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WisdomTree

  • Checking In, DEW, DIA, Long Ideas, News, PFE

    Checking In: Do The DEW

    Wednesday, May 9, 2012 - 4:04am

    Amidst yet another Europe-induced market calamity, investors are once again embracing the boring-is-beautiful propensities of dividend stocks. Think about it: How many times over the past couple of weeks have you heard someone extol the virtues of dividend stocks and ETFs? A lot. The fact that...

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  • ALD, Checking In, ELD, EMCB, Long Ideas, LQD

    Checking In: First-to-Market Stud (EMCB, LQD, ELD)

    Tuesday, March 20, 2012 - 7:13pm

    The first-to-market advantage is not one that should be understated or underestimated when it comes to ETFs. Countless ETFs have thrived not because they are the best funds in their particular niche, but simply because they were the first funds to offer investors exposure to a certain concept....

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  • DEM, DGS, DVYE, EDIV, EGShares, HILO

    4 EM Dividend ETFs Your Broker Forgot to Mention (HILO, EDIV, DEM)

    Thursday, March 8, 2012 - 1:39pm

    The combination of emerging markets and dividends under the umbrella can be an alluring one to be sure but even as the number of emerging markets dividend funds proliferates, some are going relatively unnoticed by investors and the mainstream financial press alike. Hey, it took a while for the...

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  • BRF, DES, EWA, GMFS, IndexIQ, IWM

    Small-Cap Surprises ETF Style

    Thursday, February 16, 2012 - 1:50pm

    The revered January Effect is in the books but if small-caps are going to remain in style for the rest of 2012, now is the time to look at some ETFs offering exposure to this market cap spectrum. And yes, that means digging deeper than the usual suspects such as the iShares MSCI Russell 2000 Index...

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  • ALPS, DTD, HDV, Long Ideas, News, Sector ETFs

    Make It Rain With These Dividend ETFs

    Wednesday, January 4, 2012 - 1:37pm

    It won't go down as the best year on record for dividends, but it is fair to say 2011 was kind to income investors. Dividend increases reached $50.2 billion in 2011, an 89.2% rise over the $26.5 billion in dividend increases posted in 2010, according to Standard & Poor's. Over 1,950 companies...

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  • ALD, Checking In, Long Ideas, News, SPY, VWO

    Checking In: One Of 2011's Top Rookie ETFs

    Tuesday, November 22, 2011 - 7:13pm

    It's that time of year again. No, we're not talking about Thanksgiving or Black Friday. We're talking about the time of year when it makes sense to start looking back on the scores of new exchange-traded products that have come to market this year. Since that number is approaching 300, there are...

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  • DGS, DXJ, EWG, GERJ, News, WETF

    WisdomTree Files Plans For Two More International ETFs

    Thursday, July 28, 2011 - 3:38pm

    WisdomTree (Nasdaq: WETF), the only publicly traded pure-play U.S. ETF issuer, has filed plans to expand its already extensive lineup of international ETFs by adding the WisdomTree German Hedged Equity Fund and the WisdomTree Asia Small Cap Fund. The SEC filing did not disclose tickers or expense...

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  • DEM, DOL, EPI, Long Ideas, News, Sector ETFs

    WisdomTree Looks Toward Nasdaq Listing

    Friday, July 15, 2011 - 1:01pm

    WisdomTree, the asset manager and ETF issuer known primarily for its dividend and emerging markets ETFs, anticipates that its stock will make the jump from the pink sheets to the Nasdaq on or about July 26 and trade under the ticker “WETF.” According to data from the National Stock Exchange,...

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  • DBU, EFT, EZU, IPW, Long Ideas, Moody's

    Portuguese Debt Worries Could Be Your Gain

    Tuesday, December 21, 2010 - 11:54am

    Portugal's bond rating may be Downgraded one or two levels by Moody's Investors Service due to budget cuts that will worsen the country's “lackluster” economic growth, according to a report by Bloomberg this morning. Moody's today put Portugal's A1 long-term and Prime-1 short-term government bond...

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  • DEB, DND, DXJ, ETF, ETF, WisdomTree

    WisdomTree Newly Launched ETF Hedges Against Currency Exposure

    Tuesday, January 12, 2010 - 8:19am

    In an interview with MarketWatch, the Investment manager of WisdomTree hoped that the recently launched exchange traded fund (ETF), WisdomTree International Hedged Equity Fund (NYSE: HEDJ), will be more acceptable by investors who are nervous about the prospects of a strengthening dollar in 2010....

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