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Emerging Markets And The Case Of The Disappearing Dividends
Thomas Furda • Fri, May 17 • 16 Comments
Emerging Markets: Disappointing Dream
William Gamble • Mon, Apr 8 • 14 Comments
Top 10 High Yield Dividend ETFs
David Fry • Tue, Apr 2 • 4 Comments
Dividend ETF For Emerging Market Small Caps Sports 4% Yield
Tom Lydon • Fri, Mar 22
GEM Small-Cap ETFs: Small Is Good
Thomas Furda • Sat, Feb 23 • 1 Comment
A Portfolio That Reduces Risk
Lowell Herr • Thu, Jan 24 • 9 Comments
London Asset Manager Takes Diverse Approach To Emerging Market ETFs
Benzinga • Fri, Jan 18
2012's Top Performing Dividend ETFs
Jon Peter • Tue, Jan 15 • 6 Comments
Improvements To The Diversified ETF Portfolio That Beat The S&P 500 In 2012
Zach Tripp • Sun, Jan 6 • 7 Comments
Global ETFs For The January Effect
Benzinga • Thu, Jan 3
ETF Quick Picks: Dividends And Diversification
Catalyst Investments • Thu, Dec 27, 2012
The Top Diversified Emerging Market ETFs For 2013
Benzinga • Fri, Dec 21, 2012
Economic Growth: Great For Everyone But Investors?
Morningstar • Thu, Dec 20, 2012 • 6 Comments
Fund Friday: WisdomTree Funds Update
Emerging Money • Fri, Dec 14, 2012
The Case For Emerging-Markets Dividend Funds
Morningstar • Tue, Dec 11, 2012
Debt Levels Will See Developed World Underperform Emerging Markets
Nicholas Pardini • Tue, Nov 6, 2012 • 4 Comments
Bernanke Nudges Bulls Toward Dividend-Paying Emerging Market ETFs
Emerging Money • Wed, Sep 5, 2012 • 1 Comment
It's Premature To Use The 'Bubble' Word With Dividend Stocks
The Independent Investor • Tue, Aug 28, 2012 • 5 Comments
How Real Is The Need For Emerging Market Dividend ETFs?
Gary Gordon • Tue, Aug 7, 2012 • 2 Comments
Foreign Investing: Not Mandatory, But Recommended
Skyler Greene • Wed, Aug 1, 2012 • 19 Comments

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Dividend ETF For Emerging Market Small Caps Sports 4% Yield
Tom Lydon • Fri, Mar 22
EEM With Lower Volatility And Higher Dividends?
Lee Eugene Munson • Thu, Mar 22, 2012 • 7 Comments
Emerging Market Small Cap ETFs: Income Distribution Sweetens Your Pie!
Gary Gordon • Tue, Sep 21, 2010
Just One ETF: The New Fund Aimed at Local Goods for Emerging Consumers
Charles Lewis Sizemore • Thu, Sep 16, 2010 • 9 Comments
3 Reasons to Consider Emerging Market Small Cap ETFs
Gary Gordon • Tue, Jul 13, 2010 • 1 Comment
Just One ETF: Taking Stock of the Emerging-Market Consumer
Philip Blancato • Tue, Jun 8, 2010 • 7 Comments
Finding the Right Dividend ETF
Michael Johnston • Sun, Jan 24, 2010 • 4 Comments
WisdomTree's New Emerging Markets ETF: Exposure to Asian Dry Bulk Shipping
Uncle Scrooge • Mon, Nov 12, 2007
Jump Aboard WisdomTree's Emerging Markets SmallCap Train
David Levy • Wed, Oct 31, 2007 • 1 Comment
WisdomTree Launches First Small-Cap Emerging Markets ETF
IndexUniverse • Wed, Oct 31, 2007

