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IndexIQ, a NY based firm offering asset management service is offering a line of single country ETFs with small capital outlay. The ETFs shall focus on high growth Asian countries like Hong Kong, Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia and Philippines. The firm aims to help US investors gain from the China success story by investing money [...]

China will be providing more exposure to its currency and ETFs related to the country have responded quite favorably in the US. The Chinese yuan will now trade more freely against the U.S. dollar, according to MarketWatch. The news gave a lift to Chinese-specific ETFs. Two notable ETFs started out the week on the right [...]

Although currency funds have yet to capture a large portion of the exchange-traded fund market, other opportunities exist for investors in the ETF landscape. One such opportunity, iShares MSCI Hong Kong (EWH: Quote, Profile, Advanced Chart, News), a stock fund, is expected to rise with China’s currency. Analysts expect that Chinese stocks catering to consumer [...]

Often a leading indicator, shipping companies have outperformed the market in 2010, indicating that the economy is on a long road to recovery. Year-to-date, the Claymore/Delta Global Shipping ETF (SEA: Quote, Profile, Advanced Chart, News) has earned investors a hefty 14.8% return compared to 4.5% for the S&P 500. Demand for global shipping companies is [...]

In a bid to bring foreign stocks closer to the United States through ETFs, iShares has filed with the SEC to create two new funds dedicated to overseas financial companies. The new funds will be the first of their kind, but will hope to follow in the footsteps of popular US-based financial ETFs trading on [...]

A relatively unknown name in the exchange-traded fund industry, Asia Tigers Fund Inc. (GRR) is boasting hefty returns while the US markets continue to stagnate. The fund, which suffers from low volume and a relatively small market cap, continues to be a top performer, showing gains of 54% year to date. Managed by Blackstone Asia [...]

Exports around the world may be permanently docked at the port, but internal growth within Asia’s leading exporter remains strong. China, who during the 1990s and early 2000s built a budding export business, is now finding economic prosperity through producing for its own domestic consumption. Of the handful of countries still in the positive, China [...]

Based upon the first three months of 2009, the Shanghai Composite Index can be crowned as the best performing index. The index soared 30% in the first quarter alone, while its tracking ETF, Morgan Stanley China A Share Fund (CAF), posted a 49% gain. According to Investor’s Business Daily, CAF’s growth was aided by additional [...]

As of September 26, 2008, the American Stock Exchange’s Cleantech Index (CTIUS) added two new companies to its portfolio while dropping three others. According to the Business Wire press release, the two companies joining the Cleantech Index are China High Speed Transmission and Autodesk, which will be replacing Xantrex, Christ Water Technologies, and Comverge. Two [...]

Barclays Global Investors has announced the launch of its newest iShares ETF to capture a broad and diversified piece of various Asian markets. Michael Latham, CEO of U.S. iShares at Barclays is quoted to say, “Since iShares launched the first pure mainland China ETF for U.S. investors in 2005, investors have continued to ask for [...]