During these turbulent market times,it is a great idea to stay with large caps – especially Blue Chips.Many of the blue chips are at attractive levels now. Large caps tend to weather the storm better than small and mid caps. Thats why you will see that small and mid caps are doing worse than large …
Northern Trust has launched 3 more country index ETFs. These are: 1.Country – Italy S&P/MIB Index Fund – ITL 2.Country – South Africa NETS FTSE/JSE Top 40 Index Fund – JNB 3.Country – Singapore NETS FTSE Singapore Straits Times Index Fund – SGT Of these SGT and ITL will have great dividend yields. We will …
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For many years, ishares’s single country ETFs have dominated the ETF market for investing in one specific country. These ETFs tracked the main market index of the corresponding countries. They have been a huge success with funds such as EWG and EWA collecting assets of over $1.0B since launch. Due to the success of the …
Image: European Union (EU) flag Buying individual foreign stocks involves higher risk than investing in a basket of stocks thru a [tag]fund[/tag].This is due to the simple fact that information on foreign stocks may not be readily available even in this internet age and also due to other usual risks associated with foreign investing. Investing …