single country etfs

Emerging markets stocks and exchange traded funds are outperforming U.S. equivalents this year and India is a key contributor to that out-performance. For instance, the WisdomTree India Earnings ETF (NYSE: EPI) is up 27 percent year to date, an advantage of almost 350 basis points over the MSCI...

Investors are embracing ex-U.S. developed market equities and the corresponding exchange-traded funds this year. While much of that affinity is directed at Europe ETFs and funds tracking broader developed market indexes, investors might do well to remember Australia. The iShares MSCI Australia...

Chinese stocks and the corresponding exchange-traded funds are aiding in this year's emerging markets rally, but with stocks in the world's second-largest economy surging, investors should remember the array of differences between various China ETFs. Challenging Suppositions For example,...

The caveat here is “maybe” the following exchange-traded funds could endure an oil shock, though past performance indicates it will be difficult. After all, the iShares MSCI Saudi Arabia Capped ETF (NYSE: KSA) and the iShares MSCI Qatar Capped ETF (iShares Trust (NASDAQ: QAT)) are two...

Things just keep getting worse for the Global X MSCI Nigeria ETF (Global X Funds (NYSE: NGE)), the lone exchange-traded fund dedicated to Nigerian stocks. Inflation, Currency Woes Weigh On Nigeria As has been previously noted in this space, NGE has been struggling this year even as oil prices and...

The Market Vectors Indonesia Index Etf (NYSE: IDX) and the iShares MSCI Indons Invstbl Mrkt Indx Fd (NYSE: EIDO) are each up just over 28 percent year-to-date. That easily outpaces the 18.5 percent returned by the MSCI Emerging Markets Index. Indonesia ETFs' resurgence is market by some of the...

Relatively speaking, the iShares MSCI Spain Capped ETF (NYSE: EWP) has not been that bad compared to other single-country exchange-traded funds tracking PIIGS economies. Year-to-date, EWP is down 3.8 percent, a loss that is only half as bad as the equivalent Ireland ETF and far superior to the...

India exchange-traded funds, such as the iShares MSCI India ETF (BATS: INDA) and the iShares S&P India Nifty 50 Index Fund (NASDAQ: INDY), have recently been outperforming broader emerging markets benchmarks, a trend that could continue as India increases its tax reform efforts. Earlier this...

The Market Vector Russia ETF Trust (NYSE: RSX), the largest exchange-traded fund dedicated to Russian equities listed in New York, is one of this year's best-performing emerging markets single-country ETFs. Up 19.2 percent on the year, RSX is sporting a gain that is nearly 50 percent better...

Thanks in part to rebounding commodities prices and the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) efforts to weaken the Australian dollar, exchange-traded funds tracking equities down under are among this year's best developed markets performers. The Land Down Under While the MSCI EAFE Index, of...

The iShares MSCI Spain Capped ETF (NYSE: EWP), the largest exchange-traded fund tracking stocks in the eurozone's fourth-largest economy is off 2.9 percent year-to-date. That does not sound too shabby, but it lags the year-to-date showings by the Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF (NYSE: VGK) and the...

For a couple of years as commodities prices struggled, plenty of single-country emerging markets exchange-traded funds struggled as well. A prime example of that theme was the iShares MSCI South Africa Index (ETF) (NYSE: EZA). Stymied by South Africa's status as a major gold producer, the world...