Emerging Markets And The Case Of The Disappearing Dividends
Thomas Furda • Fri, May 17 • 16 Comments
Emerging Markets: Disappointing Dream
William Gamble • Mon, Apr 8 • 14 Comments
Top 10 High Yield Dividend ETFs
David Fry • Tue, Apr 2 • 4 Comments
GEM Small-Cap ETFs: Small Is Good
Thomas Furda • Sat, Feb 23 • 1 Comment
A Portfolio That Reduces Risk
Lowell Herr • Thu, Jan 24 • 9 Comments
London Asset Manager Takes Diverse Approach To Emerging Market ETFs
Benzinga • Fri, Jan 18
2012's Top Performing Dividend ETFs
Jon Peter • Tue, Jan 15 • 6 Comments
Improvements To The Diversified ETF Portfolio That Beat The S&P 500 In 2012
Zach Tripp • Sun, Jan 6 • 7 Comments
Global ETFs For The January Effect
Benzinga • Thu, Jan 3
ETF Quick Picks: Dividends And Diversification
Catalyst Investments • Thu, Dec 27, 2012
The Top Diversified Emerging Market ETFs For 2013
Benzinga • Fri, Dec 21, 2012
Economic Growth: Great For Everyone But Investors?
Morningstar • Thu, Dec 20, 2012 • 6 Comments
Fund Friday: WisdomTree Funds Update
Emerging Money • Fri, Dec 14, 2012
The Case For Emerging-Markets Dividend Funds
Morningstar • Tue, Dec 11, 2012
Debt Levels Will See Developed World Underperform Emerging Markets
Nicholas Pardini • Tue, Nov 6, 2012 • 4 Comments
Bernanke Nudges Bulls Toward Dividend-Paying Emerging Market ETFs
Emerging Money • Wed, Sep 5, 2012 • 1 Comment
It's Premature To Use The 'Bubble' Word With Dividend Stocks
The Independent Investor • Tue, Aug 28, 2012 • 5 Comments
How Real Is The Need For Emerging Market Dividend ETFs?
Gary Gordon • Tue, Aug 7, 2012 • 2 Comments
Foreign Investing: Not Mandatory, But Recommended
Skyler Greene • Wed, Aug 1, 2012 • 19 Comments
The Hunt For Emerging Markets Yield: 6 ETF Ideas
Emerging Money • Thu, Jul 5, 2012 • 8 Comments

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Outside the Box: Small-cap ETFs to consider

at MarketWatch.com (Oct 3, 2012)
Small-Cap Stocks Regaining Favor in Rough Market

at CNBC.com (Aug 17, 2011)
Weekend Investor: How to profit from consumers in emerging markets

at MarketWatch.com (Jan 28, 2011)
Small Caps Still Have Upside, but Invest With Caution

at CNBC.com (Dec 24, 2010)
Feeling Helpless? Try 'Picking Your ETF Spots'

at CNBC.com (Jul 30, 2010)

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WisdomTree Emerging Markets SmallCap Dividend Fund seeks investment results that correspond to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the WisdomTree Emerging Markets SmallCap Dividend Index
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In Your Portfolio: A Guide to Dividend ETFs, A Guide to International Equity ETFs
Asset Class Performance: Emerging Markets, Market Cap

