Thousands of mid-cap companies trade on the US markets. These companies generally tend to have small market caps of $1 billion to $5 billion. Though the actual definition of mid-cap companies varies, they can be considered as firms that are neither huge such as the giants with multi-billion market caps or very small with a …
The growth of the ETF industry in the U.S. in recent years has been phenomenal. ETF providers have sliced and diced equities, fixed income instruments and other assets into every way possible. Yet still new ETFs continue to launched on a regular basis. As of October this year, a total of 1,240 Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs) were …
In the past few years ETF providers have listed many Shariah-compliant funds in Europe and U.S. exchanges. These ETFs invest in companies that follow the principles of Islam. Today I came the another religious-themed ETFs named db X-trackers STOXX Europe Christian Index ETF that trades on the London Stock Exchange. This ETF tracks the performance …
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The three largest ETF providers in the U.S. are Blackrock Inc’s iShares, State Street Corp’s State Street Global Advisors and Vanguard Group. These three companies account for 85% of the total ETF assets. Hundreds of ETFs are now listed on the market. For example, iShares alone offers 215 ETFs which hold over $368B in assets. …
Outside of the U.S. the REIT industry is still in its infancy. For investors looking to diversify their portfolios REITs offer an opportunity to gain exposure to a different asset class. A simple and easy way to invest in foreign REITs is via ETFs. Foreign-focused ETFs with their distribution yields as of May 27, 2010: …