IndexIQ

Last week, we highlighted five ETFs that help investors use hedge fund strategies without the expense and high net worth requirements of actually investing in a real hedge fund. This week, we're following up on that concept by looking at five ETFs that deserve the “niche” label. While the...

In 2000, global consumption of crop nutrients nitrogen, phosphate and potash was less than 150 million tons. That number is projected to grow to nearly 200 million tones by 2014. It's hard to envision in the current environment, but global economic growth is and will continue to drive demand for...

The pace of new ETF introductions has slowed over the past couple of months, but the year-to-date total of roughly 200 is still pretty impressive. Within that group have been a fair amount of new funds devoted to the timeless theme of dividends. With the yield on the 30-year Treasury laboring...

Back in March, we went deep into the ETF universe looking for low volume funds that might be worth having a look at for investors of all stripes. That list turned up a commodities ETN, two emerging markets plays, a small-cap play on Australia and a global way to play defense with consumer staples...

IndexIQ, the New York-based ETF issuer known primarily for its international small-cap ETFs and funds that replicate hedge fund strategies, rolled out another first-to-market fund today with the debut of the IQ Emerging Markets Mid-Cap ETF (NYSE: EMER). While small-cap country-specific emerging...

IndexIQ, the New York-based ETF issuer known for its quantitative strategy ETFs and a lineup of global small-cap funds, is once again going where no other ETF issuer has gone before with the introduction of the IQ US Real Estate Small Cap ETF (NYSE: ROOF), which made its trading debut today. With...

IndexIQ, the New York-based ETF issuer known for its ETFs that offer exposure to alternative investments, introduced the IQ Hong Kong Small Cap ETF (NYSE: HKK) today, the first ETF to exclusively track small-caps listed in Hong Kong. HKK seeks to replicate, before fees and expenses, the...