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Tuesday, April 16, 11:00 AM BAML's fund manager survey shows a slide in exuberance with just 49% of respondents expecting a stronger global economy in the next year - a 12 point drop from last month. Particularly noteworthy is the 30-point, 2-month decline in emerging market (EEM. DEM, VWO) confidence - at the lowest level in 2 years and with a small majority now underweight. 1 Comment
Monday, March 25, 3:59 PM Correlations are breaking down as the global rally isn't keeping emerging stocks from their worst Q1 performance since 2008. It's the first time the sector hasn't outperformed during a bull market since 1998. Money managers are cutting exposure first, asking questions later, with a BAML survey showing them selling emerging markets to boost S&P 500 holdings. 2 Comments [Global & FX]
Tuesday, March 19, 11:01 AM More on the BAML survey: Just 14% of respondents expect the Chinese economy to be stronger a year from now, representing "one of the sharpest falls in this reading in the survey's history." The thinking is behind a shift out of emerging equity markets (EEM. DEM, VWO) and into developed - notably the U.S. and Japan. It also coincides with a sharp correction in Chinese stocks (FXI, CAF) over the last month. 1 Comment [Global & FX]
Monday, February 11, 9:17 AM "Why are you excluding the small cap space," asks Index Universe's Matt Hougan of the two largest emerging markets ETFs (EEM, VWO). His top pick for the space is the new iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF (IEMG). It offers small cap exposure with expenses (0.18%) way-below its big-brother EEM, and even less than Vanguard's VWO. (earlier from the IU Conference) 3 Comments [Global & FX, Quick Ideas]
Thursday, February 7, 2:53 PM WisdomTree's (WETF) dividend-weighted approach has its emerging-market dividend ETF (DEM) smoking its better-endowed competition (EEM, VWO). Up 7.7% annualized over 5 years (compared to about 2% for the other two), DEM's approach has it tilting to smaller value stocks with high yields. It's working for WisdomTree the stock as well, +46% YTD. 5 Comments [Global & FX]
Thursday, January 10, 10:23 AM Investors are still underweight emerging market equities, but big flows into EM ETFs (EEM, DEM, VWO) suggest a lot of catching up has taken place in the last few weeks, says a nervous JPMorgan. The bank also notes its clients have started asking about lower-quality names that haven't yet rallied. "Investors want to find the next thing, not a good thing." Comment! [Global & FX]
Tuesday, January 1, 10:52 AM Small-cap dividend ETFs (DES, DLS, DFE, DGS, DFJ, EES) led the pack in 2012 performance domestically and globally, followed by mid-caps (DON, DIM, EZM) and large-caps (DLN, DOL, EPS). Among strategy-based ETFs, it was preferreds (PGF, PFF) and buybacks (PKW) that outperformed. See here for full dividend ETF performance data. 2 Comments [Dividends, Quick Ideas]
Friday, December 21, 2012, 1:17 PM Headed into the year's final sessions, the iShares Emerging Markets ETF (EEM) - +13.7% - has caught up to and barely passed the S&P 500. Next year's excitement in emerging markets, writes Josh Brown, could be in their government debt (see ELD), where the fiscal metrics look far better than those of developed nations. 1 Comment [Global & FX]
Thursday, November 15, 2012, 11:42 AM A striking reversal, Vanguard's Emerging Markets ETF (VWO) suffered $700M in outflows last week in the wake of its plan to switch benchmarks from MSCI to FTSE. The iShares competitor (EEM) - remaining with MSCI - pulled in $850M. Prior to this, the vast majority of emerging market ETF flows this year had gone into VWO (far lower fees). Institutional investors are clearly skittish about the new benchmark. 1 Comment [Global & FX]
Monday, October 22, 2012, 4:48 PM BlackRock rolls out four new ETFs for its so-called core series featuring expense ratios under 0.2%. The MSCI EAFE ETF (IEFA) and the MSCI Emerging Markets ETF (IEMG) are notable because they seemingly compete with other iShares offerings - EFA and EEM. The other two are the MSCI Total International Stock ETF (IXUS) and the Core Short-Term U.S. Bond ETF (ISTB). Comment! [Financials]
Tuesday, July 17, 2012, 3:19 AM Emerging-market stocks are rising on "bets of more stimulus measures and policy cooperation by key global economies," says fund manager Chu Moon Sung. "Much of the woes over Europe’s debt crisis and the slowing global economy appear to be priced in." But short-term price rises and possible long-term benefits don't mean the in-between will be smooth sailing. 1 Comment [Global & FX]
Friday, June 29, 2012, 11:11 AM With inflows looking to have returned to emerging market ETFs, Paul Weisbruch singles out one - the WisdomTree EM High Yielding (DEM) - noting it's added about 3% AUM in the past few sessions. DEM is dividend weighted, giving it less exposure to the BRICs than the market-cap weighted EEM and VWO. Comment! [Global & FX]
Wednesday, June 27, 2012, 11:33 AM This week's EU summit "is unlikely to resolve the crisis," opines Fitch in its bi-annual Global Credit Outlook. "Upward momentum in emerging market sovereign ratings has stalled," says the agency, though adding it hasn't yet reversed to worsening credit. 2 Comments [Global & FX]
Friday, June 15, 2012, 8:07 AM More on the BRICs: A consensus forms. After pulling out funds for 8 of the last 10 weeks, asset managers have their lowest exposure to emerging markets since October, according to a BAML survey. The MSCI BRIC Index is off 25% Y/Y and the rupee, ruble, and real are the 3 worst-performing currencies in Q2, according to Bloomberg. (Emerging markets are gaining appeal) 1 Comment [Global & FX]
Thursday, June 14, 2012, 7:44 AM Emerging markets are starting to regain some of their investment appeal. Shares are beginning to look cheap after falling nearly 20% from the year's highs and investors are encouraged that central banks in China, Brazil and elsewhere are taking steps to boost growth. The MSCI Emerging Markets Index could gain over 30% by year-end, says Morgan Stanley. 3 Comments [Quick Ideas]
Friday, June 8, 2012, 12:31 PM Dividends may not be a free lunch, but WisdomTree research shows the highest quintile of payers outperformed the S&P 500 by 2.5%/year over the last half century, and with less beta. Even the 2nd highest quintile performed 2% better/year than the S&P. (a sampling) Comment! [Quick Ideas]

