ETF
List of Country-Specific ETFs and CEFs
Some investors find it easy to invest in a country-focused fund rather than research and pick individual companies. This strategy works well since most of these funds hold the largest companies in a specific country and investing in them is relatively safer than say putting money in lesser known companies. Many country-specific funds are available [...]
10 Coal Stocks from the Russell Global Coal Index
Coal is still the major source of electricity generation in many countries including China, USA and others. China has plenty of coal and uses most of the coal mined for domestic power generation. In the US, coal is mined heavily from states like West Virginia and used in power plants. One way to invest in [...]
Invest in Europe’s Largest Companies via ETFs
The SPDR DJ Euro Stoxx 50 ETF (FEZ) and SPDR DJ Stoxx 50 ETF (FEU) offer exposure to some of the largest companies in Europe. FEZ is the largest of the two funds with an asset base of $166M. 1.The SPDR DJ Euro Stoxx 50 ETF (FEZ) FEZ tracks the performance of the Dow Jones [...]
3 ETFs Offer Exposure To International Utilities
The 3 ETFs that investors can use to invest in foreign utilities are iShares S&P Global Utilities Sector Index Fund (JXI) , WisdomTree International Utilities Fund(DBU) and SPDR S&P International Utilities Sector Fund (IPU). Among these ETFs, iShares’ JXI is the largest fund with an asset base of $165M. The distribution yield is 5.62%. In [...]
The Top 10 International ETFs by Assets
Hundreds of ETFs are listed on the exchanges. However not all of them are able to attract significant amount of assets. The following are the top 10 global ETFs by Total Net Assets: iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Index (EEM) iShares MSCI EAFE Index (EFA) iShares FTSE/Xinhua China 25 Index (FXI) Vanguard Emerging Markets Stock ETF [...]
The Top Five European ETFs
The ETF industry continued to grow last year in Europe despite the credit crunch. Assets Under Management (AUM) grew by 6.49% from the start of the year. In 2008, the widely watched European Blue Chips Index DJ Euro Stoxx 50 dropped by 44.37%. By the end of the year, there were 1,553 ETFs listed in [...]
