The ETF industry has grown tremendously in the past few years. However relative to mutual funds ETFs are still smaller in terms of total numbers of funds available on the market and the assets held in them. The following chart shows the number of mutual funds vs. ETFs: Click to enlarge Source: It’s all relative by Jim …
“So far from God and so close to the US” – former Mexican President Porfírio Díaz Mexico’s economy is closely tied to the US. So when US economy is in expansion mode Mexican economy grows and vice versa. Due to the close proximity to the US, Mexico is permanently in a better position in terms …
One of the ways to profit from the ongoing European economic recovery is to invest directly in companies that operate in the continent. A recently started interesting ETF provides an option to gain exposure to such companies via an ETF. The WisdomTree Europe Local Recovery Fund (EZR) seeks to profit from the continent’s recovery. The fund’s …
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Exchange-Traded Funds(ETFs) have soared in popularity in recent years. Today the ETF industry is huge and competes strongly against mutual funds.One can find ETFs of all shapes and sizes and ETFs are available to practically cover any asset class, region, sector, etc. In fact, the alphabetical soup of ETF available on the market can be …
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The ETF industry has grown exponentially in the past few years with hundreds of funds trading the market today. A few of the funds that were unable to garner enough assets or liquidity have died. However every month new ones continue to be created. ETFs are available for every type of investor need.Wall Street has sliced …
One way to invest in preferred stocks is via ETFs. Three ETFs that invests in these types of stocks are listed below with their current distribution yields. Preferred stocks are type of security that are both stocks and bonds. They get higher priority than common stocks when a company is liquidated and its assets sold …