EM ETFs

Emerging markets stocks hit a rough spot last week as markets roiled by an intensifying geopolitical rift between the U.S. and North Korea. However, the saber rattling did not prompt large-scale departures from some emerging markets exchange-traded funds, although the MSCI Emerging Markets Index...

A plethora of diversified emerging markets exchange-traded funds are soaring this year, including some smart beta strategies. That includes the FlexShares Morningstar Emerging Markets Factor Tilt Index Fund (NYSE: TLTE), one of the more seasoned alternatives to cap-weighted emerging markets ETFs....

Among emerging markets single-country exchange traded funds, the iShares MSCI Indonesia ETF (NYSE: EIDO) and the VanEck Vectors Indonesia ETF (NYSE: IDX) can get lost in the shuffle, but Indonesian equities are solid performers this year. Taking A Trip To Indonesia EIDO and IDX, the older of the...

Emerging markets equities are soaring this year, extending a rebound that started last year. That theme extends to developing world dividend payers, which can serve as satellite, tactical positions for investors searching for income and some international portfolio diversity. Conventional wisdom...

Friday is the last day of the first quarter, and one of the prominent themes of the first three months of 2017 has been the leadership displayed by emerging markets equities. With one trading day left in the quarter, the widely followed MSCI Emerging Markets Index is higher by almost 14 percent....

Some of the most often cited criticisms of traditional emerging markets equity indexes include heavy exposure to financial services stocks and to state-owned enterprises (SOEs) hailing from the energy and materials sectors. Criticism A derivative criticism is that these indexes are not or have not...