Jeremy Siegel says the euro may well be toast but, across “The Pond,” the world’s biggest economy is back from the brink and no longer in need of life support from Uncle Sam.
ETF Report
The Best Of Abroad: EAFE And Beyond
Investors know they need international exposure. For indexers, that has typically meant a fund tied to the MSCI EAFE index. And for ETF investors, that means either the Vanguard Europe Pacific ETF (NYSE Arca: VEA) or the iShares MSCI EAFE Index Fund (NYSE Arca: EFA). These two big funds dominate the space—EFA is in the top 10 of U.S.-listed ETFs by assets, and VEA is a share class of Vanguard’s EAFE index mutual fund. But they’re not the only games in town. There’s at least one traditional cap-weighted alternative out there, not to mention a variety of alternatively weighted and strategy-driven ETFs.
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Hammers Ups Ante With Preferreds & BuyWrite ETFs
Manager of institutional portfolios debunks concern that asset allocation strategies and rebalancing won't work in coming years.
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WisdomTree Files For Two Hedged Foreign Funds
The new ETFs plan to hedge against the U.S. dollar's swings by investing in futures contracts of foreign currencies.
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Main Play: Selling Options As A Long-Term Strategy With ETFs
Taking a low-turnover GARP approach to core ETF portfolios, ex-Montgomery Securities money managers overlay an options strategy.
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The Long Road: Japan Remains An Enigma
With U.S. and European stock markets moving down or sideways, investors are eyeing another major economic superpower: Japan.
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Fundamental Faltering?
Fundamentally weighted ETFs showed mixed performance in 2007.
ETF Report
Going International
International (ex-US) ETFs are suddenlycropping up all over the marketplace,seeking sunlight—and investors—in thelooming shadow of the $40 billioniShares MSCI EAFE (EFA) ETF. Vanguard,State Street Global Advisors,WisdomTree, Claymore, andPowerShares have all launched or filedto launch broad, international, developed-markets ETFs recently; andPowerShares already markets the BLDRSDeveloped Markets ADR (ADRD). All ofthese ETFs have subtle but importantdifferences when compared with EFAand each other.