Non-U.S.

While stocks won the spotlight in the market’s recent upswing, exchange-traded funds are set to touch $1 trillion within the year. A recent report from Barclays Global identifies the strong growth in ETFs that stems from higher equity prices, as well as a surge in the number of investors using exchange-traded funds. At the end [...]

Currency ETFs are not the most popular exchange-traded funds due to their less than volatile temperament. However, recent volatility in the US dollar is motivating investors into buying non-American denominated ETF currency funds. The US dollar now treads on an 11-month low after breaking through many important and longstanding support and resistance lines, according to [...]

Exchange-traded funds all seem to be embarking upon an emerging trend. As soon as investors show interest in a particular sector, a variety of niche funds are launched within weeks to take a slice of the pie. The trend is most prevalent in international ETFs, as investors seek new ways to invest abroad and diversify [...]

Old Mutual has filed for five new exchange-traded funds, nearly all of which are focused on emerging and foreign markets and exclude the United States from their holdings. Analysts expect that the funds will be able to grab secure plenty of traction, especially as investors have recently favored investing overseas, rather than domestically. The five [...]

As investors anxiously await improving market conditions, exchange-traded fund portfolios are helping investors get back on track. For many investors, ETFs are helping to better diversify portfolios against what could be a very slow recovery period. To provide curious investors with a look into a professional’s portfolio, TheStreet analyzed an ETF portfolio created by strategist [...]

Now is the time for investors to broadly spread the risk. As many markets around the world are both benefiting and suffering from the current global economic state, diversification becomes extremely important. A leading ETF issuer, Barclays Global Investors (BGI), has just released two international ETFs as a way of providing access to the fixed-income [...]

Severe weakness within the Russian economy has taken a tremendous toll on the country-specific ETF in 2008. Of the world’s twenty largest equity markets, Russia ranked at the very bottom, according to William Mauldin and Denis Maternovsky of Bloomberg. Russia’s index, tracked by Market Vectors Russia ETF (RSX: Quote, Profile, Advanced Chart, News), has lost [...]

Vanguard’s group of international ETFs will soon expand to capture small-cap stocks outside the United States. While Vanguard already provides large- and mid-cap international ETFs, the new small-cap version will be the first of its kind for the issuer. With an estimated launch in the first quarter of 2009, a Business Wire press release explains [...]

Whether an ETF invests in developed non-U.S. markets or emerging markets so far in 2008, the result has been forgettable. In the past, when there were hard times in the U.S., investors could typically find a better position overseas. However, diversifying to international markets so far this year has not provided any relief. In the [...]

RevenueShares has taken international investing to a new level with the debut of its new ETF on the NYSE Arca. The RevenueShares ADR Fund (RTR: Quote, Profile, Advanced Chart, News) is designed to rank its holdings with a revenue weighting process and offer stronger diversification, according to the Business Wire press release. RTR tracks the [...]