and investors have not been shy about embracing some of these funds. Amid Europe's ongoing sovereign debt crisis, the...