United States

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 [...]

Claymore has rolled out another exchange-traded fund to expand its exclusive relationship with Wilshire Associates Indexes. The latest fund is size-specific, capturing nearly 1,600 micro-cap companies. The new ETF from Claymore, known as Wilshire Micro-Cap ETF (WMCR), tracks the Wilshire US Micro-Cap Index, according to the press release. WMCR joins three other Claymore-Wilshire related ETFs, [...]

Assets continued to flow into U.S. exchange-traded funds during the month of July despite significant outflows from gold’s largest ETF. July is the sixth straight month that assets have flowed into ETFs and the emerging market class was the primary reason for the current month’s growth. Emerging market ETFs attracted the most assets with $4.6 [...]

Charles Schwab, ETF issuer known for its low expense products and online commission incentives, has just launched three new bond ETFs that provide exposure to different types of US Treasuries. According to the press release, the new ETFs will provide investors with access to short-term, intermediate-term and inflation-protected securities. Below is a list of the [...]

Assets continued to flow into U.S. exchange-traded funds during the month of July despite significant outflows from gold’s largest ETF. July is the sixth straight month that assets have flowed into ETFs and the emerging market class was the primary reason for the current month’s growth. Emerging market ETFs attracted the most assets with $4.6 [...]

WisdomTree has just launched a new actively managed ETF that provides access to local emerging market debt. The exposure to the emerging market debt will be in that market’s local currency. The fund, known as WisdomTree Emerging Markets Local Debt Fund (ELD), has begun trading on the NYSE Arca and has $125 million in assets, [...]

Charles Schwab, ETF issuer known for its low expense products and online commission incentives, has just launched three new bond ETFs that provide exposure to different types of US Treasuries. According to the press release, the new ETFs will provide investors with access to short-term, intermediate-term and inflation-protected securities. Below is a list of the [...]

Emerging market ETFs have been performing favorably and have seen major inflows over the past several months. While there is great investment interest in these markets, it is important to proceed with caution. According to the press release, asset-allocation experts recommend US investors use a 2.5:1 ratio when investing in foreign markets. That is, a [...]

The idea of supporting the “green” movement just got easier. While environmentally-conscious ETFs like solar and wind already exist in today’s market, Global X Fund has just launched the first ever lithium ETF which is a main resource to renewable energy. Global X Lithium ETF (LIT: Profile, Quote, Advanced Chart, News) will invest in large [...]

Homebuilder exchange-traded funds held strong this week despite weak housing data released for the month of June. Both SPDR S&P Home Builders ETF (XHB: Profile, Quote, Advanced Chart, News) and iShares Dow Jones US Home Construction (ITB: Profile, Quote, Advanced Chart, News) are closing out the week on a good note. The two ETFs gained [...]