Exchange

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 [...]

Some sectors are seasonal, and a few fare better in the summer than any other time during the year. Here is a brief list of the ETFs that heat up as summer begins. With oil on the top of everyone’s mind following a spill in the Gulf of Mexico, Claymore/Aphashares Global Solar Energy Index ETF [...]

iShares today launched the iShares MSCI Poland Investable Market Index Fund (EPOL) on the NYSE Arca Exchange. The first exchange-traded fund to track Polish stocks, the iShares fund was met with plenty of anticipation prior to launch. The fund follows several other iShares’ developments meant to track stocks of individual nations. The iShares MSCI Poland [...]

Standard & Poor’s has reached an agreement to license the S&P500 to seven major European ETF sponsors. The agreement would allow for practical cross-listing of US stocks through the exchange-traded fund platform. By the end of May, seven new S&P500 funds are expected to be listed on European exchanges, according to a press release. The [...]

The biggest losers among the record sell-off on May 6th weren’t individual stocks, but exchange-traded funds. As the markets tumbled, institutional volume in ETFs sent many funds to abnormal lows. Both the NYSE and NASDAQ exchanges released a list to the public of securities that saw cancelled trades. A total of 173 securities on the [...]

The National Bank of Abu Dhabi has licensed the Dow Jones UAE 25 Index for deployment on the Saudi stock exchange. The first of many expected ETFs, the fund’s launch later this month will be a landmark move in Middle Eastern investing. The fund’s first trading day is expected to be March 25 for all [...]

Facing stiff competition from other fund sponsors, Emerging Global Shares brought its newest fund to market in just four months, hoping to quell interest from other fund issuers in emerging markets. The Brazil Infrastructure Index ETF (BRXX: News) builds on a general interest among investors in both emerging-market and infrastructure sector ETFs. The fund will [...]

ALPS has filed with the SEC to create a new fund of a increasingly popular investment: real estate. The fund will track an existing index, the Cohen & Steers Global Realty Majors Index. The criteria for the underlying index is different than most other “plain vanilla” indexes. The fund will invest in real estate stocks [...]

Emerging Global Shares could not have picked better timing with the release of its new China Infrastructure Fund (CHXX: News). Amidst stimulus efforts undertaken around the world, investors have been eying infrastructure names as sound investments in a shaky economic climate. The China Infrastructure Index ETF will invest in the 30 largest companies that center [...]

Tapping into the current investment trends, Global X thinks there is room for a few more precious metal funds. The company has filed with the SEC to create four new funds, which will track companies involved in silver, gold, platinum and copper mining. The four new funds are: 1. Global X Copper Miners ETF 2. [...]