David Jackson
Looking at the emerging market equal weight etf, $EWEM. Comparing to $EEM, $VWO and $DGS.
6/6/12
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ChartProphet: Buy some put options instead
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Ocean Man: David - yes, hard to find shares. And then sometimes the shares you do short leave, and you start getting charged for them.
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David Jackson
Watching $DGS, which is looking weak. Bill Gross just recommended dividends + emerging markets = DGS. Is he a lagging indicator?
3/30/12
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Regarded Solutions: oh no....time to be a value investor????? LOL
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David Jackson
If you own dividend stocks like $INTC $JNJ $MSFT $NVS $DLN $DGS, note Vanguard's warning: http://seekingalpha.com/c/1fk0z
2/6/12
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J. A. Saglimbeni: David, by the way a very good read by Vanguard...highly recommended
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Regarded Solutions: I use Fidelity, even like some funds, the business mod of these firms are geared for the bottom line. Not bad, just an opinion of mine
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JKN
EUFN, VBR, DGS
1/18/12
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Denaliguide1
Seems odd that of the DGS Core Stocks, ALL were down except 1 Financial, and yet Half of the New pick were up btwn 4 - 14% out of the gate
2/10/11
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Jay Walker
Confused about how much emerging market exposure you need? Visit the Confused Capitalist for the latest emerging market article. DEM, DGS
9/12/10
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Jay Walker
Don't miss tomorrow's article on emerging markets. Do you have enough? DEM, DGS. Google the Confused Capitalist.
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David Jackson
Looking at the emerging market equal weight etf, $EWEM. Comparing to $EEM, $VWO and $DGS.
6/6/12
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ChartProphet: Buy some put options instead
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David Jackson
Watching $DGS, which is looking weak. Bill Gross just recommended dividends + emerging markets = DGS. Is he a lagging indicator?
3/30/12
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Regarded Solutions: oh no....time to be a value investor????? LOL
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David Jackson
If you own dividend stocks like $INTC $JNJ $MSFT $NVS $DLN $DGS, note Vanguard's warning: http://seekingalpha.com/c/1fk0z
2/6/12
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J. A. Saglimbeni: David, by the way a very good read by Vanguard...highly recommended
2/6/12
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Regarded Solutions: I use Fidelity, even like some funds, the business mod of these firms are geared for the bottom line. Not bad, just an opinion of mine
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