Soccer’s World Cup can Affect Stock Markets
It seems that there are legitimate studies that show that a countries loss in a major sports competition like the World Cup can adversely affect that countries stock markets the next day says an article in MarketWatch.
ETFs Gaining Marketshare in Asia
According to a recent report published by Citi, ETFs have been clear winners in the Asian markets as savers have been reallocating their wealth. Total assets in ETFs have grown to $60 billion, during a time in which the share of Asian household savings in mutual funds has fallen from 14% to 8%. For original [...]
Hong Kong ETF planned for Chinese Investors
An exchange-traded fund is in the works which will enable mainland Chinese investors to access stocks listed in Hong Kong. Current speculation is that the new ETF will be listed in Shanghai, and will likely access stocks on the Hang Seng index. According to Credit Suisse, the fund would have limited scale initially. See original [...]
Credit Suisse Considers Hedge Fund ETFs
The top executive at Credit Suisse has suggested Credit Suisse may launch a line of hedge fund ETFs. The hedge fund strategy ETFs would compliment Credit Suisse’s current ETF lineup, currently the largest ETF issuer in Switzerland, and 4th largest in Europe. For original article, click here.
First Mexico Small-Cap ETF Debuts
Investors now have the ability to easily track the performance of small-cap companies in Mexico with the release of a new ETF by Global X Funds. The new fund is known as Global X Mexico Small-Cap ETF (ticker: MEXS) and is the first of its kind. According to Bruno del Ama, chief executive officer of [...]
Vanguard to Offer ETFs in Europe
Vanguard, though a newer entrant to the market for exchange-traded funds, actually led the U.S. in ETF sales in 2010 and is going to expand its ETF horizons by offering exchange-traded funds in Europe this year. Europe has not embraced investing with ETFs as rapidly as the U.S has; however, BlackRock is projecting an annual [...]
Energy ETF Demand Rises With Oil Prices
Rising oil prices have pushed up returns offered by energy based ETFs even as ETFs tracking crude oil prices have lagged behind. Prices are rising on account of political disturbance in Libya and East and North Africa and investors are preferring energy ETFs over oil based ETFs. Market forces prevent the latter from tracking the [...]
ETF To Track European Equity Volatility Launched
Bank of America, Merrill Lynch, and ETF Securities together are in the process of releasing the first ETF linked to volatility in the equity market in Europe. The ETF, IVSTOXX ETF, shall be listed on the LSE. The ETF shall track the EURO STOXX 50 Investable Volatility Index. This index covers 50 stocks that have [...]
iShares ETFs Listed On London Stock Exchange
BlackRock’s iShares has now listed the Dow Jones Global Sustainability Screened fund and Europe Sustainability Screened fund on the LSE. Both the funds are backed by physical storage of products and are not based on value of the underlying index alone. Further, the two ETFs offer access to the sustainable sector to Europeans as well. [...]
Bond ETFs Find Solace In Proposed Treasury Sale
Bond investors are looking forward to the proposed government decision to sell more treasury bonds in the coming week. This has come as good news for those who have invested in long term bonds. Long term bonds are very sensitive to economic and political changes and there are signs of good performance by ETFs that [...]
