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When investing internationally, even in developed markets, investors are taking on some added risk compared to domestic investments. Obviously, part of that is equity risk, but what some investors continue to overlook are the potentially erosive effects of currency risk. Currency hedged exchange-...

Major India exchange-traded funds are still lagging the MSCI Emerging Markets Index on a year-to-date basis, but some market observers believe stocks in Asia's third-largest economy have the ability to play catch-up with a run that could extend into next year. ETFs such as the iShares S&P...

India is the world's largest democracy, Asia's third-largest economy and the second-largest country by population behind only China. With that heft comes complexity. In the case of India, plenty of complexity and bureaucratic red tape, which can be a burden in terms of garnering foreign...

After a multi-year malaise, emerging markets stocks and exchange-traded funds are once again generating enthusiasm among investors. That enthusiasm extends to dividend strategies, including one of the deans of emerging markets dividend ETFs, the WisdomTree Emerging Markets Eqty Incm Fd (NYSE: DEM...

It has been noted several times in this space this year that while small-cap stocks and the corresponding exchange-traded funds have been decent performers, adding dividends to that equation not only reduces volatility but bolsters returns as well. In Theory, In Practice The WisdomTree SmallCap...

Among developed market currencies, the euro is disappointing investors. Disappointing because many investors were betting various monetary stimulus efforts by the European Central Bank (ECB) would serve to weaken the common currency, but nearly eight months into 2016, the Guggenheim CurrencyShares...

A frequently used introduction to articles and conversations about mid-cap stocks and exchange-traded funds is that this realm of the equity market is often overlooked relative to large caps and smaller stocks. Dividends Within The Cap Spectrum Rather than focusing on the well-known fact that...

After a lengthy stretch of lagging its growth counterpart, the value factor is rebounding this year in the United States and receiving ample attention along the way. Some believe this could be the start of full-fledged rotation into value stocks and exchange-traded funds. While the factor is...

The Schwab ETF OneSource platform, the largest menu of exchange-traded funds available on a commission-free basis, grew a little bit more earlier this week with addition of three ETFs from WisdomTree Investments, Inc. (NASDAQ: WETF). The WisdomTree ETFs added to Schwab OneSource are the WisdomTree...

Fixed income exchange-traded funds are providing investors with plenty of excitement this year, most of it good, but the usual view of bond funds, particularly those holding U.S. Treasurys, is that these are boring instruments. Boring can be beautiful. The returns offered by a number of bond ETFs...

The Guggenheim CurrencyShares Japanese (NYSE: FXY) is up 19 percent year-to-date, making it one of the best-performing currency exchange-traded funds. So it is not surprising that as the yen surges amid safe-haven demand, Japanese stocks are struggling. In the United States, ETFs are designed...

Thanks in large part to the recent Brexit decision, the U.S. Dollar Index is higher by more than 2 percent over the past month. Whether that turns into a more lasting rally for the greenback remains to be seen, but investors have options when it comes to playing a dollar rebound via exchange-traded...

With many dividend exchange-traded funds easily outpacing broader benchmarks, such as the S&P 500 this year, a logical deduction would be that some of these ETFs are home to richly valued stocks. That is true of some dividend ETFs, particularly those with heavy weights to the consumer staples...

A simple view of investment-grade and high-yield corporate bonds is these are instruments sold to investors who, in most cases, are not looking to take on significant. Hence why creditworthiness is an integral part of evaluating corporate bonds. After all, investors in these bonds not only want...