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ETF Showdown: Israel in The Spotlight
Wednesday, June 26, 2013 - 3:06pm | 696Read More...Market Vectors rolled out the Market Vectors Israel ETF (NYSE: ISRA) Wednesday. The new fund gives investors a second Israel ETF to choose from and represents the 53rd Market Vectors ETF to come to market. ISRA will contend with the $76.5 million iShares MSCI Israel Capped Investable Market...
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ETF Showdown: A Pharma Fight
Thursday, April 11, 2013 - 4:21pm | 841Read More...Much has been made of low volatility sectors leading U.S. equities to new all-time highs. Sectors such as consumer staples and utilities are driving the broader market higher. Health care is certainly in the conversation as well, and it is not just biotech names that are leading this sector's...
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ETF Showdown: Settling The Japan Debate
Friday, February 8, 2013 - 12:47pm | 1037Read More...Due to the tumbling yen, which has lead to noticeable strength in Japanese stocks over the past several months, investors are once again turning their attention to Japan ETFs. While there are multiple ETF avenues for gaining exposure to the world's third-largest economy, some funds such as the...
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ETF Showdown: Turning The Lights On
Friday, October 26, 2012 - 3:33pm | 621Read More...It is not hyperbole to say that a large percentage of investors that have invested in a utilities ETF have either done so with U.S.-focused products such as the Utilities Select Sector SPDR (NYSE: XLU) or the Vanguard Utilities ETF (NYSE: VPU). That has not been a bad idea. Over the past three...
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ETF Showdown: Swiss Beats
Friday, September 28, 2012 - 7:22am | 609Read More...Switzerland is known for a few things. The affluent praise Switzerland for its high-end watches and formerly favorable and top-secret banking structure. On the world political stage, Switzerland is most known for its neutrality in major global affairs. Investors have embraced Switzerland because...
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ETF Showdown: Materials Melee
Friday, September 21, 2012 - 12:52pm | 598Read More...The materials sector accounts for just 3.5 percent of the S&P 500's weight, making it the third-smallest sector in the broader market index ahead of only utilities and telecommunications. Even with that factoid, there are plenty of materials ETFs for investors to choose from. Including the...
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ETF Showdown: A Battle For European Supremacy
Friday, September 7, 2012 - 12:10pm | 656Read More...Markets surged on Thursday after European Central Bank President Mario Draghi said the ECB could buy an unlimited amount of European bonds to help the continent eradicate its sovereign debt crisis. The news had a palpable impact on major European ETFs. The Vanguard MSCI Europe ETF (NYSE: VGK)...
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ETF Showdown: EM Bank Battle
Friday, August 3, 2012 - 1:56pm | 607Read More...Statistically speaking, most multi-country emerging markets ETFs are sporting decent year-to-date returns. Likewise, many of the major ETFs tracking bank stocks can boast solid returns despite the usual amount of controversy that seems to always follow this sector. It might be logical to assume...
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ETF Showdown: Calling On Convertibles (CWB, CVRT)
Friday, June 1, 2012 - 2:57am | 660Read More...The evolution of the exchange-traded products industry has clearly helped investors gain exposure to myriad asset classes and investment themes ranging from the mundane to the obscure. That's particularly true among bond funds, which now go well beyond boring Treasury products to include ETFs that...
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ETF Showdown: Not Now, Maybe Later
Friday, May 25, 2012 - 2:01pm | 679Read More...It's widely known that energy stocks aren't the place to be these. Even the blue chips are getting hammered, a fact highlighted by a decline of almost 6% in the past month for the Energy Select SPDR (NYSE: XLE). Makes sense. West Texas Intermediate oil futures are down about 15% since the start...
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ETF Showdown: Corporate Bonds The EM Way (EMCB, CEMB)
Friday, April 20, 2012 - 2:30pm | 529Read More...Despite a sluggish March, the pace of new ETF introductions remains fairly brisk in 2012 and it's BlackRock's (NYSE: BLK) iShares unit leading the charge. The world's largest ETF sponsor has rolled out roughly 40 new funds this year and plenty of bond funds have been included in that group. Even...
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ETF Showdown: Jumping For Junk (HYG, IHY, HYXU)
Friday, April 13, 2012 - 7:07pm | 682Read More...In a market environment that seems to be putting a premium on eschewing risk, it might not feel like like the right time to be embracing high-yield, or junk, bonds. The iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (NYSE: HYG) and the SPDR Barclays Capital High Yield Bond ETF (NYSE: JNK), two of...
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ETF Showdown: Log On For An Internet Battle (PCLN, GOOG, FDN)
Friday, April 6, 2012 - 3:41am | 594Read More...With Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) running the show for the Nasdaq, technology sector ETFs and the tech sector at large this year, it might be easy to forget there are some other high-flying, triple-digit stocks that are widely followed and viewed as important players in the tech universe. And that means...
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ETF Showdown: Deutschland Battle (EWG, GERJ, EWGS)
Friday, March 23, 2012 - 1:36pm | 504Read More...For almost 15 years, the iShares MSCI Germany Index Fund (NYSE: EWG) was the lone Germany-specific ETF on the market. That's right. The Euro Zone's largest economy, the world's fourth-largest economy and the country that was the world's largest exporter until recently went a decade and a half with...
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ETF Showdown: Dividend Dilemma (HDV, HDIV, JNJ)
Friday, March 16, 2012 - 2:55pm | 576Read More...There's no denying it. Investors love dividend ETFs and ETF issuers are more than happy to oblige by rolling out new funds aimed at income investors. More dividend options in the ETF world should be a good thing for investors, but a lot of these new dividend ETFs look like mirror images of each...
