Non-U.S.

With a four-year chart looking much like the profile of the Mount Everest, finding a bottom on the downside of steep slope can be risky business. However, an increase in call activity in FXI (FXI: Quote, Profile, Advanced Chart, News), which tracks the FTSE/Xinhua China 25 Index, was noted today by OptionMonster.com and it was [...]

Exchange-traded funds have been increasing in popularity among United Kingdom investors despite recent reports that more than one-third of the population is unaware of the funds. The What Investment article by Jennifer Lowe discusses a new study by Barclays Stockbrokers that found 35% of U.K. investors to not know what an ETF is and another [...]

The Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) has just increased international exposure as Barclays Global Investors (BGI) listed two new ETFs. The new ETFs will provide investors on the ASX with access to the BRIC companies (Brazil, Russia, India, and China), as well as the largest companies of Asia. The Investor Daily article identifies the first of [...]

Since reaching an all-time high at the end of 2007, China’s most common ETF has been reeling throughout 2008 and experts don’t see a recovery just yet. Billy Fisher of TheStreet.com explains that iShares FTSE/Xinhua China 25 Index ETF (FXI) surged more than 200% to reach a peak by the end of 2007, but year-to-date [...]

Barclays Bank has provided a diversified opportunity to invest in various currencies of the Asian region. According to the Mondo Visione article, Barclays has listed a new ETN on the NYSE Arca that gives access to eight different currencies within emerging markets of Asia. The new ETN, known as the Barclays GEMS Asia 8 ETN [...]

The Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX) has set a two-day conference in October, devoted solely to ETFs and how they can benefit the United Arab Emirates (UAE) financial markets. According to CPI Financial, the conference will take place on October 19th and 20th and will be followed by two days of workshops. The chief executive [...]

The pan-European Xetra exchange has gained five new ETFs thanks to Deutsche Bank and its db x-trackers brand of ETFs. One of the five new ETFs focuses on the short side of the market and the other four funds follow Shariah-compliant indices, which exclude investments in such industries as gambling, alcohol, or weapons. The Mondo [...]

The U.S. dollar had been consistently dropping in value this year until a reversal took place in August. The publisher of PowerShares Momentum Tracker, Don Dion, discusses the dollar’s recuperation in the Newswire article, saying, “After suffering a long-term slump, the dollar rose more than 8% this past month in relation to the euro.” The [...]

Claymore Investments has issued a new ETF on the Toronto Stock Exchange designed to follow the infrastructure industry. The new ETF, known as Claymore Global Infrastructure ETF (CIF), tracks the performance of the MFC Global Infrastructure Index, according to the CNW press release. Infrastructure is characterized in the article as the “physical assets that a [...]

Toronto-based Claymore Investments has developed a new ETF to track the performance of global real estate market. According to the CNW press release, the new ETF named Claymore Global Real Estate ETF (CGR) will join other Claymore ETFs on the Toronto Stock Exchange and is linked to the Cohen and Steers Global Realty Majors Index. [...]