Market Vectors

Investors will now have another ETF available to capture India’s small cap equity market with the launch of a new ETF by Van Eck. Last month, EG Shares introduced the first small cap ETF for India. The new ETF from Van Eck, known as Market Vectors India Small-Cap Index ETF (SCIF), will track the Market [...]

Investors will now have additional access to many emerging markets through the use of a new ETF issued by Van Eck Global. The new ETF, known as Market Vectors Emerging Markets Local Currency Bond ETF (EMLC), is described in the press release as tracking a “basket of bonds issued in local currencies by emerging market [...]

Option volume in the Market Vectors Russia (RSX: Quote, Profile, Advanced Chart, News) indicates that Russian markets may soon enter a bear market. Uncharacteristic put volume reflects a dip of greater than 17% by May. Open interest on the popular ETF rose to 60,608 put contracts, 2.42 times as many call contracts, which suggest a [...]

What is good enough for individual investors is apparently good enough for governments. A fresh look into China’s holdings has revealed a staggering $9.6 billion invested in US traded ETFs. Although most of the Chinese holdings are in pure indexing funds like the SPDR (SPY: Quote, Profile, Advanced Chart, News) and Powershares QQQ (QQQQ: Quote, [...]

The race to dominate country specific funds is in full swing. iShares recently filed with the SEC to create another six country-specific ETFs. The six new funds are: 1. iShares MSCI Brazil Small Cap Index Fund 2. iShares MSCI Egypt Capped Investable Market Index Fund 3. iShares MSCI Ireland Capped Investable Market Index Fund 4. [...]

Following the trend of niche ETF plays, including a Polish stock ETF and a small cap gold miners fund, Van Eck has filed to create a Latin America small cap fund. The fund follows another popular Van Eck product, the Market Vectors Brazil Small-Cap ETF (BRF: Quote, Profile, Advanced Chart, News), which ended the year [...]

A new fund issued by Van Eck to track Polish stocks began trading on the NYSE Arca last Wednesday, immediately prior to the Thanksgiving holiday. The fund, which trades under the ticker symbol PLND, is the first country-specific fund to track Polish stocks. The Market Vectors Poland ETF (PLND: Quote, Profile, Advanced Chart, News) will [...]

Van Eck has announced the creation of a new MarketVectors branded ETF, which seeks to track the changes in price of small cap gold miners. The Market Vectors Junior Gold Miners ETF (GDXJ) follows the popular Market Vectors Gold Miners ETF (GDX: Quote, Profile, Advanced Chart, News), which tracks mid and large cap miners and [...]

Gold bugs are buying physical metals through ETFs while investors are tapping into gold producing companies. Although there may not be much variety in the underlying gold itself, the investments are yielding two entirely different results. The SPDR Gold Shares ETF (GLD: Quote, Profile, Advanced Chart, News) has advanced by 19% while stock funds have [...]

PIMCO may hold the leads on the Treasury market, but Market Vector’s line of municipal bonds is proving to be a favorite among investors. Market Vectors has released its monthly distributions for its line of five municipal ETFs.  The distributions, as reported by Reuters, are as follows: Intermediate Municipal Index ETF (ITM: Quote, Profile, Advanced [...]