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Emerging Markets: Disappointing Dream
William Gamble • Mon, Apr 8 • 14 Comments
Are Small Cap ETFs Still Beautiful?
Gary Gordon • Tue, Feb 26 • 1 Comment
GEM Small-Cap ETFs: Small Is Good
Thomas Furda • Sat, Feb 23 • 1 Comment
ITA Dozen: A Simple 12-ETF Portfolio
Lowell Herr • Mon, Jan 21 • 11 Comments
How Long Will Stock Market Exuberance Last? These 3 ETFs May Tell You
Gary Gordon • Mon, Jan 14 • 3 Comments
Debt Levels Will See Developed World Underperform Emerging Markets
Nicholas Pardini • Tue, Nov 6, 2012 • 4 Comments
QEH: Another Hedge Fund Replication Attempt
Ron Rowland • Wed, Aug 29, 2012 • 1 Comment
Small-Cap ETFs: Seeking Better Returns, Not Diversification
Jim Pyke • Mon, Aug 27, 2012 • 4 Comments
How Real Is The Need For Emerging Market Dividend ETFs?
Gary Gordon • Tue, Aug 7, 2012 • 2 Comments
10 Stock ETFs With Super-Sized Dividend Yields
Gary Gordon • Wed, Jul 18, 2012 • 6 Comments
Are Small-Caps A Better Emerging Market ETF Option?
Tom Lydon • Wed, Jun 20, 2012
Emerging Markets ETF Cheat Sheet: Yields, Returns, Fees, And More
Michael Johnston • Mon, Jun 4, 2012
Spanish Fly Can't Ease The Pain In Spain
Keith Springer • Mon, Jun 4, 2012 • 5 Comments
ETF Spotlight: Emerging Market Small-Caps
Tom Lydon • Wed, May 23, 2012
Saving For College, ETF Style: An ETF-Friendly 529 Plan
Michael Johnston • Mon, May 7, 2012
ETF Midweek Peek: Wait For QE In June?
David Fry • Wed, May 2, 2012 • 2 Comments
Emerging Markets: Performance-Chasing, Rebalancing And A Better Way To Index
Lawrence Weinman • Mon, Feb 27, 2012 • 6 Comments
Outperforming ETFs Of 2012
Stookle • Fri, Feb 3, 2012
What Capital Flight Is Telling Us About Emerging Markets
William Gamble • Mon, Jan 23, 2012 • 5 Comments
Comprehensive 2011 ETF Tax Efficiency Report Card
Michael Johnston • Tue, Jan 10, 2012

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Global Small Caps Telling a Different Market Outlook Story
Daily Trading • Wed, Dec 1, 2010
IndexIQ's New Small Cap Australia and Canada ETFs Highlight the Case for Investment
Michael Johnston • Tue, Mar 23, 2010 • 2 Comments
Three Emerging Markets ETF Selections for Your Portfolio
Eric Dutram • Mon, Mar 22, 2010 • 6 Comments
Another Decoupling Play: SPDR S&P Emerging Markets Small Cap ETF
Tom Lydon • Thu, Jul 16, 2009

Emerging Markets: Disappointing Dream
William Gamble • Mon, Apr 8 • 14 Comments
Are Small Cap ETFs Still Beautiful?
Gary Gordon • Tue, Feb 26 • 1 Comment
GEM Small-Cap ETFs: Small Is Good
Thomas Furda • Sat, Feb 23 • 1 Comment
ITA Dozen: A Simple 12-ETF Portfolio
Lowell Herr • Mon, Jan 21 • 11 Comments
How Long Will Stock Market Exuberance Last? These 3 ETFs May Tell You
Gary Gordon • Mon, Jan 14 • 3 Comments
Debt Levels Will See Developed World Underperform Emerging Markets
Nicholas Pardini • Tue, Nov 6, 2012 • 4 Comments
QEH: Another Hedge Fund Replication Attempt
Ron Rowland • Wed, Aug 29, 2012 • 1 Comment
Small-Cap ETFs: Seeking Better Returns, Not Diversification
Jim Pyke • Mon, Aug 27, 2012 • 4 Comments
How Real Is The Need For Emerging Market Dividend ETFs?
Gary Gordon • Tue, Aug 7, 2012 • 2 Comments
10 Stock ETFs With Super-Sized Dividend Yields
Gary Gordon • Wed, Jul 18, 2012 • 6 Comments
Are Small-Caps A Better Emerging Market ETF Option?
Tom Lydon • Wed, Jun 20, 2012
Emerging Markets ETF Cheat Sheet: Yields, Returns, Fees, And More
Michael Johnston • Mon, Jun 4, 2012
Spanish Fly Can't Ease The Pain In Spain
Keith Springer • Mon, Jun 4, 2012 • 5 Comments
ETF Spotlight: Emerging Market Small-Caps
Tom Lydon • Wed, May 23, 2012
Saving For College, ETF Style: An ETF-Friendly 529 Plan
Michael Johnston • Mon, May 7, 2012
ETF Midweek Peek: Wait For QE In June?
David Fry • Wed, May 2, 2012 • 2 Comments
Emerging Markets: Performance-Chasing, Rebalancing And A Better Way To Index
Lawrence Weinman • Mon, Feb 27, 2012 • 6 Comments
Outperforming ETFs Of 2012
Stookle • Fri, Feb 3, 2012
What Capital Flight Is Telling Us About Emerging Markets
William Gamble • Mon, Jan 23, 2012 • 5 Comments
Comprehensive 2011 ETF Tax Efficiency Report Card
Michael Johnston • Tue, Jan 10, 2012

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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]
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, 11:27 AM An alternative to cap-weighted funds like VWO and EEM for investors interested in broad emerging markets exposure would be dividend-weighted funds like DEM, writes Dennis Hudachek. The fund's methodology leaves it with a large yield and quite different country exposures - China, Korea, and India nearly disappearing, and Brazil and Taiwan becoming more prominent. Comment! [Global & FX, Quick Ideas]
Monday, April 23, 2012, 3:23 PM Where's the rally, asks Scotty Barber, who notes the BRICs - during periods when their central banks are cutting rates - outperform developed markets. Brazil's 75 point cut (with more to come) was the loudest move, but policy is easing in the others as well. As of yet there's been no rally in either absolute or relative terms. Comment! [Global & FX]

Alan Brochstein
$EWX, a $900mm ETF focused on Small-Cap Emerging Markets, looks interesting
Jan 21, 9:42 AM
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David Jackson
Emerging markets small caps $EWX significantly outperformed EM large caps $VWO $EEM $GMM $SCHE this year: http://bit.ly/5Z6HY9
12/22/12
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Lisa
The mess in Egypt (EGYP EGPT) will also hit emerging markets generally - EEM was down 3.1% Friday. Watch also VWO GMM EWX DEM.
1/30/11
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John Ward
Leading international ETFs: EWU EPI PIN INP CHN CHIQ BRF EWT THD EWM CEF TUR AFK EZA EPU ECH GXG IDX EWX EEM FRN EWL
9/19/10
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John Ward
Leading International ETFs: BRF, CHN, EPU, EWM, EWX, ECH, AFK, CHIQ, THD, IDX, GXG
9/3/10
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Tom Lutzenberger
Although it's probably speculation driven, Brazil continues to deliver (EWX) and (PRLAX).
10/16/09
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